Sleepy Green

• It's not easy being green forum under new ownership! From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (7 days old)

  http://www.thegreenlivingforum.net/forum/… more

• Green Challenges From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (9 days old)

  Notes to myself, must do better atCycling the 4 miles to the station and back instead of using my car, but it's so wet and cold and dark...Keeping out of the bakery with the sticky buns and the co… more

• Happy World Vegan Day! From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (18 days old)

  Sorry it's a day late...http://twitter.com/worldveganday http://www.worldveganday.org/… more

• Welcome Back to Sleepy Green Blog! From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (19 days old)

  Welcome back to the sleepy green blog. I've been neglecting my blog recently in favour of social networking sites. Have I been neglecting my greeness? Well, I had a pretty Compacty birthday, I asked … more

• www.thebiggreenidea.org From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (82 days old)

  At last, I managed to make it show as an image!… more

• Be the change you want to see in the world From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (111 days old)

  http://www.wearewhatwedo.org/actiontracker… more

• One year of not buying new From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (116 days old)

  Saturday was the one year mark for not buying new; my "Jubilee day" according to the original Compact. I've managed to go a whole year without buying any new clothes! I did buy a folding bike, but… more

• How many planets are you living on? From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (120 days old)

  My footprint is 1.49 planets What is your footprint? http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/home… more

• 5 days until end of buy nothing new year! From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (123 days old)

  OK now I'm very excited, it's almost a year! I've bought 20 things new, some of which were on the 'allowed' list, some were not. But I've done a year!! My new things to buy list has got shorter to… more

• 10 days until not buying new year! From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (129 days old)

  As the title suggests, T minus 10 days! Should I do another year? Do better second time around?… more

• Buying nothing new From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (137 days old)

  Buying nothing new is catching on...http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/greenwatch/4447985.I_m_not_buying_anything_new_for_a_whole_year_/T minus 18 days until I've been buying nothing new fo… more

• Avoiding Tesco From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (137 days old)

  I'm into week two of avoiding Tesco, I have bought just one bottle of wine from them, which was a particular one BF wanted! Need to get to Co-Op before he goes shopping next week!I have a bit of a… more

• The stupid questions people ask when you say your vegetarian / vegan ! From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (138 days old)

  Oh this brightened up my Monday!http://www.viva.org.uk/books/goingveggie/answers.html… more

• Easy flatbread From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (143 days old)

  http://bookofrubbishideas.co.uk/2008/08/05/my-fabulous-rubbish-flatbreads-a-step-by-step-guide/… more

• Tracy Smith's Book of Rubbish Ideas From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (144 days old)

  Tracy Smith's really inspiring blog with tips about downshifting and greening your life ;-)http://bookofrubbishideas.co.uk/2008/11/24/my-top-ten-tips-for-downshifting-success-part-1-tips-1-5/… more

• Not buying new for a year - sucesses and failures From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (144 days old)

  After looking back through my blog and my spending for the last year, I think I have done pretty well with "Compacting" my new spending. Presents: DVD water bottle recycle pencil case & no… more

• First crop of the year from Allotment From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (145 days old)

  Last nights dinner was new potatoes, broadbeans and strawberry's from the allotment, delicous!! (also with burgers made from veggie burger mix and carrots from the market). With the promise of loads m… more

• One month remaining of 'not buying new' year! From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (150 days old)

  Today I am oh so tempted by offers on organic hankies! But I have put them on my 'one year of not buying new' list and I realised that as of today there is one month left of me not buying new! I have … more

• Tescopoly From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (151 days old)

  I think my previous posts show my dislike of supermarkets, but freeing yourself from them 100% is extremely difficult. We shop for vegetables at the local market, our tomatoes travel 8 miles from plan… more

• Purchases really are powerful! From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (152 days old)

  I've been doing a bit of reading into what really is the 'best' thing to buy from an ethical / green standpoint. There were a few obvious ones, like leather-free shoes, but there were a few surprises … more

• 37 days left of my buy nothing new year From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (156 days old)

  37 days left of my 'buy nothing new' year. The last year has gone very quickly. Recent new purchases have been a new power supply for our router as the old one fell in half whilst plugged in! I think … more

• Bike week 2009 From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (157 days old)

  Today is Manchester's bike to work day as part of national cycle week. The weather forecast was for heavy rain; but I couldn't let the side down could I? So I put my shorts and t-shirt on and pu… more

• Ethical consumerism? From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (162 days old)

  http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/home.aspx I've just gone through their list of household cleaning items, makeup and toiletries. Most of what I use rates at number one, but some things fall down the … more

• T minus 44 days until a year of Compacting From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (162 days old)

  It's nearly a year until my first year of Compacting! I decided to not buy anything new for a whole year. Well it hasn't quite been nothing new, but it has been as close as practical. I've bought new … more

• Peri-Peri From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (166 days old)

  Whilst on holiday last week and away from my usual supermarket (Whitby has a large Co-op, which is about the most vegan-friendly supermarket I have seen), I found Peri-Peri sauce is vegan! Even more s… more

• More Vegan Cooking From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (177 days old)

  Quick Nut Roast - Animal Aid 1 large onion chopped and cooked in 75g vegan margarine 200g ground mixed nuts 100g fresh breadcrumbs 1 heaped tspn yeast extract 1 tspn mixed herbs Mix all in… more

• Vegan cooking From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (177 days old)

  I will try and share some of my favourite recipes in this post, but most of them aren't written down as they have evolved since about 1992 when I first went vegetarian. http://www.cookingforvegans.… more

• Carbooting for greeness From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (178 days old)

  The bank holiday weekend was a busy one, hence I'm on here and not working much, I'm so tired! On Saturday BF and I did the shopping and then went to the allotment to weed. Why is it the things you wa… more

• Annual haircut From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (186 days old)

  Yes, I did say 'annual' haircut ;-D I hate having my haircut and really don't see the point in getting it cut more than once a year. It cost me the grand sum of five pounds ;-) I'm still not buyin… more

• Downsizer From sleepygreen in Sleepy Green (194 days old)

  2nd May Well its been a good day today; ive sold 4/5 ebay listings that finished tonight. 3 items of cycling gear that are surplus to my needs - i have a set of summer gear and a winter set. The othe… more

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