Sometimes there is synchronicity, and then, there is synchronicity….I find Sally’s blog at www.sallylever.co.uk often chimes with things I’m thinking about. I decided to contact her and ask if she wanted to do reciprocal guest posts – I’m keen to build a sense of community here and in the rest of my life. [...]
Ah, I’m having one of those obstructive technology hours. There’s no photo on this post because it won’t upload and since a problem with upgrading, there seem to be a few glitches around. Anyway, hopefully the tech wizards will sort me out…
I’m not sure where the last few weeks have gone. I try reflecting [...]
Well fingers crossed I’ve achieved my goal for March’s project. Ok, I’ve left it right to the last minute, like this week, but still. With a bit of luck (because I’m still waiting to be approved) I will be switching to the Co-operative Bank. I’ve thought several times in the past about joining them and [...]
For the final post on this month’s theme of health and wellbeing, I’ve decided to look at yoga. I think I mentioned in an earlier post that I’m fascinated (frustrated) by the way in which yoga has got caught up in a consumerist and materialistic mentality. This manifests itself in the amount of ‘gadgets’ and [...]
As I’m a regular, though thankfully not daily, user of painkillers I’ve decided to focus on these first this month. Ethical Consumer’s report highlights a number of concerns relating to the main pharmaceutical drugs on the market, including (in 2006):
the fact that $60 billion was spent on drug marketing, far exceeding that spent on [...]
You might remember in November I launched my Natural Connection 1 day retreat in the beautiful village of Wallington, Hertfordshire. Following the success of that day, I’m delighted to announce 4 dates for 2012 – one for each season! The first is on Saturday 17 March and will have a ‘spring’ theme. Although the core [...]
This month my focus is on health & wellbeing, which feels like an appropriate choice given the amount of bugs going around and the challenges I’ve been having managing my energy levels. Now there’s stuff with this theme that I know I don’t even want to contemplate, like the ins [...]
Here’s a final update on activity on the theme of puppy care:
My local council replied very quickly on the issue of dog waste and whether there were plans to compost/recycle. The answer was no, unfortunately. They have suggested putting it down the toilet – but checking with the waste water company first. So I [...]
The lovely Ethical Pets are helping me work out what items they do that would be good for Bobby. I’ve also found another site that looks useful www.ecodogcompany.com which has a range of stuff and what looks like a useful blog. I have to confess I have still been [...]
This week, I decided to look at how sustainable are meat-free alternatives, like tofu. In fact, only tofu/soya products, as I don’t do quorn. A little bit of a search on the web led to this interesting article and debate -http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2010/feb/15/ask-leo-tofu-bad-for-environment. One of the things I hadn’t realised, perhaps naively, is that soya by-products are [...]
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