Posted on 29 April 2008
Can big business really save the planet?
Turning up the HEAT is a series of free interactive and virtual debates on climate change and corporate power organised by the World Development Movement.
You can turn up in person to the events in London (8th May), Cardiff (10th May) and Manchester (13th May) or you can watch and [...]
Tags: Business, Climate Change, events
Posted on 27 April 2008
Well, Jez and I are now back from honeymoon and back to reality and our wedding day, although only two weeks ago, now seems like a distant happy memory. Wow, it flew by so past but that’s probably because we had such a fantastic time!
This post is just going to be brief but after so [...]
Tags: crafts, Families, Holidays, Recycling, relationships, wedding
Posted on 26 April 2008
Not long ago, after agreeing to review another book for GGG on greening the fashion world, the publisher sent me a note saying that after reviewing my site www.goodcleanlove.com, she was also going to send another new release that she thought I would be interested in; “Sex Secrets of Porn Stars”. I wondered if she [...]
Tags: Sustainability
Posted on 22 April 2008
“On April 22, 1970, Earth Day was held, one of the most remarkable happenings in the history of democracy…” American Heritage magazine, October 1993
Did you know that today is actually the 38th anniversary of Earth Day? I have to admit I didn’t know that either. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day actually had [...]
Tags: events, San Francisco, US
Posted on 19 April 2008
After months and months of planning the U.K Aware Greener Living Expo will take place at the Barbican in central London on the weekend of May 10th & 11th. It is set to be one of the biggest events of its kind and I for one have already been caught up with the excitement [...]
Tags: events, exhibition, London
Posted on 16 April 2008
I’ve read a lot of books and I do mean A LOT on living green, being green, and doing green; and I’ve come to the point where I’ve almost stopped reading them because after a while you realize they are quite redundant of each other.
So when Go Rich, Live Green by David Bach with Hilary [...]
Tags: Education, San Francisco, US
Posted on 16 April 2008
Enjoying an eco-lifestyle means living greener in all areas of your life. You may be taking environmentally friendly steps at home, but are you also doing it at work?
People spend almost 90% of their lives indoors, and for those people who work inside that equates to about 40 or more hours at your desk, office [...]
Tags: Education, energy, food, Health, Pollution, Recycling
Posted on 09 April 2008
As mine and Jez’s big day approaches and most of the preparations in place I thought I would steal a little time to reflect and share my experience in planning our eco and ethical wedding.
Right from the start we wanted our wedding to reflect our everyday values and beliefs, how we live and work. Although [...]
Tags: bunting, crafts, dress, Fair Trade, Families, flowers, food, Gardening, Recycling, wedding, wine
Posted on 09 April 2008
Moving on and off campus after a stressful semester is never fun. The idea of lugging tons of boxes, spending hours cleaning your old dorm or apartment and driving miles away from school with a jam-packed car, only to do it all again next semester, is more than enough to make the average student cringe.
Not [...]
Tags: Climate Change, Education, Pollution, Recycling
Posted on 08 April 2008
Having started 2008 on a rather gloomy note, what with the rise of interest rates and the prospect of an economic slump, it was surprising, yet reassuring, to see that the levels of ‘fast fashion’ purchasing seem to have levied off. The discount fashion market has slowly been declining for the first time in a [...]
Tags: Fair Trade, fashion, jewellery, Shopping