Posted in Home, Things that make life easier, tagged recycle MP3 players and digital cameras, recycle old mobile phones, Simply Drop, wasteonline on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have you heard about Royal Mail’s new technology recycling service?
Every year, over 1.1 billion printer cartridges are sold around the world with half of these ending up in landfills. Inkjet cartridges can easily be remanufactured up to two or three times each resulting in fewer going directly to landfills.
Posted in Babies, Food, Things that make life easier, tagged babies feeding themselves, baby led weaning, finger foods, Gill Rapley on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Baby led weaning is becoming more and more popular. It’s based on a paper written by Gill Rapley (Deputy Programme Director of Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative), it means not giving purees and instead introducing your 6 month old child to finger foods from the start. Using solid food allows a baby to feed themselves – no [...]
Posted in Food, Things that make life easier, tagged dorot, frozen herbs and spices, waitrose cooks ingredients on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I picked up a fantastic tip from my Monday’s mummy supper club this week. Frozen herbs, brilliant idea. Dorot produce a wide range of seasoning products, offering you crushed garlic & ginger, chopped basil, parsley, chilli, dill & coriander in ready to use, pre-portioned trays. All you have to do is pop out a cube [...]
Posted in Health, Things that make life easier, Toxic, tagged earthwise girls, menstrual cups, menstrual sponges, moontimes, reusable sanitary towels, sea pearls on January 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The average UK woman spends around £90 a year on sanitary products and uses nearly 11,000 disposable pads and tampons throughout her lifetime menstrual cycle which end up in a landfill or the sea. In the UK alone, 4.3 billion disposable sanitary products are used every year. Switching to reusable sanitary towels, a moon cup [...]
Posted in Kid, Things that make life easier, tagged Dyslexia, First News My Way campaign, help for children with special educational needs, home education on January 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Did you know that 1 in 5 children has learning challenges? Yesterday, First News launched their My Way campaign at 10 Downing Street hosted by Sarah Brown, with Henry ‘The Fonz’ Winkler and Children’s Secretary, Ed Balls. Happy Days star Henry Winkler has spoken of his struggle with dyslexia. The actor aged 64, who was not diagnosed [...]
Posted in Health, Things that make life easier, tagged coughs and colds, homeopathy, immune boosters, keeping warm, multivitamins, probiotics, propolis, sambucol, swine flu, vitamin c on January 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The UK is facing what is potentially one of the coldest winters in 100 years. Temperatures are barely topping freezing in some parts and a heavy snow fall is predicted for much of the South tonight. Flu, coughs and colds are prevalent at this time. Beat the cold and keep the viruses away with our [...]
Posted in Things that make life easier, tagged discount codes on December 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here are a whole load of discount codes for ethical and green products. Great for very last minute xmas presents. NATURAL BEAUTY Free organic skincare when you subscribe to The Green Parent magazine – it only costs £19.99 for a year and you get a free gift worth £19.99! 15% off gentle fresh skincare – [...]
Posted in Kid, Things that make life easier, Things to do, tagged christmas entertainment for children, free family events on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Classic family films for lively kids and tired parents on the second Saturday of every month Time : 11.00am Where: V&A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Rd., E2 9PA (020 8983 5200). Saturday 12 December: Miracle on 34th Street (U, 114 mins, 1994) It’s free; Drop in: All ages and family friendly!
Posted in Kid, Things that make life easier, Things to do, tagged christmas activity ideas, christmas family fun, ideas for filling advent calendar on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love Christmas and bringing out the advent calendar always sparks excitement in our house. Last year I filled the calendar with activity ideas on some days and chocolate on others. However, Bella threw a complete strop on the days there were no chocolate. Frankly, this took all the enjoyment away so this year I’ve [...]
Posted in Energy Saving, Gift, Health, Things that make life easier on November 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This might sound like a boring post but actually has the potential to save some significant amounts of money, energy and CO2. Conventional wisdom is that there are a few obvious options for drying clothes, washing line (weather dependent) tumble dryer (probably one of the least ‘green’ options ever invented), spin dryer (bulky and does [...]
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