Green News
If it sometimes feels like you can't do diddly squat about pollution in the world at large, here's a simple and attractive way to clean up the air in your own home: house plants.
Once you've got rid of as many other common toxins at home (including 'traditional' cleaning products like bleach and other harsh chemicals, air fresheners and so on) it's a good time to introduce plants, which will keep the air as pollution-free as possible. A new book called 'How to grow fresh air' explains all about how plants purify the air, and even recommends which are the best in terms of removing pollutants from the air. Read on for some suggestions from the book...
[Via Little Green Blog]
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Health & beauty
I've been trying out a range of products by Africology this week: they're new to the UK, and their sales benefit good causes as well as your skin.
All products in the range contain natural ingredients with anti-aging properties are fragranced using essential oils, not synthetic perfurmes. I was biased towards several of these products alredy, mostly because several of them contain neroli, my absolute favourite essential oil, which is native to Africa. The marula skin conditioning body oil, for example, is absolutely heavenly, and a real treat for skin that's looking a bit tired. Seemed to work a treat on my dreaded mosquito bites, too!
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Green Challenges
So, the un-chilled, day old lentil dahl I was so worried about turned out to be very tasty (it's true what they say about some foods gaining flavour after being left to sit for a bit) and most importantly, I lived to tell the tale. I won't be nearly so worried about heating up leftovers in future, especially if they're full of garlic and spices.
Today will be far less of a challenge, since I'm now in the habit of boxing and chilling everything before I bring it into work. Being home alone last night, I cooked up a big pot of organic pasta which of course I couldn't finish. So I've brought it in for a tasty lunch today, with the help of the trusty office microwave. I'm starting to notice how much money I'm saving too, having not had to visit the cashpoint more than once this week to get food. I'm liking this!
Green gadgets
Over at Tech Digest, they regularly rate and gloat over objects that aren't exactly the height of environmental friendliness, while technology as a sector still hasn't really got its act together on the green front at all: Greenpeace regularly rate a bunch of tech companies on their website and no-one is currently scoring higher than 5.1/10. Some companies score extremely poorly. Nintendo score just 0.8/10.
But their new editorial assistant, Duncan Geere, is big into his green technology, and loves getting his hands on all the latest 'green' gadgets. He studied Meteorology at University, and that came with a bunch of climate change and renewable energy classes which taught him a lot about what we really should be doing with our planet. Read on to find out his verdict on the latest offer from the world of eco computing.
Related: LG unveils 'world's most eco-friendly monitor' | Tokidoki mini laptop from Fujitsu
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Friends of the Earth's tip of the day was particularly relevant to me today: it contained recipes for stale bread. Bread is particularly difficult when you're trying not to waste food, as unless you have a family of four, the average loaf will be far too much for you to get through in a week, despite being the cheapest option when you fancy a slice or two of toast.
Of course, one solution is to forget the idea of the bread ever having been edible at all, and turn it into a useful piece of stationery (pictured)
But there are tastier options. Follow the jump for some great ideas!
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Kids stuff
Dorothy Perkins is not the only clothing company currently doing its bit for the Woodland Trust: Little Blue Dog baby clothes is also turning its customers into tiny treehuggers.
The label's organic cotton, fairly traded long-sleeved tee (pictured) and a matching tote bag for Mums are both being sold to help the Trust's Tree For All campaign which aims to get children into planting and caring for trees. You can buy the top for £14.99 here.
Green News
Being so close to the water gives surfers a vested interest in keeping it clean, which is one reason why Surfers Againsts Sewage was formed.
The green surfer dudes recently asked ten of Britain's top artists, including Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk, Damien Hirst and Nick Walker to create exclusive surfboard art to draw attention to their cause, and the results are just stunning.
Related: Surf's up for the eco board | Surf-Aid wave necklace from Betty Belts
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If it sometimes feels like you can't do diddly squat about pollution in the world at large, here's a simple and attractive way to clean up the air in your own home: house plants.
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