Mrs Green
I am a long time supporter of the Green and Sustainable lifestyle. After being caught in the Boscastle floods in 2004, our family begun a journey to respect and promote the importance of Earth's fragile ecosystem, that focussed on reducing waste. Inspired by the beauty and resourcefulness of this wonderful planet, I have published numerous magazine articles on green issues and the author of four books.
Mrs Green's Latest Posts
Crop Swappers – rebuilding communities and sharing resources
I’m delighted to welcome Sophie Greenyer to myzerowaste today. This gorgeous lady is the passion and brains behind cropswappers. Cropswappers is a new website dedicated to rebuilding simple community sharing. Sophie has a 9 month old daughter who she wants to grow up in a more environmentally aware society. In a world that can seem […]
Compost awareness week – community composting
If you haven’t got a garden, but are sold on the idea of composting as a way of diverting valuable resources from the landfill, then Community Composting might be for you. In our county, Gloucestershire council are looking for people who might be interested in setting up a community composting scheme in their local community.
weekly weigh in 50
Behold our rubbish bin this week. She’s not looking too bad because we had a couple of mishaps. First up the butchers. Ol’ Cattus Green ran out of food on a Saturday afternoon and I had to do an emergency shop lest she should shrink away before my very eyes and call the RSPCA with […]
Compost awareness week – top tips for using bokashi bins!
I’ve been asked the following question about bokashi bins from one of our readers “I just acquired a bokashi bin off freecycle, so would love some info on the pros and cons of it, as at the moment I’m not sold on the idea of having to buy bokashi bran to make compost. But then […]
Get off your arse Thursday – week 9
What a naughty bunch of zero wasters you were last week. Only two of you took part in my favourite weekly feature! While John was busy being chased around his house by gone off milk, Poppy was being given the run around by Tesco’s and their increased tablets packaging.
.tel the paperless way to communicate
.com is so last season! I’m loving this new campaign. Take a moment to watch the video – it’s risqué, fun and you won’t forget the message! When we’re at conferences, meeting, dinner parties or just sittin’ on the bus eyeing up the good looking person opposite how do we ensure people remember who we […]
Compost awareness week day three – is ink from printed cardboard toxic?
I received the following question about compost: “If you compost all your cardboard-including stuff like cereal boxes with pictures and text, does the ink leach into the compost ?!“ What a great question and one that many people worry about.
compost awareness week – swarms of fruit flies
This week, in honour of one of our favourite zero waste pastimes; we’re celebrating Compost Awareness Week by answering some of your composting questions. The lovely Madam Salami (who just happens to make gorgeous recycled, upcycled and precycled handcrafted items from unloved items – check out her store here) asked me about fruit flies. Fruit […]
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