One week gone and I’m still optimistic
So week one of my ESS challenge is successfully completed. For those of you who missed my first blog, I am trying to only eat and drink things that you can buy from the...
Category: Living The Green
Day 3 of the Ethical Superstore Slow Cooking Challenge
The slow cooker has fast become a valuable member of my family; my mum bought me one as a gift last year when my oven died and she promised me it would be save...
Let ethical retail therapy work its magic..
The Spring People Tree catalogue has just plopped onto my door mat and my Fairtrade Fortnight pledge has come up trumps – what better way to stick to buying only organic and fair trade...
Slow Cooked with Relish
For my slow cooker challenge I’ve tried to do the easiest cheapest and most flavoursome slow cooked recipe which requires minimal effort. So here goes with Easy Slow cooked Moroccan lamb. The ingredients Lamb...
Ethical Cookerstore?
Lunchtimes in our office have seemed a little tame recently. Following the success of the recent Ethical SOUPerstore challenge, when a number of us demonstrated it was possible to beat the credit crunch by...
EthicalSuperstore.com Goes Bananas For Fairtrade!
A banana-based frenzy broke out at Ethical Superstore this lunchtime. As part of the Fairtrade Foundation’s Fairtrade Fortnight celebrations, we’re in training for the world’s biggest Fairtrade banana-eating record attempt. You can join in...
I’m not mad, just optimistic…
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you will probably be currently thinking that the whole organisation has gone “Fairtrade Fortnight” and “giving things up for lent” mad. You shouldn’t be surprised though...
Give It Up for Lent
It would probably be fair to say that the majority of the population are familiar with the notion of Pancake Day, but how many people actually think of it as Shrove Tuesday, the final...
My Personal Fairtrade Fortnight Challenge
This fortnight, I will only be buying fair trade and organic… Monday saw the start of Fairtrade Fortnight and I decided to set myself the challenge of only buying fairtrade and organic products for...
Top tips to cut your recycling
Joanna’s recent blog ‘The Great Packaging Debate’ touched a nerve with me. Don’t get me wrong I’m all in favour of recycling. Too much so, if you ask my kids, as I’m rather fond...