Archive for November, 2008

Weekly weigh in 24

Filed in Blog by on November 12, 2008 12 Comments
Weekly weigh in 24

Ah, just as I thought. You might remember from a few days ago, I had a bit of a wayward shopping trip. Mainly due to poorly babe in arms and two sleepless nights. Well, our landfill bin is certainly showing signs of voluptuous curves and winter padding this week.

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Save up your junk mail – It’s junk mail revenge day!

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Save up your junk mail – It’s junk mail revenge day!

It’s a bit short notice, but I’ve been catching up with Robert’s blog over at Stop Junk Mail. On 15th November you’re invited to send all your junk mail back to the sender! Hopefully, you’ve already opted out by now with our trusty guide, but if there are any companies still squeezing their crap through […]

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We’re in the International papers!

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We’re in the International papers!

In Beijing that is! Yes, Just Gai and I have travelled to Beijing to share our stories. In the most emissions free way possible of course by trusty email. The news appeared in a life style weekend newspaper called “Beijing youth weekend” and was aimed at helping young people in China face their environmental problems […]

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A zero waste Birthday

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A zero waste Birthday

We celebrated a very special Birthday here at Chez Green last week and the earth celebrated with us as it was a true zero waste affair.

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Weekly roundup Twenty Three

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Weekly roundup Twenty Three

Howdy lovely people. We’ve had a poorly Little Miss green kind of week, but she’s on the mend now and back to her bouncy, inquisitive, asking-non-stop-questions self. Thank you for all your well wishes; she appreciates them and so do we 🙂

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You only get an Oooooo, with OOffOO – an eco space to swap, sell and recycle for FREE

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You only get an Oooooo, with OOffOO – an eco space to swap, sell and recycle for FREE

Ok, I’m unashamedly doing a plug here for one of my favourite companies. I’m a H-U-G-E fan of Natural Collection. There is so much Green Washing going on out there that’s it’s difficult to know who you can trust in the retail and services world.

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Comfort baking

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Comfort baking

Poor Little Miss Green; she’s been so ill for the past few days. I remember finding the sound of my Mum doing housework very comforting when I was poorly. Little Miss Green’s request was to curl up on the sofa under a duvet and watch me in the kitchen. Which meant, I had to find […]

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Weekly weigh in twenty three

Filed in Blog by on November 6, 2008 9 Comments
Weekly weigh in twenty three

We’re doing a seriously happy butt-shaking, bunny-waffling dance here this week. I’ve just made my way to the landfill box and found it virtually empty. Unbelievably empty, actually.

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