This is not my... Week 13 08
28/03/08 - Ok so when I said
27/03/08 - Tomorrow
26/03/08 - Trees
28/03/08 - Ok so when I said
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tomorrow yesterday I kind of meant Saturday... |
So today - tomorrow is the big day!
And - since Earth Hour is now tmrw and not today - I don't have to have salad in the dark for dinner. Which is, naturally, the most important thing.
So yes - Earth Hour - tmrw. Not today. Unless of course you happen to be reading this on Saturday. In which case it is today. And if you are reading this on Sunday then - erm - it was yesterday...
Oh my.
Have a great weekend!
Susie x
27/03/08 - Tomorrow
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is the big day... |
Yes - ladies and gents Friday 29 March is the day which brings us... (drum roll)... Earth Hour
Basically at 8pm tmrw we should turn all the lights and appliances off for an hour.
Sure there was something like this in London a while back (my friend trying to play the drums in the dark is seared on my memory) but this one is going worldwide.
Will be brilliant if it works.
Shall certainly do our best to turn everything off here. (Though not sure how cooking dinner for my parents will go. Maybe they'd fancy a salad..?)
Anyhow - just thought I'd mention it for the diary.
Have a good one x
26/03/08 - Trees
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Home of the red eyed tree frog no less... |
Been thinking about trees.
Love trees.
Got a bit close to some this weekend* but generally - they are great.
Perfect for climbing in, resting under or using for a number of wood based requirements.
They are also quite handy for absorbing carbon.
This month, NewScientist has a really good article on the need to - and problems of - protecting the rainforests for anyone feeling keen.
If not though, it may be handy to bear in mind that the Forest Stewardship Council (fsc) symbol indicates that wood, toilet roll, other paper based things it appears on have been approved by this organisation set up to "support the growth of responsible forest management."
So worth trying to get things thus approved.
This is the end of this rumination on trees.
Hope you had an amazing Easter!
Susie x
*My Dad enlisted me to help with some fallen branches. Which essentially meant I held them while a horizontal hail storm whipped my face and he (blinded by the stinging ice) hacked at them with a chain saw harrowingly close to my rapidly numbing limbs.
This section will be a daily, well - Monday to Friday daily, editorial. (Have to keep some time aside to keep up the ritual wine drinking / dancing as if being chased by bees.)
I promise to make it my mission to investigate something each day on exciting forays to find new stuff, fun stuff, ethical stuff and anything involving break dancing men with extremely toned physiques.
Let me know if you think of something I should go and visit or if you have any great ideas or information. (Any dodgy suggestions will be politely declined... or not so politely, depending entirely on what they are!)
For today, though, please just have a look below to find out how this whole thing came about. I hope that you are having a lovely morning.
See you tomorrow,
Susie x
Background to This is not my...
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What is this site all about?
Well, as all good ventures do, it started in the pub with the ominous words "I know, why don't we...?" |
What was different, though, was that it still seemed like a good plan in the morning (and somewhat less injurious than trying out extreme ironing, the other suggestion...)
Anyway - once again we had been supping beers and putting the world to rights when someone mentioned the unmentionable, despite our disaffection with the state of the world, none of us was actually doing anything positive to change it.
Whether this was complacency or apathy, who knows - but we were definitely leaving it to others to make decisions and take action for us on issues about which we felt strongly.
We live in a free society, but often things seem to happen as a fait accompli. The war in Iraq, ID cards, the fact that we will eventually succumb to watching some of Big Brother no matter how hard we try...
And we just go along with it. But that is ok, right? I mean, we aren't exactly encouraging the abuse of others - are we?
Ok - so maybe my new top might have been made under less-than-perfect conditions and I suppose that means I am supporting those conditions, but - I have to buy something to wear, so what other choice do I have?
And that was the problem. What - and where - are the choices?
So we decided to investigate. Surely in this free society we have other options; we just need to know how to find them.
So we went online. There are some great directories already for ethical and/or environmentally friendly products, but for us these didn't go far enough. We were on a bit of a roll and decided that these products deserved more active promotion.
We wanted to make as many people as possible aware of the practical things they can do to live life in a better way.
So on this site we will provide information about easy, positive and ethical consumer choices. These are choices that won’t necessarily cost you more, either.
In our directories you will find environmentally friendly and ethical companies and products across the following categories:
Clothes
Energy
Food and Drink
Health and Beauty
Home and Garden
Office
Recycling
Restaurants
You will also find plenty more to lure you back to the site on a regular basis. So come back to have a wee look.
Plus we will be working on video's, events and curious antics to keep important issues in the public eye – and provide us with much entertainment and amusement at the same time.
Give us a shout if you want to get involved!
Anyhow - take a look. Explore… investigate… probe away.
We hope you like it; we hope you use it.
