Happy Earth Day!

Today is Earth Day! And there are events going on all around the world, in communities and schools to help raise awareness of climate change and the impact that we are all having on the Earth. I have been berating myself for not finding the time to do something special to celebrate, and for not … Continue reading →

Dead things and custard…

I went out the other evening (shocking I know-nothing very exciting unfortunately-a pre-school committee meeting..) and I came back to the delicious smell of baking! Hubby had been baking! Which is lovely. He made cake AND biscuits. Lovely. Exceptthecakewasabitdry. Andpossiblythebiscuitstoo. There I said it. Very quickly, but I said it. Really don’t want to discourage … Continue reading →

Waste Watcher’s-the end..?

So here it is. The end of the Waste Watcher’s Challenge, and the Rubbish Diet. And I am more than a little sad. During the course of the eight weeks, I have: met some fabulous, inspiring people during the eight week challenge, including Emma from Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, Sarah from the fab blog, Everyday Life … Continue reading →

Cheesy feet…

This is my all time favourite snack recipe for the Smalls (although it makes for a pretty yummy Big snack too). It has the bonus of being packaging free-very important when you are Watching your Waste… AND I know exactly what is in it-no danger of any stray horses sneaking in here… It is from … Continue reading →

We are Trashing our planet….

I went to see a screening of the Jeremy Irons movie Trashed on Thursday, as the ‘finale’ event of the Waste Watcher’s challenge. It makes for sombre viewing, and really should be compulsory viewing for each and everyone of us. I don’t expect many people really stop and think much about rubbish, but when you do, you … Continue reading →

Come and get Trashed…..

….not like that…. Like this… The Grand Finale to the Waste Watcher’s campaign is a screening of the new environmental documentary, Trashed, starring Oscar winner, Jeremy Irons. Here is what he has to say about the film: “We’ve made this movie because there are so many people who feel strongly the urgent need for the … Continue reading →

Upcycle!

When I first signed up for the Waste Watcher’s challenge, I bombarded poor Emma from the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust with all kinds of upcycling and recycling ideas for workshops and things. She bravely agreed to meet with me to discuss all my crazy schemes, and together we came up with the idea of an Upcycling … Continue reading →

Another Waste Watchers update…

I have to confess to feeling a little disheartened and feeling like we would have achieved very little in terms of ‘Slimming our Bin’ by the end of the Waste Watchers diet. But I think that we are now really starting to make some in-roads. We have done some little things: stopped buying individual pots … Continue reading →

I may end up friendless….

….but I am going to try making my own deodorant… Since starting on the Waste Watcher’s campaign, (you can read all about it here)  one of things I have been doing is looking at what I am buying with reference to the waste that will be left at the end. So with food-it is a case of trying … Continue reading →

Pop, pop, popping…

Hubby insisted on watching a ‘film of his choice’ (that sounds quite dodgy, it really isn’t, it just means a boy film, and not a rom-com..) last weekend, seeing as how his birthday evening was slightly scuppered by having to tidy the house (long story) and then not having time to watch a film, so … Continue reading →