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The Green family’s eco friendly journey towards ethical living, self sufficiency and a sustainable lifestyle.

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national ethical investment week 18th - 24th may 2008

May 16th, 2008 by Mrs Green · No Comments

national ethical investment week 18 - 24th may 2008
national ethical investment week 18 - 24th may 2008
Many of us who are leading a ‘green lifestyle’ forget about where our money is invested. Even having a current account in the red means you are investing in something!.

This is something Mr Green and I talk about a lot and we have not really found a solution yet.

You may well buy organic food, have given up long haul flights, have a green electricity provider and live as lightly on the earth as possible. But where you invest your money can mean you are contributing to some of the things you feel strongly about and are trying to avoid in your daily purchases and lifestyle.

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Art on a rainy May morning

May 16th, 2008 by Mrs Green · No Comments

a morning spent playing with colour
a morning spent playing with colour
What better thing to do on a wet, rainy, grey day than bring some colour into our lives?

Little Miss Green loves anything to do with art. Unfortunately, my ‘art’ extends to stick figures on a good day. Yet art is something I’ve always had a secret wish I was good at. During my childhood, I had it instilled in me that academic subjects were the only ones worth bothering with, so my enthusiasm was quashed and I never had chance to explore.

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Help the children of zimbabwe by sending homeschool supplies

May 15th, 2008 by Mrs Green · No Comments

crayons - easy come, easy go over here, but precious treasures in zimbabwe
crayons - easy come, easy go over here, but precious treasures in zimbabwe
Earlier I was writing up a post about our day when I received a call from a friend. I spent half an hour learning  about the needs of home educating families in Zimbabwe.

While our children want the latest gadgets and have to be shown how to care for the things they have; children in South Africa are struggling to get educated without basic supplies such as paper and pencils.

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The Tao of weeding

May 12th, 2008 by Mrs Green · No Comments

a sea of horsetail and bindweed
a sea of horsetail and bindweed
I’ve been out spending time in our much-neglected garden today. I must admit a deepening sense of defeat at times with our horsetail-ridden clay bed.

A week ago the soil was still too wet to handle and today it was baked and cracked. I have nothing in the beds except weeds and some potatoes that have grown themselves after missing last year’s harvest.

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Breastfeeding awareness week may 11th - 17th

May 9th, 2008 by Mrs Green · 6 Comments

breastfeeding awareness week may 11th - 17th
breastfeeding awareness week may 11th - 17th
One of the greenest and most self sufficient things a new mother can do is breastfeed her child. It is nature’s miracle at its best - the perfectly designed food for your baby that changes all the time to meet their requirements.

You don’t have to get up in the middle of the night to warm bottles, there is no waste to go into the landfill, no bottles to plan if you’re going out for the day, it helps get your own hormones back in shape after giving birth and its served at the perfect temperature every time!

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World Fair Trade day May 10th 2008

May 8th, 2008 by Mrs Green · 2 Comments

Show your support on World Fair Trade day May 10th 2008
Show your support on World Fair Trade day May 10th 2008
The Theme of this year’s World Fair Trade Day is ‘Fair Trade + Ecology ‘. World Fair Trade Day is the first global campaign for The Fair Trade movement connecting producers and customers around the world and is endorsed by IFAT.

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