Of all the Literary Festivals I’ve appeared at this year, Ways With Words at the beautiful Dartington Hall in Totnes is the one that has given me the biggest squidgy feeling in the pit of my stomach. The annual festival takes place from July 10-19 at Dartington Hall in South Devon and my slot is carved into [...]
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I’ve Got Rubbish ‘Ways With Words’
Posted in General rubbish, Household rubbish, Rubbish celebrities, Rubbish events, Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish ideas, Rubbish news, Rubbish Q&A, tagged Dartington Hall, Devon, Green Books, Literary Festival, Rob Hopkins, Shaun Chamberlain, Tamzin Pinkerton, Totnes, Tracey Smith, Ways With Words on 12 July 2009 | 10 Comments »
Earthwise Girls Rule!
Posted in Household rubbish, Paper rubbish, Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish products, tagged Christine McRitchie, Earthwise Girls, Plush Pants, Terry Nappies, washable nappies, washable sanitary protection on 11 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Meet mum of 4 and ‘mumpreneur’ Christine McRitchie. She somehow manages to fit in running 3 flourishing internet eco-businesses, alongside the demands of family life. Plush Pants Cloth Nappies was her first venture: “I took on Plush Pants when my youngest baby, Victoria, was just under a year old. It’s been a labour of love and [...]
A Bagging Update
Posted in Household rubbish, Rubbish activism, Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish ideas, Rubbish products, tagged Charity Shop, craft group, Morsbags, RSPCA, sewing on 13 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hi all, Only a shortie, it’s been a busy week here in the Smith Word Shed… Friday morning I got together with my Crafty Group and we made our first batch of Morsbags! I found a fabulous blue and white throw in the RSPCA charity shop that set me back the princely sum of £1.50! [...]
Rubbish on the Radio: For your listening pleasure this week
Posted in General rubbish, Household rubbish, Rubbish movies, Rubbish news, Rubbish on the Radio, Win free tickets to the Odeon, tagged Apple AM, beat the credit crunch, Downshifting, money saving tips, Recycling, The Book of Rubbish Ideas, Tracey Smith on 3 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s almost time to go dashing through the snow in my one horse open sleigh (ok, I lied, there’s no sleigh, but it would certainly come in handy this week) to broadcast Slow Down and Green Up on the radio. Between 10am and 1pm GMT on Wednesday, I’ll be talking about all the things that [...]
The Work/Life Balance: Don’t Have a Rubbish One (and some seriously sneaky peeks at what’s coming next…)
Posted in General rubbish, Household rubbish, Rubbish activism, Win a copy of The Book of Rubbish Ideas, tagged Alastair Sawday Publishing, Community Channel, Downshifting, InterNational Downshifting Week, Recycling, The Book of Rubbish Ideas, Tracey Smith, Win a copy of The Book of Rubbish Ideas on 24 December 2008 | 12 Comments »
Seasons Greetings to all, It’s Christmas Eve and following a short trip to London, I’m now home in the bosom of my lovely family and preparing for a few days of non-work related fun! For the past five months, with the kind assistance of dear Thomas, I’ve delivered a rubbish post-a-day to tantalise you, to [...]
Farewell rubbish people (and don’t waste water)!
Posted in Household rubbish, Rubbish ideas, tagged Australia, Better Health Channel, grey water, water, water recycling, water saving, water shortage, water tanks, water waste on 19 December 2008 | 7 Comments »
Hi everybody. Thomas here is say that, well, this is the last time I’ll be here. For those of you who don’t know me (I have tried to keep a low profile), I’m the guy who originally put this blog together for Tracey on behalf of Sawday’s and have since been the behind the scenes [...]
Rubbish Interview: With Danny Carnegie, creator of UK Aware
Posted in General rubbish, Household rubbish, Plastic rubbish, Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish Interviews, tagged arctic explorer, Centre for Food Policy, Centre for Sustainable Design, Climate Change, COIN, Forum for the Future, Friends of the Earth, Futerra, Green Grants Machine, Greenpeace, London 21, Nathan Allen, Olympia, People and Planet, The Age of Stupid, The Energy Saving Trust, The Fairtrade Foundation, The Green Party, The Vegan Society, The Vegetarian Society, Together, Transition Town, Trevor Baylis, UK Aware, UKSIF, wind up radio, WWF, WWOOF on 16 December 2008 | 6 Comments »
As the founder of UK AWARE, 33-year old Danny Carnegie takes comfort in his perception that he’s just an average Joe. He plays football once a week, he loves snowboarding, he never wears matching socks, he doesn’t enjoy going to weddings, he comes from a one parent family, he lives in a three bed semi [...]
Your Rubbish Mission, Should You Choose to Accept it…
Posted in Electric rubbish, Food rubbish, General rubbish, Household rubbish, Paper rubbish, Plastic rubbish, Rubbish activism, tagged carbon footprint, composting, eco-education, gardening, Get Started with Compost, Landfill, Leftovers, Love Food Hate Waste, Plastic, Zero Waste Week on 12 December 2008 | 4 Comments »
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Where There’s Muck, There’s Brass
Posted in Household rubbish, Rubbish ideas, tagged beat the credit crunch, Credit Crunch, Daily Express, Downshifting, Rob Griffin, self-employment, The Book of Rubbish Ideas, Tracey Smith, work-at-home enterprises on 28 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Or maybe this title should read, ‘Where there’s rubbish, there’s dosh’ – potential dosh anyway. Respected financial journalist Rob Griffin (yes, there are some) and I have been talking money for a few years. He pens pieces on finance and occasionally I slide in the odd quote from a downshifted perspective. On Wednesday, the Daily [...]
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