First up, yet another apology! I've been neglecting my poor blog, I'm sorry oh little Eco things for not posting on you, i know you have missed me deeply, but now on this lush day, when i only have another 2 hours left in work, i thought id update this with some recent going's on.
Now prior to anything, congratulations to my brother, Andy and Suzanne, who had a cute little person on Sunday at around 9pm. He is called Ewan, which is an ace Celtic name. Its quite exciting now being an uncle, but kind of scary at the same time, i feel old!
First of all. Shower gel! Now i have been a Lynx man for the past few years, no I've not been seduced by the recent advertising campaign, which as far as ad campaigns go, has been highly successful, even me talking about it proves it, evil corporate rubbish!!! Well anyways, Lynx, I've been doing some research and even though they say they keep animal testing down to a minimum, they still do it, so its the end of Lynx (Unilever) products for me. Whilst i appreciate the transparency of them saying about animal testing, no way do i want to be part of it, there are plenty of alternatives to it, and in this day in age, its simply not acceptable.
So the search is on for new shower gels and general smelly related products! The first one I'm going to try is Original Source they are registered by the Vegan Society and do not test any of their stuff on animals. That in itself is reason to change. As well as that, their tea tree and mint shower gel is meant to be amazing. The only downside to it, is the fact that it comes in a plastic bottle, which hopefully, will be recyclable. I will let you know how i get on with it!
The veggie thing, isn't going all that well to be honest...its so hard in the week not to eat meat, my parents cook the most scrumptious food and both love meat, so its pretty much impossible to get away without eating it. Hopefully this will change as soon as i move out which will be hopefully next year sometime! Weekends, i do try hard, and most weekends, as long as we go out and buy food, i can get through the whole weekend without eating meat, which makes me feel good inside, plus more importantly, has a small impact on how many animals are killed.
Aside from the that, plastic bags, it still amazes me how much packaging goes on stuff these days in shops. Next time i head to an evil supermarket, I'm thinking of removing all excess packaging at the till and just leaving it on the conveyor belt, i know its not the cashiers fault, and I'd never have a go at them, but maybe if supermarkets get it into their heads that people don't want a million bits of packaging for items, which don't need so much packaging, then maybe they will cut down what they use.
Plans for the weekend, none so far really, probably take Lola the puppy out lots and hopefully will be able to get out and enjoy this fine weather.
Also, on the blog itself, hopefully in coming weeks i will be redesigning it to give it my own feel, i have designed a logo, which looks quite nifty and have a colour scheme and layout in mind so that should be up and running in the next few months.
Hope everyone who reads this is having fun and is enjoying life, please leave a comment, i love hearing what people think. All you UK folk, have a nice bank holiday weekend, make the most of the weather! And to those not in the UK, have a happy, hippy weekend and have fun! :)
Friday, 24 August 2007
Sunday, 5 August 2007
Updates etc
Well its been a while since i posted anything on here. Don't know why, i've just been busy i guess, and having had 4 days off work i felt spending some time outside would be a lot better than sitting here in front of my computer!
It was with that in mind that i headed down to my most favorite shop ever...BORDERS BOOKS...oh it does rock so much! Anyways, i was on the lookout for a couple of books dealing with eco living and stumbled upon "It's not easy being green" by Dock Strawbridge. Its a book which accompanies a BBC series, which i somehow missed by the same name.
It charts a families trip to living a fully self-sufficient life. Its a brilliant book, its quite simple, dont expect full in-depth explanations on keeping chickens and such like, but it really is inspiring. It deals with such things as rain water collection, composting, wood burning stoves and gardening. Its just great, like a diary in a way, but more informative.
Its really inspired me i must say. I have been thinking that when i do eventually buy my own place, it must have a garden of a decent size, as i want to cultivate my own veg, keep battery rescued chickens for eggs and compost my waste. Basically, i just want to be as self sufficient as possible, not just for the environment, which is obvioulsy a big reason, but because its the sort of thing i have wanted to do for a long long time, especially keeping chickens, i LOVE them.
So yeah, im definatly changing what i look for in a house now, no minging city centre flats for me anymore (famous last words!!!) i want something where i can have some peace from the dirty, suit filled, manky, smoggy, polluted city, which i have the misfortune of having to work in 5 days a week. I shall keep you updated!
On other news, the veggie thing...well its gone down the pan in all honesty, the last few weeks have been a bit of a nightmare in all honesty, with regards habit, this weekend im back down in lovely Gower so have been going out quite a bit with my parents and generally not cooking any of my own food, and then last weekend was a bit up in the air as we were out and about continuously. Anyways, i know it's hard, and i have well and truely fallen off the wagon, but next weekend, im determined to get back onto it and get back onto the non meat eating. On a footnote, i still never ever eat anything with meat in it at lunch time in work, i have stopped that completely.
Other eco-related news...plastic bag thing, still going strong, i cant remember the last time i was given one, and big up to checkout staff in some shops who say "thanks" and smile when you say you dont need a bag, its nice to see and its encouraging that others out there HATE plastic bags!
Well, im going back to my book now, i have a bout 1/4 left and am looking forward to what the next few chapters hold :)
It was with that in mind that i headed down to my most favorite shop ever...BORDERS BOOKS...oh it does rock so much! Anyways, i was on the lookout for a couple of books dealing with eco living and stumbled upon "It's not easy being green" by Dock Strawbridge. Its a book which accompanies a BBC series, which i somehow missed by the same name.
It charts a families trip to living a fully self-sufficient life. Its a brilliant book, its quite simple, dont expect full in-depth explanations on keeping chickens and such like, but it really is inspiring. It deals with such things as rain water collection, composting, wood burning stoves and gardening. Its just great, like a diary in a way, but more informative.
Its really inspired me i must say. I have been thinking that when i do eventually buy my own place, it must have a garden of a decent size, as i want to cultivate my own veg, keep battery rescued chickens for eggs and compost my waste. Basically, i just want to be as self sufficient as possible, not just for the environment, which is obvioulsy a big reason, but because its the sort of thing i have wanted to do for a long long time, especially keeping chickens, i LOVE them.
So yeah, im definatly changing what i look for in a house now, no minging city centre flats for me anymore (famous last words!!!) i want something where i can have some peace from the dirty, suit filled, manky, smoggy, polluted city, which i have the misfortune of having to work in 5 days a week. I shall keep you updated!
On other news, the veggie thing...well its gone down the pan in all honesty, the last few weeks have been a bit of a nightmare in all honesty, with regards habit, this weekend im back down in lovely Gower so have been going out quite a bit with my parents and generally not cooking any of my own food, and then last weekend was a bit up in the air as we were out and about continuously. Anyways, i know it's hard, and i have well and truely fallen off the wagon, but next weekend, im determined to get back onto it and get back onto the non meat eating. On a footnote, i still never ever eat anything with meat in it at lunch time in work, i have stopped that completely.
Other eco-related news...plastic bag thing, still going strong, i cant remember the last time i was given one, and big up to checkout staff in some shops who say "thanks" and smile when you say you dont need a bag, its nice to see and its encouraging that others out there HATE plastic bags!
Well, im going back to my book now, i have a bout 1/4 left and am looking forward to what the next few chapters hold :)