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What a Bloody Nuisance! 2008-10-03 02:37:27 Don’t panic love - I’m not throwing all the toys out of my pram - I’m talking periods.
And before you read any further, I warn you, this isn’t going to be like those laughable adverts that show menstrual products with blue liquid on them (who on earth thought that gem up), this posting is [...]
Sort the Rubbish Out From the Bottom Up 2008-10-02 01:37:14 I am a huge fan of the Eco-Schools project and have been watching it go from strength to strength over the past few years.
I believe if we get our children into a confident green groove at an early age, they stand a good chance of stepping into adulthood with the right approach to sustainable living [...] Read more:Bottom
Start a Crafty Group and Reuse Your Rubbish 2008-09-30 23:29:45 I’ll lay a bet you have one or two craft books on your shelves at home.
Everybody does, it’s almost the law to have a couple, but how often do you pick them up and have a good look through?
Consider this a rubbishy prompt.
The nights are drawing in already, the outlook for autumn weather is lousy [...] Read more:Crafty
, Group
, Reuse
, Start
Rubbish News: A Round Up From Around the World 2008-09-30 00:53:01 You’d be surprised how widely reported ‘rubbish’ stories are.
It’s not just us you know, the issue of rubbish is of worldwide concern.
Here’s a collective of what’s been making the papers recently in:
Italy - 3,000 Protest in Battle of the Bins
Uganda - Boy Held for Throwing Rubbish into Minister’s Compound
Scotland - Where Poverty and Riches Co-Exis Read more:World
Mirth on Monday 2008-09-29 02:08:49 I do love a good giggle to start my week and thought I’d break away from the norm (whatever the ‘norm’ is, that is) and share a few of my favourite rubbish cartoons with you instead.
They are drawn by talented artist Ray Smith, who’s also very passionate about the environment as you can probably tell [...] Read more:Monday
You’re Helping to Keep the Glass Half Full 2008-09-26 02:10:01 NACOA is a fabulous little charity, but one that you might not have come across before.
The abbreviation stands for The National Association for Children of Alcoholics and it has a very dear place in my heart.
I am a child of an alcoholic (COA) and some of my earliest childhood memories are of mum drinking [...] Read more:Glass
, Helping
Why Oh Why Join the WI? 2008-09-24 21:06:53 I received a letter yesterday from my county branch of the Women’s Institute. Last year, I became a speaker for my local circuit and they were asking if I’d like to be considered to run for another term.
I must say, just getting onto their coveted list proved to be quite an ordeal. In the [...]
The Naked Truth 2008-09-24 01:37:42 Yesterday was quite a day.
I churned out a batch of back-to-back interviews for the BBC, hoofing from one county to the next with effortless ease, all from the comfort of my local studio in Somerset and I had a really insightful time.
Some of the questions we’re positively deep and meaningful. Some of the braver presenters [...] Read more:Truth
What About China? 2008-09-22 01:04:23 Hi everybody, Thomas here.
Call it shameless cross promotional if you will, but I thought it would be a good way to start the week by introducing you all to the What About China
? blog. The What About China? book was released in July this year and as we have done with this blog, we created the What [...]
Dive Into Your Bins During Energy Saving Week 2008-10-20 21:47:43 This year’s EnergySaving
Week is being celebrated right now, between the 20th and 26th October. 2008.
Energy Saving Week is designed to promote positive action among householders through a concentrated programme of events across the UK, via a range of partner organisations and the Energy Saving Trust’s network of regional advice centres.
The aim is to [...]
Essentially, Oil You Need to Know 2008-10-19 21:30:12 Sorry, I couldn’t resist the pun…
Essential oils have been used for centuries; the Egyptians favoured them for all sorts of things including cleansing and preserving the bodies and organs of their Pharaohs and dignitaries, but I use them for slightly less exotic cleaning jobs, like freshening up the downstairs loo (giving the bowl a wip [...]
How To: ‘Enjoy’ a Rubbish Children’s Party! 2008-10-17 03:09:40 By that I mean, how to have all the fun without creating a great stack of trash!
Children
’s parties are big business and they have become expensive nightmares filled with plastic tat, most of which ends up in the bin the minute the guests head home.
Here are some of my top tips for taking parties ‘back’ [...] Read more:Party
Fancy trying The Rubbish Diet? 2008-10-15 19:50:45 We’re lucky enough to have another guest poster today so thank you to Karen Cannard (who you may know better as Almost Mrs Average) from the The Rubbish Diet blog for today’s piece.
“I am so frazzled at the edges” pleaded the voice at the end of the phone.
“I’ve hardly had any sleep. Spent yesterday in London. Got home to [...] Read more:Fancy
Great Green Reads 2008-10-15 02:24:23 My thanks go to the lovely Melissa Corkhill, Editor of The Green
Parent magazine for penning a guest posting today!
Like our fabulous eco-pioneering host, Tracey, I also have a bit of a thing about libraries - they’re such fascinating and useful places, jammed full of exciting books to be discovered. And if you’re looking for easy, fun [...] Read more:Great
How To: Square Up Your Tiling Projects 2008-10-13 20:51:39 Nursing hangovers and swearing never to drink again, having a leisurely snog, knocking up a spiffing roast dinner, having a word with the holy ‘Himself’ upstairs AND milling around DIY stores are all popular Sunday pastimes for we Brits.
