Can fizzy drinks ever be ethical & other kids drinks dilemmas
What to offer my children to drink has always been a source of anxiety for me. And I’m not even talking alcohol here; that’s a subject for another day. I remember when my first...
Category: Living The Green
Ethical Beauty… Secret or Dilemma?
In all my comments over previous weeks about the potentially harmful household products that we pour down our drains, I have studiously avoided discussing the similar effects of hygiene and beauty products. Why is...
Our Green Motoring Dilema
My husband is not a typical man. Although, like many of us, he is inexplicably drawn to watch Top Gear on a regular basis, his choice of car has never had anything to do...
Why I love the Coop Bank?
There are many reasons why you choose your first bank. For some it was their parents who opened their account for them. For others it was the bank offering the best student bribe benefit....
Are real nappies greener than disposables?
Ethical Superstore unravels the government report on reusables vs. disposables for Real Nappy Week – which are the greenest? The first government report suggesting “no significant difference” in environmental impact between...
No illusions about my Eco Friendly Laundry
Read a book this morning with my little girl about a boy who put a red coat in the washing machine and turned all his Dad’s washing red. The coat had shrunk, which was...
Are real nappies really cheaper? Ethical Superstore explores.
If you’re expecting your first child and wondering whether to ‘go real’ and opt for reusable nappies, then there has never been a better time. If the shocking fact that 3 billion disposable nappies...
Stroke the cat
The first thing I did this morning when the kids went out of the door after two weeks off school was to go down the garden and sit by the pond for ten minutes....
Life with a Solar Powered Fountain
Two years ago, I yearned for a pond in my back garden. I really believed it would make my life complete. My ever hopeful husband dutifully obliged, dug a hole as a labour of...
10 Days to Go!
So Easter gets ever closer – just 10 days left in the Ethical Superstore diet (regular readers will recall I have been challenged to only eat food and drink that can be purchased from...