To anyone who has been unable to access EcoStreet over the past few weeks (and particularly in the past few days), our sincere apologies. We have been experiencing some hosting issues that we are working to resolve, but in the meanwhile, we may still be experiencing some down time on the site. We are very …
I’ve been away on a fantastic English holiday for a good deal of this month, and am back with lots to tell you about. We took a local holiday to avoid flying, and found some fantastic eco-friendly accommodation solutions. I will be covering the places we stayed in reviews during September, looking back to the …
“I’m aware of what’s going on right now in humanity, so I write about what’s topical. I look ahead to where mankind is going, drawing from what I know about history and what I’ve learned from the Bible. You can’t deny that the world is in a state of very rapid decline. There are holes …
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All the clothes that I sell in the SonesUK shop are designed with cloth bottomed babies in mind to give plenty of room for the slight additional bulk. This set me thinking about the pro’s and cons of using cloth nappies. When my children were tiny there was really not a choice but now there …
Hippyshopper explains Cyclescheme and how you can get on your bike with a tax free cycle scheme. If you run a green business, you may find Bootstrapper’s Green Entrepreneur’s Toolbox: 100 Networking Resources, Guides, and Links rather handy.
It’s the final day of the EcoStreet go green challenge! Congratulations on getting to the end of the two weeks, and well done on making lots of positive changes to your life and to the planet. Your final challenge is a choice of three, or go the whole hog and do all all of them. …
How do you like to dress your child? Do you want him or her to look like a miniature adult or to be a child as long as possible? From my own observations there does seem to be a need in some people to dress children like mini adults which I feel is a pity. …
It’s day 13 of the EcoStreet go green challenge and we’re on the home straight! Today we challenge you to reduce your junk mail by signing up to the Mail Preference Service. We tell you all about how to do it here. Don’t forget that we’ll be giving away a copy of Sheherazade Goldsmith’s book …
It’s day 12 of the EcoStreet go green challenge! Your challenge for today is to turn down your washing machine to 30-degrees. Eco-friendly washing powders like Ecover and Simply Sensitive work just as well at 30-degrees as at 60-degrees. To go even greener than that, buy yourself some soap-nuts. Soap nuts grow on trees and …