Author Archives: jenny

Today, 13th November, is World Kindness Day, a day that since 1998 has been marked globally as a coming together of different nations. Kindness is something universal, according to the dictionary: The quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. It is interesting that it is defined as a personal attribute and really it is aContinue reading “World Kindness Day”

It’s coming up to that time of the year again when we have 3 family birthdays in one weekend, I guess that wasn’t the best family planning? Birthday celebrations feel a big deal this year having not been able to celebrate properly last year due to the pandemic. Our eldest son has opted for aContinue reading “Candy Kittens”

I always love a gift that that that has been created from something that would have otherwise have been destined for landfill. Wyatt and Jack are a great example of making new products from rescued materials. They take broken bouncy castles, old deckchairs and beach inflatables and transform them into all sizes of bags andContinue reading “Bouncy Castle Beach Bag”

As part of Plastic Free July, it’s a good opportunity to evaluate just how much plastic we are personally using. Recently, as part of a Brownie’s badge, my daughter had to do an audit on the household waste. It was shocking to see that in just 7 days, we had over 100 items in theContinue reading “Milk and More”

The month of July is designated to raising awareness of the problems with plastic and global movement to reduce the use of single use plastics. Plastic Free July is a call to be part of the solution to plastic pollution. According to a recent BBC news article: An estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of plastic isContinue reading “Plastic Free July”

For Father’s Day this year, I chose to treat both my dad and my husband (daddy of our three) to a Fortnum and Mason’s pork pie. Sometimes Dad’s need a little luxury treat too? Pork pies are a traditional English snack dating back to medieval times when using a hot crust pastry was a wayContinue reading “Dad’s Pork Pie”

Today, 16th June, is World refill Day, as well as being forecast to be the hottest day of the year. World Refill is a global campaign to encourage people to sign up to a pledge to reduce single use plastic. As an organisation, they have partnered up with Chilly’s water bottles to promote using reusableContinue reading “World Refill Day”

Making and planting seed bombs is a fun, messy, hands-on activity that all can join in with. It is also a low cost, eco friendly gift idea that is really simple to do. I have recently been involved in the planning of some eco activities for a school eco day where I work. We areContinue reading “Wildflower Seed Bombs”

When looking at buying birthday gifts for children, I always look for something that is a more than just single use. I try and buy useful things like clothing, stationary, baking equipment, games or books. Where possible, gifts that are not covered in non- recyclable plastic film that goes immediately in the bin or inContinue reading “Play for future”

I am definitely a supporter of buying anything that is local, supporting local businesses and products that don’t come covered in non-recyclable plastic packaging. Honey from local bee keepers is a great eco gift for someone to enjoy on toast or to make a delicious honey cake (see recipe at the end of this post!).Continue reading “Local Honey”