About one year ago I completely stopped wearing contact lenses as my eyes had become so sore and sensitive that I was unable to wear them without being in pain. It was at first difficult for me to feel comfortable / confident socialising in my eyeglasses (spectacles) as I had become so used to wearing [...]

Who’s your favourite Wildlife presenter? My personal favourite has always been David Attenborough who inspired me at a young age to connect with nature. Through his programmes and many other wildlife documentaries I felt inspired to watch real wildlife and undertake some nature surveying of my own, and whilst it was only my back garden [...]

Houses, flats, shopping centres and commercial properties are being built everywhere these days. You would think that nowhere was safe from development! Think again! Organisations such as the Wildlife Trusts are reviewing planning thousands and thousands of planning applications in order to try and protect greenbelt and even brown field sites from being unnecessarily or [...]

Have you ever considered whether good lives have to cost the earth? Well a diverse group of people have considered the question and their answers were documented in a book (with the question as the title) edited by Andrew Simms and Jo Smith. Before I started reading the book I already had an answer to [...]

It’s officially spring for those of us who live in the northern hemisphere, which means that this weekend it is also the time of the year in which many people all over the world will be celebrating the Christian tradition of Easter. However STOP! Before you all gorge on chocolate Easter eggs (vegan, fair-trade & organic [...]

Time flies! On March 20th it will officially be the start of spring, thus I thought it best to finally provide you all with a detailed update of my New Year Green Pledges which I first wrote about in the post titled Belated new year greetings and green pledges. I would like to highlight that I am [...]

Did you know that 2008 is the 100th anniversary of that wonderful children’s book, ‘Wind in the Willows’? For those of you who recollect the classic story you will remember characters such as Mr. Toad of Toad Hall, Mr. Badger, Mole and also ‘Ratty’ who was actually a European Water Vole. In addition to 2008 [...]

Firstly,  some GGG readers may have noticed that I have not been blogging for awhile and this is due to a building company cutting though my broadband internet and phone wires – thus whilst I am waiting for this problem to be sorted I have struggled to be online much. However I have stayed late [...]

Today’s children are tomorrows decision makers yet if you believe the media then the future is bleak as young peoples literacy levels are low and behavior problems and violence is on the increase. However let’s resist that negative view of the future and instead of reporting about the bad young people, let’s reward and encourage [...]

Whenever I get time I like to check out other green blogs and recently I came across one called Green Unlimited which is run by three sisters. They talk about the latest green products, environmental news, and also about the steps they are taking in living greener lifestyles. One of their latest posts was about an [...]