Author Archives: jenny

We are currently in the middle of Fairtrade fortnight, which is a 2 week campaign, raising awareness of global trading by paying fair prices for the crop from third world farmers. When I think about Fairtrade, I think about some of more obvious things like Fairtrade bananas or choosing a Fairtrade tea or coffee brand.Continue reading “Fairtrade Wine”

Tomorrow is the start of a 2 week campaign running from 22nd February to 7th March by the Fairtrade foundation, It is a festival called Choose the World You Want which is about raising awareness of ethics and trading across the globe. As consumers we have power and we can make a difference with whatContinue reading “Fairtrade Fortnight – Share our World”

Mix a pancake,Stir a pancake,Pop it in the pan;Fry the pancake,Toss the pancake,Catch it if you can. A famous pancake rhyme As it is Pancake day, I thought I’d share a few ideas for lent and also some of the history. My son has decided we are having pancakes for breakfast, lunch and dinner today!Continue reading “Pancake Day & Little Eco Lent”

Happy Valentines Day! Over the past few weeks of this third national lockdown I’ve been making this Love Heart cross stitch cushion made from tapestry wool by Crafteratti for my daughter. It poses the a question Love is….? Since it’s Valentine’s Day I thought it would be appropriate to share a few thoughts and reflectionsContinue reading “Love is……”

One of the most versatile ‘eco’ beauty products has to be soap bars. They are a great example of a product with no plastic packaging and something that everyone uses (or at least the people I want to spend time with!). In my post about Soaper Heros, I featured the Friendly travel soap which wasContinue reading “Shampoo Soap Bars”

The month of January seems to be going on forever and I feel like I’m getting through each day fueled by caffeine! For me it is the form of cup of tea as my husband is the coffee fan in our house. He has recently upgraded his coffee machine to a Nespresso machine and heContinue reading “Coffee Pods”

Back in September, I did a mini-series of blog posts about Eco Make-up options. In my post about Mascara, I looked at the idea of re-fillable make-up to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Four months on and I have just run out of the mascara and brought my first refill for theContinue reading “Make-up Refils”

At the end of one year and the beginning of a new one, the month of January is often a time to reflect on the year past and look towards the coming months. 2020 was certainly a year many will want to forget but I always try to see the silver lining and focus onContinue reading “A Year in a Jar”

One of the hardest things about the festivities of Christmas is that it has to come to an end and all the twinkly lights have to go away for another year. Although I do unashamedly like it when the house is all clear and tidy and there are no more annoying tree needles to hooverContinue reading “Christmas Treecycling”

During this Coronavirus pandemic we have become a nation obsessed with buying toilet roll. Statistics from The Grocer showed sales in spring 2020 as the virus hit the UK increased by 55% and many sold out as people panicked and it became that essential item that people couldn’t live without, along with hard to findContinue reading “Happy New Year – Who Gives a Crap?”