Today is…World AIDS Day
With so many ‘World Days’ littering the calendar it’s increasingly easy to lose focus on some of the really important ones. Whilst you may be forgiven for not being in tune with World Television...
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The quest for the ultimate Christmas gift.
It’s getting towards that time of year…with only four weekends left until Christmas the shops are rammed, and everyone around me seems to be at least halfway through their Christmas shopping whereas I have...
The Top 3 Eco-Friendly Bug Awards
If we ever need a little inspiration, a push in the right direction, or a kick up the backside to ‘Go One Better’ or green up our lifestyle than we should look no further...
Retraining my taste buds
Researching brand loyalty last week set me thinking. I would not consider myself a victim of brand loyalty. As any member of my family would tell you, I always buy what’s on special offer...
Do they know it’s Christmas time….in the Congo
During its years as Zaire and more recently as Congo, the people of this huge Central Africa republic have battled against many different types of adversity – everything from civil war to the eruption...
What’s in a name?
So what’s in a name? Plenty, if all the time and money spent on market research and advertising is anything to go by. Manufacturers invest heavily in promoting brand loyalty. But what is it...
Shop online to save the planet…
At a time when green buzz-words such as ‘food miles’, ‘shop local’ and ‘slow fashion’ are being bandied about by just about everyone with any kind of environmental conscience, doing your shopping online may...
Going One Wetter!
I recently challenged myself to ‘Go One Better’ – to conduct an examination of my lifestyle and identify simple improvements which I could make, and more importantly stick to, which will make a difference. ...
Fight hunger in Zimbabwe with a bag!
Well it’s official – we’re in recession. But what we’ll experience over the next few months will be nothing compared with what people in Zimbabwe will experience. While inflation here has reached a dizzying...
Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year for 2008: Hypermiling
Did you know that “Carbon Neutral” was word of the year at Oxford in 2006. This year, the honour goes to Hypermiling, which has been picked as “word of the year” for 2008 by...