I started an update on our eco activities about a bazillion weeks ago and have never finished it. It became long, unwieldy and something not even I wanted to read; which let's face it defeats the point of the post since these posts are mainly re-read by me! So I'm breaking it down a bit. When I first started writing the original post, I felt like we hadn't made much progress but in reality we have embedded some good changes. …
Category: Sustainable Life
Sam and I were watching Mary Portas' round-up of 2018 shopping habits the other night (What Britain Bought in 2018). One fact that she mentioned was that the average person spent £1000 a year on takeaways - about £83 per month. Some of the interviewees said they bought 2 - 3 every week. We were genuinely surprised that people buy-in food so often. Then the following morning the BBC had a headline article entitled "Children 'exceed recommended sugar limit by …
Whenever I start writing my end of year summary, I always take a minute to read back over previous years. It is crazy to think that this time last year we were just building up to the arrival of our youngest family member. Fast forward 12 months and she is very much here, present and part of our family. I can obviously remember life before her but I can't remember what it feels like. The last 12 months have been …
Time really does fly between these updates. It's been almost a month since update #4 and now but I can't really believe it. As always, life has been busy. But it's been much less hectic in terms of travel. After several long distance trips over the last few months, this month we stayed at home and I was quite happy about that! In fact, when Sam went away for a few nights with work (more on that later), it seemed …
It feels like we've not made much progress in our quest to be a more sustainable household since I wrote my initial blog post on the topic. But I've had to remind myself that we're playing a long game here and bedding in good habits is as big a success as any. Plus, when I really reflect, we have made some good steps forward. This post has turned out longer than I intended but I really want to capture all …
After Little H was born, it shocked me how many nappies we churned through. After a few months my brain started musing over reusable nappies so I did some Google searching. Then I got overwhelmed by where to start and I just carried on with the multi-buy Pampers. My sleep deprived brain could not cope with the research on top of all the other new learning it has to do. But it was a decision which stayed with me and …
As I write this Sam is out watching a cycling event at the Olympic Velodrome. My dinner is in the oven and it looks and sounds like the Littles might be asleep; I'll never tempt fate and assume they are or will stay that way but at this exact moment a calm has fallen on the house. As I was washing my face, I suddenly found the desire to write a journal post after weeks of having no interest or energy. …
As a long term nature and plant lover, I have always done my best to care for the environment. It has always upset me to create waste and to do things which could cause permanent damage to the world. But at the same time, it's easy to get caught up in life and inadvertently choose convenience over sustainability. Or, even with sustainability in mind, modern life doesn't easily present the options to live a better way. (Looked round the supermarket …
