august is my first “no consumption month” for me – I have taken up a challenge from a book I bought so I can’t get any more stuff in august at least (I bet my husband is real happy for that).. I will however get the normal stuff to keep the household going =)
and I [...]

There are so many green building conferences, expos, and tradeshows that it’s hard to keep of track of them all. For the past two years I’ve attended West Coast Green here in San Francisco, which to me, is a rather important one to go to, as they put everyone together under one roof!

The conference [...]

Ever since I got married I’ve been wondering what to do with my hair. Before the wedding I left it to grow so I could wear it curled with flowers in it on the big day. For too long though I’ve been stuck in a vicious hairstyle cycle of grow it to a certain length, [...]

Yesterday I popped to our local supermarket to stock up. Usually I would avoid shopping on a Saturday at any cost but after a really busy week I realised that I wouldn’t be able to make much of the carrots, apricots and butter which was all we had in our fridge. So off I went [...]

Those of you in the Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Warwickshire area looking for a green themed day out at the weekend might like to visit the Fold’s GreenFest on Saturday. It is being opened by Brigit Strawbridge of the ‘It’s not easy being green’ TV show and Satish Kumar will also be giving a talk. Stalls [...]

Hi Everyone-
I’m back after a very long break. I wasn’t on vacation or anything; just trying to finish up school and get through this wretched exam. I’ve been working on my certification in sustainable building, and can now officially say I am a Certified Sustainable Building Advisor (CSBA). This distinction was hard [...]

I’m going to make a confession so promise not to judge me, OK?
Here goes… I love the fashion programmes on TV. There, I said it!
From ‘America’s / Britain’s Next Top Model‘ to ‘Gok’s Fashion Fix‘ and ‘The Clothes Show‘ I consider having the time to watch them a real treat and when I get the [...]

I just wanted to let you all know about our new blog over at Make Hay Ethical E-Media.
For a little while now I’ve been having lots of fun writing Make Hay newsletters for our clients, providing news about what we’ve been up to and links and resources to help ethical business owners and we thought [...]

besides me being an editor at GGG, a freelancer expertising  community and presence marketing, I also have the privilege of running the most USEFUL podcast in the world called “Geek Army Knife”. Last interview was with Sanjay Khanna of Khanna research where we talked about calm technologies and the things that Orwell didn’t predict… it [...]

Maybe I’m nuts, but the boys (3 and 1!) and I have decided it’s time to get some chickens. As long as the landlord agrees!
We’ve got plenty of space in the garden for them to cluck around and a stable that would keep them safe at night.
We’ve even got friends who have offered to look [...]