your garden. Has anyone else noticed the large amounts of ladybirds around recently? When we went to the park yesterday, there were more around than I’m used to seeing, but I didn’t think anything of it really. But when we went home we sat on the back garden. Our garden isn’t big really, but there Read more —>
Aaaargh, the day is nearly over and I haven’t posted today. But it’s OK, I have a note from my Mum. I’ve been in migraine hell all day and so I am totally cheating and instead of writing a post, I’m sending you over to My Borrowed Planet to read Naomi’s post about how to Read more —>
Put your hand up if you love to have a splurge on new clothes now and again. Do you love that feeling of getting home with bags full of new outfits? Could you get that same feeling from second hand clothes? Kim Sklinar is hoping she can. She has set herself a challenge to buy Read more —>
I love to see a garden full of butterflies, bees buzzing busily around flowers; it seems to complete the picture of the English country garden. Many flowering plants and crops depend on insect pollinators such as bees, butterflies, moths and hoverflies. Honeybees alone pollinate a third of the food we eat including apples, pears and Read more —>
We all know that when it comes to feeding babies, breast is best. Whether a mother chooses to breastfeed or not there are undeniable health benefits, for herself and her baby, when a baby is breastfed. Of course, not everyone chooses to breastfeed and formula companies are constantly updating their products in a bid to Read more —>
We all know that we need to do more as a society to protect our environment, and many of us have a few ideas on how to go about it too. In my experience, kids have some of the most creative ideas about how we can look after our planet and these ideas are being Read more —>
Green fingered youngsters are being challenged by Have a Lovely Time and NurtureStore to see who can grow the tallest sunflower (much like Blue Peter of old). Anyone can join in – families, schools, groups and organisations by simply donating £2 to Wolverhampton’s Compton Hospice through their JustGiving page. In return, you’ll receive sunflowers seeds, an information pack and fun activities to download from NurtureStore.
London households throw away a staggering 200,000 tonnes of disposable nappy waste every year and this costs Londoners approximately £20 million annually. Real Nappies for London points out what a waste of money this is, and also points to the fact that cloth nappies,washed and dried in an eco-friendly way, have 40% less global warming impact than disposables.
Did you see Great British Waste Menu on BBC1 last night? If you did, then you’re probably shocked/angered/mortified/upset by the amount of perfectly edible food that gets thrown away every day. If you didn’t see the programme, go and watch it on iPlayer. Go! There are lots of things you can do to help reduce Read more —>
As almost everyone (I imagine) knows, there are plans to expand Heathrow and build a third runway and a sixth terminal. Some think this is a great idea, allowing for more flights into and out of the UK. Many, many others think this is a disastrous idea. Expanding Heathrow in this way means there’s no Read more —>
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