Click on the links below to go straight to the parts of this blog that Tracey mentions in The Book of Rubbish Ideas. (If the item isn’t hyperlinked yet then it means that the info is still on its way!)
'Rubbish Author' Tracey Smith
Page 7 – ‘Hot and happening’ eco-news
Page 45 – Essential oils for cleaning and to condition the laundry and essential oils for personal hygiene
Page 51 – Keep Tracey informed of your progress and successes in challenging supermarkets about the amount of packaging that they use You can use this text to get you started with your letter writing.
Page 53 – Step-by-step guide on making your own pizza
Page 55 – Film on how to make upside-down planters from large plastic milk cartons to grow tomatoes (coming soon – spring is here!)
Page 60 – Film on more ideas for art projects (until the film gets posted you can find some more ideas here and here)
Page 86 – More recipes to make your own lotions, ointments and potions with essential oils
Letters for change - throughout The Book of Rubbish Ideas are 6 letters/emails that Tracey suggests you use to initiate change in your own community. Instead of retyping them all from the book, we’ve copied the text onto this blog for you to cut and paste.
Simply click the sub pages links below and grap the text that you need to get yourself started!
This page has the following sub pages.
- Page 41 – Encourage your school to adopt paper-free communications.
- Page 48 – Set up a recycling-rota with your neighbours.
- Page 57 – Campaign to leave superfluous packaging at the till.
- Page 63 – Connect your local authorities to share their resources.
- Page 80 – How to organise a clothes swap party.
- Page 101 – Call for a plant-pot recycling scheme
