This new carbon calculator has been developed by DEFRA and was so popular when it was launched that it was quite difficult to get on it. The rush has passed now and what you’ll find is a very easy to use and extremely helpful website that will help you work out your carbon footprint, then […]

If you are finding it difficult to recycle your drink cartons, have a look at the new site at www.tetrapakrecycling.co.uk
This site is full of options for recycling tetrapaks, which are often not included in kerbside collection services. Just wash and flatten your cartons, remove any plastic components, then post them to your nearest recycling […]

I had a truly magical night at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton earlier this week, watching the amazing musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
The action-packed adventure is the story of a magical flying car, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, an eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, and his two children Jemima and Jeremy. Together with Truly Scrumptious and Grandpa […]

Last Wednesday evening I joined a delicious. food magazine reader event at Bordeaux Quay. Bordeaux Quay is a unique harbourside venue in Bristol with a restaurant, brasserie, bar, deli, bakery and cookery school. I was particularly interested in the restaurant because the management and staff work hard to make the whole experience as environmentally responsible […]

I hate throwing old jeans away, I become too attached to them, even when they don’t fit. So what a great idea from Softwalker, Recycleyourjeans.com. I could now still fit into my old jeans (albeit on my feet) !!! Have a look at recycleyourjeans.com
Linda

Ethics Girls is a new website designed for women who want to be green and ethical. With a shop packed full of the best in ethical and green products and with regular features on the issues, Ethics Girls is designed to keep everyone ahead in the world of ethical consumerism.
Ethics Girls’ founder is Sam Roger. […]

This weekend on 15 July we celebrate St. Swithun’s Day, a day on which people watch the weather. Tradition says that whatever the weather is like on St. Swithun’s Day, it will continue for the next forty days.
There is a weather-rhyme that is well known throughout the British Isles since Elizabethan times.
‘St Swithun’s Day, if […]

Last night I went to the circus!I was kindly invited by Regents Park Community College in Southampton to attend an event organised by the Year 7 students as part of their Business and Enterprise course.
It was a really fantastic evening with great entertainment provided by Happy’s Circus including clowns, juggling, aerial acrobatics, balancing and illusion. […]

total coverage has produced the Woodcraft Folk Annual Review. The review takes a look back at the events of 2006, including the fantastic Global Village festival, their activities in the UK and abroad, and work on issues like peace and sustainability.
“There are many challenges still ahead,” says Woodcraft Folk chair Richard Lace in the introduction. […]

The sun certainly shone for the riders and spectators of the Prologue Time Trial and the start of the Tour de France, the greatest bike race on earth. It was amazing being one of the one million spectators who came to watch the race. We found a great spot in Hyde Park and cheered our […]