Growing Your Own Herb Garden
Herb gardens are fun to grow and come in all different shapes and sizes. You can grow herbs in the flower bed, in the vegetable garden plot or even in a pot. Although you can create a small dedicated space to grow your herbs in any type garden, it is much more worth it to designate your herbs to their own dedicated garden space. This is because when you are growing herbs, you will be picking them on a regular Read the rest of this entry »
How to live green easily
I am a lazy person, so for me doing extra things to be green was hard. However I have come up with my top ten tips on how to make little changes to your life, which you won’t even notice, but will be of benefit to both the environment and yourself.
1. If you can adjust your heating, try switching it off for the night. You are asleep under a warm duvet anyway, so why waste the power heating up Read the rest of this entry »
Our wasteful Society
When will it stop?! Our society wastes an unbelievable amount of things and I do not see this ever ending! Every month there is a new technology, new televisions new I-something or other and all the while our dumps get filled with electrical goods that are still fully functional, however are totally useless in our society that is totally obsessed with having the biggest, the best and the most expensive gadgets in order to make other people feel inadequate. Do Read the rest of this entry »
Help us Learn
This is one of the most important issues of our time and unfortunately my generation appear to care less than the previous one. I am a 22 year old from London and thankfully grew up with a mother and father who taught me about the beauty of the world.
I grew up eating vegetables fresh from the garden, fresh honey from my father’s beehives and eggs from kept chickens. Yes I lived a privileged up bringing where my parents had Read the rest of this entry »
Step into the Kitchen
It is amazing how many environmental issues are manifest in our simple daily kitchen rituals. Energy consumption and food miles, land fill and pesticides, cleaning up the environment you cook in will help clean up the earth. Start with your energy use: throw out your electric kettle, toaster and coffee maker. According to Greenpeace roughly 2/3rds electricity is lost before it even reaches your home, using gas directly saves energy, and co2 emmissions. Look at your food selection: imagine your Read the rest of this entry »