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Spring for me is a time to think about new new life and all the lovely bulbs that start to come up out of the ground to welcome in warmer weather and a change in seasons. The mystery of a plant that is all packed into a tiny seed and with the potential to growContinue reading “Strawberries in a bag”

Today is the big charity day for Comic Relief. You many be involved in various fundraising events today from sponsored bike rides, to socially distant cake sales to dressing up as a superhero or a Police lady like I am today in showing our appreciation for local superheroes in our community. Since 1985 it hasContinue reading “Green Red Nose Day”

Today marks a big milestone on this eco blog adventure as it is a whole year since I decided to have a go and start this blog. 65 posts later and I have so many people to thank for their encouragement to keep going with it over the last year. I find myself back whereContinue reading “A year and Mother’s Day”

As part of this two week Fairtrade awareness campaign run by the Fairtrade Foundation, I’ve been looking at some different consumer items where there is an option to buy Fairtrade and in doing so supporting the Fairtrade ethics of fair prices and working conditions for producers. It is not to say that other suppliers orContinue reading “Fairtrade Fortnight – Fairtrade Flowers”

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”