Today, I’m talking ‘tiling’.
Prompted, because my lovely better half has just finished a little job in my [...] Read more:Projects
, Square
Rubbish Interviews: Renowned Sculptor and Artist, Robert Bradford 2008-10-12 20:47:13 Thanks for taking time out in between your exhibitions to pen a few words for my rubbish loving readers!
Could you kick off by telling us about your particular area of creative expertise and explain how you found yourself amongst the rubbish in the first place?
I have worked as an artist and a painter in [...] Read more:Artist
, Bradford
, Interviews
, Robert
Book links and Letters for Change 2008-10-10 02:00:11 Hi everybody
Just a quick post from me today to let you know about a new feature of the blog. If you haven’t noticed it already then there is now a tab at the top of screen titled Book Links. This tab will take you to a new page that lists all the features of the blog [...] Read more:Change
, Letters
, links
Light and Shade: Me On… 2008-10-09 02:14:53 You know, technology is a wonderful thing.
Well, it is if you understand it.
Meet me - probably the most techno-thick-chick this side of Norfolk.
I cannot toggle the telly between the DVD and the TV, let alone programme the flippin’ video to tape anything. I’m constantly confused by the double light switch at the bottom of [...] Read more:Shade
It’s Library Day - yay! 2008-10-07 22:53:11 Well, actually, that’s not strictly true - library day is usually Saturday, but I don’t pen a piece over the weekends - even the wicked need some rest you know.
After putting my youngest fruit-bat to bed last night, we sat and read Poppy and Max and the Lost Puppy by Sally Grindley and Lindsey Gardiner.
It [...] Read more:Library
Is There Such a Thing as a Free Lunch? 2008-11-12 18:28:12 Or even a cheap lunch come to that?
A survey commissioned for the Love Food Hate Waste campaign suggests that British workers are shelling out £5.5bn on shop-bought lunches each year, while they leave almost the same value of perfectly good lunch foods at home to go off.
Ham, bread, cheese, cold meats and other typical sandwich [...] Read more:Lunch
, Thing
How To: Get Down and Dirty Together, Creating Community Soil 2008-11-12 01:40:28 ‘Bigger, better food is waiting in your compost heap.’
I recently caught up with a delightful man and a horticultural expert, Phil Gamble.
Trained at Cannington College, Somerset in it’s heyday, Philip’s background includes two posts as Head Gardener and ten years on the lecturing staff at Kingston Maurward College, Dorchester. He’s an established freelance lecturer Read more:Creating
It’s Quite Simply a Natural Matter 2008-11-10 19:29:12 Natural Matters was launched in 2005 and from slow beginnings has now grown to be a leading UK resource for people looking to live more naturally in everything they do.
From green living to complementary practitioners and everything in between, the site is a one stop web portal that visitors find themselves returning to time and [...] Read more:Natural
Rubbish Q&A Day 2008-11-10 00:32:00 A quick note from Thomas:
Hi everybody and welcome to the first Book of Rubbish Ideas Q&A day. Anybody out there who wants to leave Tracey a rubbish and sustainable living related questions may do so by leaving a comment under this post and Tracey will then get busy finding an answer for you. So [...]
Hot off the press! 2008-11-07 01:15:28 Hi all, Thomas here to give you the breaking news that I’ve just added a Press page to this blog where you can find links to all the print and online reviews, interviews and articles about The Book Rubbish of Ideas and Tracey.
Actually, at the moment it seems that you can’t turn on the radio, open a magazine or [...]
What a Rubbish Childhood 2008-11-05 23:13:44 Please indulge me breaking off the usual line today, but I want to tell you what I’m up to tonight. And anyway, it certainly connects to my Book of Rubbish Ideas, because for every single copy that’s bought, I’m making a donation to an amazing charity called NACOA.
They are perhaps easier remembered as The National [...] Read more:Childhood
The Rubbish Author’s Video Appeal 2008-11-04 21:17:15 [Edit from Thomas - despite what Tracey says in this video, the Q&A will occur next Monday on the 10th of November. LOL!]
[Edit from Tracey - yes, what a silly old bat I am....I had the 17th in my head because I'd just been speaking to a producer about doing a bit of telly that [...] Read more:Appeal
, Author
The Credit Crunch is Swamping British Environmental Intentions 2008-11-03 22:21:19 But being environmentally friendly need not cost a thing, according to the 2008 Environmental Attitudes Report.
Last week we featured Claire Russell of Click4Carbon, a green portal that gives us a new way to support eco-friendly projects and find out all we need to know via the Internet.
I thought you might also be interested in the [...] Read more:British
, Crunch
Next Monday Will Be a Rubbish Q&A Day 2008-11-02 20:33:34 On Monday
the 10th November, I’ll be hovering over a hot keyboard and delivering live answers to your most burning rubbish and sustainable living questions!
It would be great if you could help spread the word about this online event by posting our ready made button on your websites favourite forums and newsletters, or by simply [...]
How To: Make Honey Roasted Pumpkin Soup - a photo guide 2008-10-31 09:16:18 If you’re planning on carving out a pumpkin to celebrate Halloween, here’s a great way of turning the leftover scoopings into something utterly delicious to warm you up when you get home.
It’s best served hot, with chunks of tasty bread for dipping and mopping.
Pumpkin
s will be around for a few weeks more and they’ll [...] Read more:Roasted
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