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Category Archives: Challenge 2010
Greenwashing
As part of my personal challenge to live a more ethical life, I have found that one area where I can really have a big impact is the way I wash my clothes, the choice of detergent, fabric softener, temperature … Continue reading
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Tagged 10:10, Ecover, Laundry, Malaysia, Riverford, Tesco
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The Sandalwood Effect
Being green is defiantly not easy, or at least that’s what I am finding when it comes to deodorant. And being a large man, I do tend to sweat a lot, so its quite important that I do use something … Continue reading
Giving Unfair Trade a Grilling!
Its been a glorious weekend here in Newcastle, unlike last year it really looks like we are going to have a barbeque summer! But is there a way to have a lovely barbeque and not feel guilty about the working … Continue reading
Fair Kicks & Penne!
Sorry for my lack of blogging lately but things have been really hectic, so I haven’t really had time to do much. Anyway the change to a more ethical lifestyle is going really well, I recently used up all my … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge 2010, Ethical Living
Tagged Ethics, Fairtrade, Food, Football, Traidcraft
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A Month With Riverford Veg Boxes
For the past month, myself and Lindsay have been getting our veg delivered to us by Riverford. Well what a month it has been, put it this way, in the past month I have probably eaten more veg than I … Continue reading
Milk, Eggs & Pilgrimage
This is our third week of Riverford Veg Boxes, and this week we got Jerusalem artichokes, an ugly looking veg, but I am looking forward to trying it out. My sister-in-law, Jane is coming to stay with us for a … Continue reading
Posted in Bahá'í, Challenge 2010, Ethical Living
Tagged Ethics, Green, Orgainic, Pilgrimage, Riverford, Vegbox
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Wallets, Chard, Ubuntu & a Balti
My wallet has fallen apart, it’s actually so bad that coins have started falling out, a shame as I have had this wallet for nearly two years and had become quite attached to it. To be honest it came as … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecover, Ethics, Fairtrade, Food, Green, Organic, Recipes, Riverford, Ubuntu, Vegbox
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Vegbox from Riverford
This morning we got our first vegbox from Riverford Organic Veg delivered. Riverford up here in the North East are based on Home Farm near Northallerton, so while its not very local, its better than some other schemes we have … Continue reading
For hands that do dishes…
Washing-up, what a pain. We don’t have a dishwasher, our kitchen is far too small, and given the extremely tiny size of our kitchen, we can’t leave dishes standing very long at all, we have to do them quite quickly. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bio-D, Ecover, Ethics, Green, Tesco, Washing-Up Liquid
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Fairer and More Ethical Food
Sorry for no sooner update but things have been hectic. Anyway the Ethical Challenge is going quite well. This past month we have focused on our food, particularly as Fairtrade Fortnight is currently on, and I have been looking quite … Continue reading
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