Looking Behind the Labels
Social labels have stepped up their outreach striking deals with McDonald’s – who sell Rainforest Alliance coffee – and just this month, Cadbury Dairy Milk has gone Fairtrade causing a hullabaloo with more stringent...
Category: Sustainability
Credit Crunch Defying Ethics
Whilst enjoying my tea and toast this morning, I was pleased to hear the news announcer declaring that America anticipates pulling itself out of the recession by the end of the year. This headline...
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...
Ethical Adventuring and Green Getaways
I know I’m a little premature with this one, but with the festive season over yet winter still upon us, my mind is turning to holidays. You must have noticed the travel agents’ New...
Feed the Birds – but don’t forget the rest!
Getting out into the garden might not be at the forefront of your mind this weekend given the weather we’ve been having, but it’s been brought to my attention that as well as being...
Hope For Better…
Ever seen the film The Number 23? In it, the main character is confronted with the number 23 everywhere he looks. It’s been like that with the word HOPE for me this year. On...
The A-Z of Fairtrade: Part 3
Here is my third and final part of the A-Z of Fairtrade; enjoy! R – RICE: “In 2000, FLO took the first steps towards the introduction of the Fairtrade Standard for Rice to open...
The A-Z of Fairtrade: Part 2
Here’s my A-Z of Fairtrade: Part 2; following on from Part 1. J – JUICES: A lot of fruit used for juice production is grown on plantations ran by farmers who cannot compete with...
The A-Z of Fairtrade: Part 1
The first Annual Fairtrade Fortnight was back in 1995 and was marked by Justino Peck, a cocoa farmer from Belize, touring the country. The theme for this year is “Make it Happen – Choose...
Becoming Greener
In some circles, becoming ‘green’ might suggest developing an uncontrollable ‘green-eyed-monster’ type of jealousy, or perhaps suffering from extreme sea-sickness, but the shade of green I’m currently aiming for is the eco-conscious, eco-friendly, eco-chic...