Easy Ways to Save the World

May 29th, 2008

Brits urge Government to make us greener

New research from Worcester, Bosch Group (leading manufacturer of sustainable high efficiency heating and hot water solutions) has found that almost 70% of Brits are calling for more education when it comes to things like saving energy, with the majority (85%) expecting the Government to keep us informed. One in five of us are even in favour of fining people who don't use green methods. This is ...

April 7th, 2006

How should I … shave?

How should I ... shave? - it was Leo Hickman in his book A Good Life, who gave the me the idea of going back to an old fashioned safety razor. I am very happy with this although putting a new blade in can lead to a bloody face, part of this I put down to relearning the art of shaving - ...

February 10th, 2006

Fresh air at home

I like to have plants around the house. I saw this book on MetaEfficent. I did a bit of searching and found this article which if you can’t get the book gives a pretty good idea of whats what with plants that filter stuff out of the air in your ...

January 30th, 2006

Fusion Hits Stores. Pandemonium Over Crazy Orange Package! - Gizmodo

Fusion Hits Stores. Pandemonium Over Crazy Orange Package! – Gizmodo – Since Christmas I have reverted to an old fashioned single bladed razor and brush that I was given as a present. I have noticed an improvement it the quality of my shave since I did this. It was a bit of a worry when I first started using it as I was concerned that I would cut my ...

January 3rd, 2006

Scenes from a Smallholding

My lovely wife to be gave this book to me for Christmas. It’s very funny – the writing style is a bit like Bill Bryson. It does make you want to do what Chas and his family did but at the moment I am going to stick with my back garden – try and actually grow something in it this year! I think ...

December 5th, 2005

A Good Life

Bought this book over the weekend. It’s pretty interesting. Apparently the average woman ingests 1kg of lipstick over the course of her life. This book covers virtually everything to do with leading a ‘good life’ – apart from perhaps religion – I don’t think it misses much there though! It does’nt say anything is righ or wrong just tries to give you ...

November 30th, 2005

Many Uses for Vinegar

Many Uses for Vinegar – if you want to use vinegar for other things than cleaning windows!

November 29th, 2005

Many Uses for Salt

Frugal Many Uses for Salt – I tried out vinegar on my windows over the weekend and it worked very well. I used 50/50 water and vinegar and used scrunched up newspaper to wipe it off. You can actually see through the windows I tried it on after about a years worth of DIY build up. I tried out bi-carbonate of soda for cleaning the kitchen as well but that ...

November 24th, 2005

Cut cleaning costs

Cut cleaning costs – We try and buy eco friendly cleaning stuff – mainly ecover – some of the products smell lovely. I really like the linseed floor cleaner. Anyway I am always looking out for recipes for cleaning stuff to try out and a came across this on the Friends of the Earth site. My other half was looking for something to clean windows and low ...

November 24th, 2005

The F-Word

The F-Word – as it says on the page: “If you want to tell your supermarket what you think about their attitude towards consumer health – or any other issues – then contact them” Or you could use this handy form provided by FoE to email the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry about the supermarket problem!