This is not my... Week 8 08
22/02/08 - Oooo
20/02/08 - Politics
19/02/08 - There was one plastic bottle
18/02/08 - You are my sunshine
22/02/08 - Oooo
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Contentious.... |
The London papers.
Picture the scene.
It's late of an evening. You forgot your book. You have no music and there is a severe lack of hot men to eye up. But there. In the corner of the tube carriage. Is... a London Lite.
What to do?
Do you
- a) maintain your environmental credentials and avoid it, or
- b) read it and pretend not to enjoy the gossip pages...
Sadly it is B everytime in my case!
After an indepth survey of my friends* it appears that there is a 50:50 split over the merits of these free London tabloids.
But they do lead to a huge amount of waste.
So if you fit into the against camp you may want to take part in the Project Freesheet campaign on the 27 Feb.
Whichever way - have a brilliant weekend!
Susie x
*Well - I asked two...
20/02/08 - Politics
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it's so hot right now... |
America is in a frenzy.
Will it be Obama?
Will it be Clinton?
We were plumping for Edwards (sods law) but the others are thankfully putting the environment back on the agenda too.
Even McCain is leagues ahead of the present administration.
But what is it that they would do if they got in?
Cue our incredible insight into American politics or.... a link to the lowimpactliving site which has brilliantly done it for us!
Have a look to get the low down.
Right - back to the important debate of the day:
Is Condoleezza a robot...?
Have a good one.
Susie and Lara x
19/02/08 - There was one plastic bottle
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sitting on a wall... |
Had a good old rant yesterday with my friend Sally.
Well - more exactly - she had a rant and I listened saying 'hmmm' a lot and looking disapproving.
Plastic water bottles.
Apparently - to make each 2l bottle of water approx 1/3 of a bottle again is used in oil. Which is 6.66666666666 etc of a litre of oil. (Otherwise known as sh*t loads!)
And as the Economist points out:
"Studies show consistently that tap water is purer than many bottled waters—not including those that contain only tap water, which by some estimates is 40% of the total by volume. The health benefits that are claimed for some bottled waters are unproven, at best. By volume, bottled water often costs 1,000 times the price of tap water."
And with over 150 billion litres of the stuff being consumed in 2004 and rising - it is craziness indeed.
So the moral of the story is.
Erm.
Don't buy so much bottled water.
Easy.
Have a good one x
18/02/08 - You are my sunshine
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my only sunshine... |
Ok so global warming is definitely a bad thing but... check out how sunny it has been! (Every cloud!?)
Actually, spoke to my Grandmother the other day about the times the whole country closed down for weeks from the snow. Big changes over 50 years.
Today the thought of white stuff in the capital seems a pretty novel idea outside a Soho toilet on a Saturday night.
Anyhow - the good thing about this brilliant spring sunshine is that we can turn the lights and heating off and get out and about.
It might be a tiny bit nippy but might as well make the most of it.
Check out walkit.com for details of wandering the streets or dust the bike off and get cycling.
I am about to trial the latter - a frightening prospect judging from my previous attempts on two wheels.
Will undoubtedly let you know how it goes....
Have a fantastic week!
Susie x
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.
