Save Money, Reduce Rubbish: Workshops with Tracey Smith

The Book of Rubbish Ideas positively celebrates reducing waste in your home and keeping more money in your pocket by being savvy with some of your shopping ideas. Of course, cooking from fresh is a terrific way of combining both and I’ve been doing it for years.  I started making simple recipe loaves and rolls [...]

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What on Earth’s an Earthship?

I love hearing from people who are doing amazing things to protect and care for our present and future environments for the generations yet to come. I genuinely feel very excited to be one of many optimistic green activists, at a pivotal point in earth’s history; we are the generation that will make incredible positive [...]

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Earthwise Girls Rule!

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 [...]

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Sustainable Garden Pleasures: The Firewinder

Recently, I had the pleasure of driving with Joe Wadsworth in the Brighton to London Eco-Rally.   Aside from being a great co-driver, he’s also partly responsible for waving the flag for the ingenious Firewinder. Here, Joe shares his views on renewable and sustainable energy, as well as letting us into the secrets behind one of the hottest eco-products [...]

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Rapanui Clothing Launches 2009 Graphic Art Competition

The boys at Rapanui are back again with an expansion on their successful competition of 2008 to source up-and-coming designers. For their 2010 Collection, due for release this summer, the lads have made entries available to all. Mart and Rob were inspired to open the doors to the Rapanui design studio after appointing Eve Ottaway; [...]

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Are You Ready For a Little Purple Gossip?

Every month millions of mobile phone handsets in perfectly good, working condition are discarded and sent to Britain’s growing landfills as mobile phone fashions come and go. Eco-conscious shoppers everywhere might be interested in Purple Gossip, a new website offering a wide range of recycled phones and accessories.  Not only can you get your hands [...]

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Take a Natural Approach to Hayfever Protection

Spring can be a particularly difficult time for hayfever sufferers (me included) but organic herbal expert, Pukka Herbs, believes the symptoms can be avoided with the use of natural remedies. I’m going to give their recommendations a try, as every summer I seem to find myself with a collection of boxes and bottles of product [...]

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A Bagging Update

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! [...]

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Got the Sniffles? Ditch a’Tissue….(bless you)…

It’s that time of year again. Actually, in my house, it’s been ‘that’ time of year since the kids broke up for their Christmas holidays! There have been more coughs and colds going around the village than you could shake a snotty stick at and I’ve been rather dismayed to see one too many empty [...]

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Have Yourself a Rubbish Little Christmas!

Oh boy. I’ve relented. It’s December and I’ve finally come around to the idea of thinking about Christmas. It’s not that I don’t like it; on the contrary, Christmas time is great. I just cannot stomach all the hype and perpetual consumer pressure that seems to start bearing down on us from about mid-October. Anyway, [...]

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