Eco living

Be Sustainable in February In these still chilly winter months let’s think about food! The 21st February is Shrove Tuesday with families across the land dusting off their trusty pans and buying ingredients ready for the big fry! But let’s think about this for a minute. We cheerfully buy readymade mixes and sprinkle sugar and […]

Be Sustainable in January Now that the festivities are done and it’s time to pack away the decorations, wrap your treasured heirlooms in tissue paper and store them ready to unpack next December. Spend an extra few minutes carefully winding fairy lights to make hanging them easier next time. If you make a New Year’s

Be Sustainable in December Now that winter is definitely set in it’s time to get the garden ready for next year. Rake up leaves to help your grass grow strong and pile them up where they can be a cozy home for garden visitors. Keep up with your hedgehog-friendly chores over Christmas and put out

Be Sustainable in November Winter is nearly here and hedgehogs will be starting to hibernate – some may have started already. Piles of garden debris are irresistible to hedgehogs looking for a snug nest. A log pile is one of the best garden features for encouraging all kinds of wildlife and very easy to make.

Be Sustainable in October It’s Unblocktober! Avoid those fatbergs by being aware of what you flush down the sink and loo. Quit pouring fats, oils and grease, food and a range of other troublesome items down your drain for the whole 31 days. Who needs wet wipes when washable, reusable cloths will do the job

Be Sustainable in September It’s Organic September! For those of you who have been able to grow fruit and vegetables over this summer (against all the odds) you’ll be enjoying the wonderful flavours of food produced for quality rather than quantity. I do hope your veggie patches survived the hot weather – mine’s toast! –

Be Sustainable in July… It’s Plastic Free July! The global movement is to help millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution, so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part of Plastic Free July by choosing to refuse single-use plastics? Spend the whole of July working

Be Sustainable in June At last the weather is warmer and the evenings longer. The heating has been off since March, but we don’t need to wear quite so many layers now. At the end of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend we also celebrate World Environment Day on the 5th. With these two in mind

Be Sustainable in May Folklore says that on the 1st of May you should wash your face in the morning dew to keep your complexion fresh and lovely throughout the year. Probably as reliable an endorsement as any overpriced skin cream! Embrace No Mow May! Not only because you don’t need to heave the mower

Be Sustainable in April We love Easter with its signs of spring, milder weather and lighter evenings. But what would it be without chocolate? Most confectioners are more savvy these days about packaging and there’s a variety of brands available with plastic free packaging and fair trade chocolate. Easter decorations are fun to craft at