Hoping for a hog in my hedge!
Did you know that hedgehogs are called hedgehogs, because they sound like hogs and they like hedges! It makes sense, but it isn’t something I had thought about before until…
Why I quit my challenges for this year and what I am going to do instead!
Yesterday I had a bit of a rant and a rave about how I love my slow life, but that it has it’s frustrations (read more here). One frustration I…
Slow battles
Slow cooking, slow fashion, slow food, slow living is for me full of contradictions. When I picture slow living in my head it involves feeling relaxed, not rushing around, taking…
Put these dates in your diary for the upcoming #susbc’s!
Last week the Sustainable Book Club a.k.a. #susbc had it’s 4th virtual meet up! We read Naomi Klein’s, This Changes Everything and I asked everyone 10 questions about it (read…
My first #zerowasteweek event!
I was so excited when a few weeks ago the manager of my local community centre got in touch saying that she wanted to plan an event for Zero Waste…
Sustainable book club no.4 – This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
The big question is – has everything changed? Well for me the answer is yes and no. I was pretty shocked by some of the stuff I read and at…
Summer highlights and back to Zero Waste!
How was your summer? I hope it was a good one! We had a good time in between rain showers! We stayed in the country visiting friends and relatives and…
Sustainable Book Club no.3 – Feral by George Monbiot
It’s the third meeting of the Sustainable Book club today, otherwise known as #susbc and we are discussing Feral, by George Monbiot! It is all online and everyone is welcome…
Introducing Caspar the friendly tent and how to get camping equipment for free!
We got this beautiful French 70’s tent from Freecycle (labelled Tentes Caspar) a while ago and had a lovely time camping in it over the weekend with a big group…