Women’s Health : A Green Cycle

I have recently been looking into alternatives for disposable menstrual products. Not only are they dreadful for the environment, but they are frightfully expensive as well. I recently encountered Lunapads, and was so excited by the concept I immediately placed an order. So far I have been exceedingly impressed. Now I realise that having to [...]

Reduce consumption

Recycling seems to be the in-buzz word at the moment, and rightly so, but recycling is nothing unless we physically reduce our consumption as well. Consumption: reducing, reusing and recycling, which accompanied a seminar in Belfast organised jointly with the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, Northern Ireland, says that the benefits [...]

Grow your own luffa

This is definitely something I will be doing next year – growing my own luffa. Many people do not know that a luffa is made from a vegetable you can grow in your own garden. It is a popular misconception that they are grown in the sea. Apparently they need a long frost free growing [...]

Cave Living

Living in rural Andalucia you quickly become well versed with the notion of cave living. Contrary to popular opinion these homes are not dark, damp and smelly, but are highly habitable properties which serve as one of the most eco-friendly properties in Spain. Just to show you how modern a cave house can be, we [...]

Make your own shopping bags

One of my favourite green blogs is one run by Alex. I always intended posting a particular article he wrote back in October, but I was sidetracked by my relocation to a different country. Plastic bags as we all know are not only terrible for the environment but not all that reliable. Anyone who has [...]

True Green

For a number of months I lived on a very well known, if not the most well known, eco-village in the UK. It was to prove to be a turning point in my life, pointing me in a direction previously not considered and making me attempt to improve my way of living in tune with [...]

Chemical Paraben’s anyone?

In 2004 my mother was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. It was a traumatic time, but turned out to be rather educational. Mum recovered of course. During the course of her treatment the Doctors did significant research into our family history, mainly to discover if I too was to be considered a “high risk”. With no [...]

Eco-Friendly Clothing Retailers

Here is a list of useful clothing retailers, who specialise in eco-friendly / green clothing. Adili – Ethical, environmentally friendly and fair trade fashion. Amana – A collection of organic, fair trade, ethical fashion. Anatomy Organic – Using natural/organic fabrics such as hemp, cotton, linen, tencel and peace silk from sustainable and ethical sources. Arkadash [...]

Green Clothing

Living a greener life is not just about recycling, its about thinking before you buy as well. How many of us can look in our wardrobes and not pick our several outfits which we bought and never actually wore? Quite a few in this day and age I should imagine. In the last year I [...]

A Green sex life?

Not something that springs instantly to mind when we think about living that little greener. Treehugger has a handy little guide for making your sex life that little greener. From sexing up your love life with eco-friendly toys, to natural methods of birth control are covered in this handy little article.

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