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How much are you using?
Posted by Anna Heywood on June 17, 2008 12:15 PM
With utility prices going through the roof and many more of us trying to reduce our carbon footprint, there are now a number of clever methods and gadgets to help us work out exactly how much energy we are using in the home.
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June seasonal food
Posted by Anna Heywood on June 13, 2008 12:37 PM
I still refuse to buy organic apples that have been shipped all the way over from New Zealand or South Africa, but hurrah, at last there are a few more fruits available other than Rhubarb.
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Message to Colin Firth
Posted by Anna Heywood on June 10, 2008 10:54 PM
My Dad wants a word with you!
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Eco-cleaning doesn’t get results?
Posted by Anna Heywood on May 18, 2008 3:37 PM
Complaints about the effectiveness of eco-cleaners put people off using them, however as always the magic is in the method.
I received two emails this week about cleaning products, both with different views; however the answer to both was really about the different methods of cleaning that are necessary when using natural products.
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Fill her up
Posted by Anna Heywood on May 12, 2008 7:16 PM
Re-fills for cleaning products are now available after pressure from Journallive readers.
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Get on your bike
Posted by Anna Heywood on May 8, 2008 4:15 PM
Parents are being urged to halt a generational decline in cycling.
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May seasonal food - the true season of love
Posted by Anna Heywood on May 2, 2008 10:20 PM
Asparagus, long regarded as one of the foods of love is back!
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Sting – eco-hypocrite
Posted by Anna Heywood on April 28, 2008 1:25 PM
His wife finally put her hands up and admitted what we knew all along.
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Famine in Heaton
Posted by Anna Heywood on April 21, 2008 11:36 PM
It’s a good job that I wasn’t relying on my seed crop to feed us all this year.
According to reports in a number of newspapers today, vegetable seed sales have increased by 60 per cent as Britons attempt to save money while credit crunch hits and apparently vegetable seed sales are outstripping flower seeds for the first time since we were told to Dig for Victory in the Second World War
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April seasonal food
Posted by Anna Heywood on April 11, 2008 7:32 PM
Enough with the rhubarb!
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R-egg-volting
Posted by Anna Heywood on April 9, 2008 5:52 PM
Last month Channel 5 asked to interview me about my opinion on Easter Eggs.
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Clothes swap
Posted by Anna Heywood on March 10, 2008 1:08 PM
A fantastic opportunity to clear out the clothes that you no longer wear and exchange them for something you will.
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March seasonal food
Posted by Anna Heywood on March 2, 2008 3:45 PM
The garden is beginning to wake up for the year and a few early spring vegetable varieties and herbs are starting to burst through.
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Stuff the flowers and stuff with love instead
Posted by Anna Heywood on February 9, 2008 9:13 PM
Valentine’s Day, a day the planet could do without; but don’t worry I have a number of tried and tested alternatives to the planet degrading usual suspects.
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February seasonal food
Posted by Anna Heywood on February 3, 2008 5:15 PM
Brrr, it’s time for lots of warming soups and stews.
It was husband’s birthday last week and my mother got him his much wished for slow-cooker.
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Free eco-day out for the kids
Posted by Anna Heywood on February 1, 2008 8:58 AM
If you’re looking for something to do with the children this weekend then take a trip to Washington Wetlands Centre.
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Are celebs jumping on the green bandwagon?
Posted by Anna Heywood on January 29, 2008 10:07 PM
Absolutely, and most of us can see through it.
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Ecoballs part two
Posted by Anna Heywood on January 20, 2008 11:17 AM
The results of my Ecoballs trial are in. So after 8 weeks of use do they work or not?
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January seasonal food
Posted by Anna Heywood on January 8, 2008 8:47 AM
Locally-produced fresh fruit is difficult to find at this time of year.
There are still a few late pear varieties around and although not strictly a fruit, forced rhubarb is available in many outlets.
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Too late for ethical christmas shopping?
Posted by Anna Heywood on December 23, 2007 1:17 PM
Is it too late to get ethical Christmas gifts that don’t look so ‘ethical’?
Dear Anna,
One day to go till Christmas and I fear that I may have left it too late to get any decent ethical Christmas gifts.
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No I'm not Mary Poppins
Posted by Anna Heywood on December 12, 2007 12:07 PM
Do I send Christmas cards?
It’s a question I get asked a lot, perhaps in some way to check how ‘eco’ I really am.
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December seasonal food
Posted by Anna Heywood on December 11, 2007 4:36 PM
It's difficult not to mention turkeys at this time of year.
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The 50 things that will save the planet
Posted by Anna Heywood on November 16, 2007 4:42 PM
What will it take?
The environment agency put this question to 25 experts who came back with a list from the profound to the practical to the downright peculiar.
Interestingly, not one of them said it’s too late...
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Green business support
Posted by Anna Heywood on November 15, 2007 2:53 PM
Dear Anna,
I check your blog daily and really like the fact that you don’t lecture and make me feel guilty. My only criticism is that I wish you blogged each day as your entries make me chuckle.
I have a query, which although isn’t about ethical living, I thought that you could help me with.
I've just started a job at an events company and as the only person in the office with a 'green' lifestyle in any sense of the word I've been charged with making a presentation to t