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
Who’s Billy? Introducing a new member of our family at Chez Green
Billy was found wandering around Seaton beach a fortnight ago. Wet, bedraggled and clearly lost and confused. We took him in, gave him love and comfort and he begged us to take him home with us. We thought long and hard as to whether we had the space and energy to take care of another […]
How to cut your paper footprint
Vicki Hill, The Independent, Thursday, 10 July 2008 Amazing! I think this woman is doing a fantastic job of highlighting and ‘making real’ the amount of paper we get through during a year. A very inspiring story and one that I hope will bring about significant change to the people who visit her display. Some […]
365 days of trash challenge
Inspired by Dave over at 365 days of trash, we’ve decided to tot up all of our recycling ‘rubbish’ too. We’re doing our weekly weigh ins, where we report how much stuff we’ve sent to landfill in the week, but we’ve realised just how much recycling we produce too. This morning, we are going to […]
Weekly weigh in number five
Wow – a land(fill)slide victory this week, folks! We’re celebrating true carnival style over here, but I am in the doghouse for doubling the weight of our rubbish for landfill this week with yogurt pots. 🙁 I’m just not getting over that procrastination monster regarding making my own yogurt. I made one pot this week, […]
Tories plan vouchers to reward people who recycle more waste
Well, I was quite excited about this until I read down further to see that vouchers could be redeemable at restaurants, such as local curry houses. Restaurants have to be one of the biggest wasters of food in the country! Plus, I have no desire to spend my well earned vouchers eating out; it’s not […]
A little panic about our zero waste week
Being a bit of a control freak, I’m having a bit of a ‘to do’ about our zero waste week (1st week in September if you’ve just joined us). More specifically I’m thinking about those things that happen which are beyond our control. Am I having nightmares of some saboteur coming around at midnight and […]
Britain declares war on food waste
Well, a man after my own heart at last. This has come not a moment too soon, don’t you think? Don’t miss our tips for reducing food waste, once you’ve read this article! The TImes, By Andrew Grice in Hokkaido, Japan. Monday, 7 July 2008 The Government is to launch a campaign to stamp out […]
How to reduce clingfilm / plastic wrap.
I miscalculated the amount of broccoli I bought this week and ended up doing an emergency dash to our local store. I ended up with the broccoli wrapped in about half a metre of clingfilm. As I was fighting with getting it off without shredding the stuff under my fingernails, I glanced up to where […]
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