Van Jones on Environmental Justice and why this matters to each of us

04/06/2015
Van Jones on Environmental Justice and why this matters to each of us

TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch – Van Jones – Environmental Justice A great environmental justice talk about the price poor people pay for us to have so much disposable plastic. But we have CHOICE: we can choose not to use disposable plastics, we can choose healthy products. As an example, if we follow that little water bottle along its…

9 Tips to have often needed recipe ingredients ready for quick use

04/05/2015
9 Tips to have often needed recipe ingredients ready for quick use

By Linda Cornelius ecogal Author and Designer I don’t know about you, but I love to have grated lemon peel in my cakes, and so on. But I hate having to grate it every time I need it, especially if I’m in a bit of hurry, so… here we go, I’m sharing a few of…

Watch what a 7-year old child says…

04/05/2015
Watch what a 7-year old child says...

TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch – Charlotte Weir – Lets Work for Solutions This 7-year old girl makes us really think about how we use plastic, a great watch and food for thought.

A 1-step way to a better, healthier world with Fair Trade

03/24/2015
Fair Trade

By Linda Cornelius ecogal Author and Designer For many years now, I’ve consciously chosen to buy Fair Trade whenever it was available in the supermarkets I visit. Because it doesn’t feel good to know that your great bargain prices come on the blood and sweat of poorer, weaker human beings, does it? It is a…

Take a Step for FairTrade

03/24/2015
Take a Step for Fairtrade

This is a wonderful little animation video from FairTrade UK‘s 2012 campaign, worth a watch And even though the 2012 campaign is of course ended, the information is still valid and compelling. As they say: It can be a simple step, like swapping your tea to Fairtrade, or a bigger step, like asking everyone in…