Today is day 4 of the Big Green Blog Gathering and I would like to thank our host Emma Cooper of Coopette.com for not just hosting the event but for inviting me to get involved.I'd also like to thank all of you who have popped by, whether you've just happened on the virtual gathering by accident or have deliberately dropped in with a keen interest in reducing waste and to find out more about The Rubbish Diet Experience.No matter where you are in the push for consumer zero waste I hope my personal story will help inspire you further, whether it's starting from scratch or going that extra mile to...
Friday, 31 July 2009
A Summer Holiday Surprise
It's been a tad tricky getting to the blog this week as things have been far busier that I could have ever planned. Not only have I been enjoying the school holidays with the children, but I've been busy whizzing across the country attending a family funeral, celebrating a new pregnancy [not mine, I should add], speaking at a regional climate change conference, meeting a very important councillor, pickling beetroot for the very first time, enjoying a friend's birthday bash as well as another friend's hen night for whom I've also been busy making a gorgeous sparkly tiara.So it is a welcome surprise...
Thursday, 23 July 2009
There's more to life than pants - or is there?
Perpetual pants on the washing line.Now rumour may have it that I have been lost in landfill counting the number of hen party doodahs, but trust me, life's not been that exciting and I have a whole range of excuses why I've been absent for the last 10 days.As well as celebrating my birthday and the effects of getting older, I've actually been busy catching up with my regular routine of washing more pants!I know it's the school holidays and I should be getting out more, but summer holidays or not, between kids' activities and birthday celebrations there are always pants to sort out. And in the...
Monday, 13 July 2009
Free Willy Anyone?
Today I am speechless with the exception of just a few words. Psychiatrists, feel free to regard my personal ad as a cry of help:Wanted: A loving home for a reusable straw, delicately shaped in the form of a male appendage. Rescued from a hen party. Unused, but could be repurposed as a plant support, nostril cleaner or milkshake stirrer. Available free to the first person who wants it.When my brain has recovered from working out the number of plastic willies that could be potentially buried in landfill, normal service will resume. Until then, I welcome as many of your recommendations as you...
Thursday, 9 July 2009
A mother's lecture: A response to Prince Charles
Last night, I watched Prince Charles present the 2009 Richard Dimbleby Lecture, entitled Facing the Future, a talk which emphasised the plight of the planet and humanity and forecasting the bankruptcy of nature's resources if we don't act fast enough.His Royal Highness didn't offer any news that I hadn't heard before. However, I was transfixed by his delivery, a confident presentation that was evidently coming from the heart and backed up with both an academic and a practical vision of the future. The risk was clear, if we continue to consume as much as we have over the last three decades, our...
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
The 8 Things Tag
Well here's a refreshing change from talking rubbish. I've been tagged by Tasha at Wahm-Bam and more recently Cartside over at Mummy Do That, to give a personal insight into my past, my plans and other random doo-dahs that occupy my thoughts.I had planned to share some of my adventures in my garden, but that'll have to wait for another day, while the nosey one's amongst you discover what goes on in my head and what lies ahead when I'm not washing out the tin cans.So, here's the 8 things thingymajig. Are you ready for it?8 Things I'm looking forward toThe school holidays - fun times and lazy...
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Eh! At least he tried...a bit!
I've just come back from more fun and frolics at BBC Radio Suffolk, popping into the James Hazell Show to see how James did with his Zero Waste Week challenge.So, the big question is...did he make it?Er...um..mmmmWell...let's just say he didn't do quite as well as his producer Sally Goodwin, who only the week before managed to go zero waste with the exception of a chocolate bar wrapper and some bags and film that I took off her hands to drop off at our local HWRC.James on the other hand managed ......cue drumroll.......a day!Even with the promise of a zero waste bar of chocolate as a reward.Something...
Saturday, 4 July 2009
A Rubbish Surprise in Felixstowe
Well look who I bumped into today on a family visit to Felixstowe.We'd just started walking along the promenade and no sooner had we arrived but I spotted my friend Fran Crowe, a Suffolk artist who was setting up her exhibition in one of the beach huts on the sea front.I met Fran last year after going to see her exhibition Walking to save some sea and interviewed her for the blog a few months later. Since then, we've met up on several occasions for some rubbish chats, so it was really good to bump into her today.Her mini-exhibition in the beach hut is called Cast Away and is part of Felixstowe's...
Thursday, 2 July 2009
The Bin Saboteur turns 5
Arrrr me hearties.O'ive bin prakktising moi poirate speak today in honour iv the poirate paarty for our little bin saboteur.He be 5 year old now, all 18.5 kilos of him. Gett'n old eh! An he'll be ready for them high seas before we know it.He were only 3 1/2 when this here blog came into being. A zero waste bin saboteur if ever o'ive seen one.But he be gett'n tha hang of it these days. Only yesterdee he be asking the cap'n where the compost caddy lay, since it be moved to accommodate the sudden immobility of the QuarterMaster - who you be more accustomed in familiarity as Yours Truly.Poirate...
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Sal's Recycle Week Success
Huge congratulations to Sally Goodwin, producer of the James Hazell show on BBC Radio Suffolk.For Recycle Week, which took place last week, Sal rose to the challenge of a Rubbish Free Day and found it such a fantastic idea, she went for the whole week.Well, I dropped into the studio today to see how she got on and blimey, she's most definitely worthy of a zero waste medal. Live on air, she revealed that after a week of recycling more and avoiding creating rubbish, the only things in her rubbish bag were a few pieces of film and some polythene packaging.These things are pretty tricky to recycle...
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