I'm always on the look out for local businesses who do and/or sell awesome stuff, so I was very excited to be introduced to Norfolk Natural Living recently – a company who make a range of vegan-friendly, nasty-chemical-free household products, based in my current home county of Norfolk. What kind of stuff do Norfolk Natural … Continue reading Spotlight On: Norfolk Natural Living
Last year, I put together a piece on where to buy ethical Christmas gifts that covered places like Ethical Superstore and the Big Issue Online Shop – retailers where you can buy things to wrap and put under the tree, but which contribute to a good cause or have some serious eco credentials. This year, … Continue reading Alternative Christmas Gift Ideas
Have you all survived Black Friday and Cyber Monday? I sure hope so. Because today is #GivingTuesday and that's not a way of saying "give away the stuff you bought in the weekend sales and then start shopping all over again." Giving Tuesday is about giving something back, and to mark this year's hashtag frenzy, … Continue reading #DontWasteChristmas
Yes, I did make the title rhyme on purpose. Plastic waste is getting a lot of attention at the moment, because us humans are making so goddarn much of it. It's clogging up rivers and oceans, it's killing sealife and it's just generally ruining a whole bunch of things at an alarming rate. Like, the … Continue reading Ocean Plastic: An Infographic
Oh hey, it's World Vegan Day! Was there a vegan day last year? Apparently there was, but despite having converted to a veganish diet way back in 2016, I somehow only just learned that this day was a thing. There is a day for just about all occasions / inanimate objects / living things now, … Continue reading World Vegan Day
A while back, I wrote about ways to live a bit greener throughout the year, and the list included things like second-hand shopping and offering time instead of gifts. What I missed off the latter part was that as well as giving your own time as a present - be it a dinner invite or … Continue reading An East London Charity Shop Hop