Last month I had to attend a seminar in Paris for work. Most people in Scotland fly to Paris, it’s quicker and more convenient (apparently). I chose to go by train. My main reason was that I don’t like flying (who does?) and would spend most of my time away worrying about it and therefore [...]

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while, mainly because this is an initiative co-ordinated by the husband of a friend of mine, and I love what they are doing. A group of people in Fife are aiming to eat food only produced in Fife. I have to say that my first thought [...]

Hey, long time no blog, I’ve been busy moving away from the New Town out to a more greener and peaceful part of Edinburgh (post on the city farm will come shortly). I can’t find more information on this, but the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust has given a grant to Changeworks, our local environmental organisation [...]

We are about to move house, for the second time this year (not because we love moving, the first time was because the landlord was selling up and this time it is because we have noisy neighbour problems and want to be in a generally quieter area of town), and it’s not an easy process [...]

I bought myself an Onya bag the other week in a sale, and I’ve really grown to love it.  Could Anya’s bag fold up so small and sit in my bag without me noticing?  I’ve used it just about everyday and the mountain of plastic bags in our kitchen has not grown as a result. [...]

I was really interested to read about affordable ecohousing for first time buyers in the west of Scotland in this week’s Sunday Herald.  I suppose it does depend on your idea of affordable, I know this is one of the few decent housing schemes my boyfriend and I could buy into, but we’re not too [...]

I read last week that Dunoon is aiming to become the first town in Scotland to stop shops from giving away plastic bags. The organiser Caroline Cuddihy has been inspired by Modbury in Devon, the UK’s first plastic bag-free town. There’s more in the Dunoon Observer, and whilst looking for more information on the scheme [...]

The other week I was at a conference in Glasgow and took the opportunity to go and visit Entrading, a new green/eco/ethical/fairtrade/organic/generally very nice shop.  I had read about it the week before, so I had to go! What a fabulous place, it’s not massive but packs in a lot of great products – and [...]

Well, as carbon-neutral as you can be.  Homegrown Wholefoods opened in the last few weeks in the New Town.  I had a quick look round and although it may be small, it’s got plenty of good stock.  They also offer a refill service for some Ecover products.  Edinburgh seems to have a good amount of [...]

I saw on Treehugger the other day that a zero carbon house has been built in Scotland, and on closer inspection it appears that it’s in Shetland.  Based on a standard timber kit frame house, it’s made from renewable materials and has two wind turbines. The post on Treehugger asks why the design is so [...]