I love writing out New Year’s resolutions and am pleased to say that my 2021 ones are nearly all done and dusted (just boasting a bit there, forgive me!). It’s got me thinking though that this month it’s a good time to talk about resolutions for 2022. We’ve recently had COP26 in November 2021, and I’ll talk about ...
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We're now moving inexorably towards the run-up to what has become the biggest retail festival in the Western world, otherwise known as Christmas – BUT, we’re also in the midst of the most serious threat to the planet, our civilisation and the survival of myriad wildlife species across the globe. I appreciate that I ...
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Well, I’ve written about personal care products in my past two articles, so it’s time I wrote about cosmetics, you know, lipstick, eyeshadow etc. You go into a shop and, if you’re not used to buying cosmetics that are eco-friendly and cruelty-free, then it’s going to be a minefield! Many aren’t well labelled and if ...
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Following on from my article in the August edition, I promised to use this month’s offering to tell you how you can make your own personal care products. I actually started making my own night cream in about the mid-1980s because horror, the one I’d used for years was being discontinued. It didn’t take me long to ...
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Back in 1979, I remember standing at Oxford Circus handing out fliers on animal testing (not a popular thing at that time), but even then there were animal friendly alternatives - not many granted, but they were around and I was using them. If I remember correctly, it was just Yardley, Innoxa and Beauty Without ...
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As those of you who read my articles will know, I have a wonderful bed of wild garlic and Alkanet that’s been a star in my garden for about fifteen years now (I believe I posted a picture of it in my article on organic gardening). Over the past few years though, I started to wonder what it would be like if I let ...
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Where I live, there’s a van which pulls up opposite early each morning to wait for somebody to get into his van. People have to work and I have no problem with that (as I do myself) but this man leaves his engine running Mondays – Fridays whilst waiting, sometimes for up to fifteen minutes. He is doing this on a ...
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The environment is close to our hearts here at Watts Gallery - Artists' Village with environmental awareness and responsibility deeply rooted in the Trust's ethos. Environmentalism was a key concern of G F Watts. His love of birds as a small child influenced one of his first Royal Academy submissions, The Wounded ...
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My garden is completely surrounded by mixed deciduous hedging with a little bit of holly at the top – and I love it, as do the birds! I have to admit that I’ve watched with dismay as some neighbours have pulled out their hedging, only to say some years later how much they miss it. I’m writing this month, therefore, ...
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I hope the articles I’ve written over the past year have proved helpful to my readers. Starting this month I thought it might be interesting to feature some of the rooms in my home, to provide an understanding of my thought processes and lifestyle choices in action! The main theme is always think: ‘REDUCE and ...
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