by rachel | Apr 27, 2011 | books, Decluttering, Freegle/Freecycle, Reuse, Secondhand, Waste disposal
We all know we’ve got more stuff than we need. It takes something to get round to sorting out the things we don’t want and getting rid of them though, doesn’t it? And we tend to want our stuff to go to a ‘good home’. We’d like to...
by rachel | Apr 21, 2011 | Finance, Green alternatives
I love my insurance company. I bet you don’t know many people who say that. I’ve always used Naturesave Insurance for building and home contents insurance, so I’m chuffed to hear today that they’ve been awarded the Queens Award For Enterprise...
by rachel | Apr 20, 2011 | Freegle/Freecycle, Reuse, Using less, Waste disposal
Once again, Brighton’s Freecycling community comes up trumps. My decades-old hairdryer starting cutting out recently and a cursory investigation revealed the problem: the flex was splitting at the point where it entered the body of the hairdryer. While I could...
by rachel | Apr 18, 2011 | Reuse, Secondhand, Waste disposal
Have you ever dreamed of finding a cornucopia: a crazy, dusty junk shop piled high with curiosities, where you could spend a happy hour rummaging and delving, drawn by the possibility of discovering a gem, a gorgeous mysterious object that you would treasure forever?...
by rachel | Apr 13, 2011 | Composting, Waste disposal
Do you remember the Doctor Who Green Death serial? First broadcast in 1973, it terrified the five-year-old me. Now I find myself scaring others by talking to them about my green death. I’d like to go the way I lived, with as little impact on the environment as I...