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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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How Ethical is my Tea??? (Rainforest Alliance or Fairtrade)
There are two major ethical certifications for tea in the UK, Fairtrade and the Rainforest Alliance, but how do they measure up against one another and how ethical are they? Well if you look at the standards used for the … Continue reading
Posted in Ethical Living, Green
Tagged Ethics, Fairtrade, Greenwash, Rainforest Alliance, Tea
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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
Save Our Bunnies
Newcastle City Council have decided to kill the bunnies who live on the grass around the Civic Centre, they have been there since before the Civic Centre and personally I think they should stay. If your like minded then please join this … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Ethical Living
Tagged Animal Rights, Civic Centre Bunnies, Ethics, Newcastle upon Tyne, Politics
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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
Posted in Challenge 2010, Ethical Living
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
Posted in Challenge 2010, Ethical Living
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
A Change for 2010
This year, my resolution is to live more ethically. I want my life and what I do to impact positively on my fellow humans and the environment, and I also want to ensure what I do has as little impact … Continue reading
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