As you know from my previous posts I’m a big fan of charity and thrift shopping. For me its the greenest option, buying pre-loved things means they have an intriguing history as well as low, low energy consumption. So if you’re not familiar with the joy charity or thrift shopping check out this great giveaway [...]

Whether you’re a die-hard green consumer or just dipping your toe in the water the check the temperature, we’ve got a treat for you on Sunday.
Ever wanted to figure out whether muddy carrots are worth the bother?
Can a natural deodorant survive a salsa class?
Will clothes swapping ever beat clothes shopping?
Two years ago, shopaholic and supermarket [...]

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 [...]

From the age of 12 when I decided to become a vegetarian I understood and felt very strongly about the power of the consumer. Back then it was more about boycotting things (well asking my mum not to put meat in my dinner) rather than using my pocket money to protest because, really, how much [...]

Ladies if you have never been to a car show then may I suggest you high tail it to the next one that comes to town.  It’s pretty amazing to see what’s up and coming in the automotive world and not to mention fun (plus the place is just swirling with men!).
I was lucky enough [...]

“Today, online groceries are legitimate businesses fulfilling about 1 percent of the nation’s $570 billion grocery bill. That may sound like a drop in the bucket, but business is expected to triple by 2008, according to Jupiter Research. Meanwhile, a report from the Food Marketing Institute reports that 5 percent of consumers — 3.7 million [...]

The Ethical Company Organisation (who produce the Good Shopping Guide and the Gooshing website) have recently completed research on the ethical status of major UK supermarkets in a study which looks at 12 areas of concern. Some of these areas are animal welfare, environmental impact and human rights.
Probably not that surprisingly Sainsburys, Marks and Spencer and Waitrose scored the [...]

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 a [...]

For those of you who buy your milk in plastic cartons for convenience or in the belief that organic milk only comes in that form think again ! I moved house about 6 weeks ago and was determined to start having milk delivered. I rang the dairy and made my order and just as I [...]

I am literaly jumping up and down here – I found a reference to purchase a green car on Clean Green Cars
So if you’re thinking about a new purchase – take a look at this guide first… wonderful