eco friendly

How many planets are you living on? from sleepygreen 110 days old

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

5 days until end of buy nothing new year! from sleepygreen 113 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!! ...

First crop of the year from Allotment from sleepygreen 134 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 ...

One month remaining of 'not buying new' year! from sleepygreen 139 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 ...

Tescopoly from sleepygreen 141 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 ...

Purchases really are powerful! from sleepygreen 141 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 ...

37 days left of my buy nothing new year from sleepygreen 145 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 ...

Bike week 2009 from sleepygreen 146 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 ...

Ethical consumerism? from sleepygreen 151 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 ...

T minus 44 days until a year of Compacting from sleepygreen 152 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 ...