Day 85 Shop by Season

After researching the seasons for Day 80, I learnt about shopping by season, this means choosing fresh foods during the season in which they grow. Buying foods based on the season means that they are fresher, more nutritious and sourced more locally, as eating out of season means that they are shipped from places where…

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Day 82 How Can I Help

Throughout our lives we will have helped or been helped by someone. We may open a door for them, they may help us carry some books, we may help them move house and they may give us some advice that we needed to hear. What ever it may be people help people and it is…

Day 76 Gardening

Taking up gardening can have many perks. It gives us a reason to be active, helping us burn calories and to stay healthy. Gardening can be very therapeutic, known for improving our mood and reducing stress. On bad days, it can even be a free anger therapy session. Sowing seeds and looking after them, so…

Day 70 Slow Down

Coming from a city life and working in hospitality, I know the pressures of living fast paced. It has basically been embedded in me from a young age. This is the same for many people, whether we are born in to a fast paced lifestyle or we work ourselves into one. We get so use…

Day 69 Send An E-card

With all the paper we waste each year, we can build a 12 foot high wall of paper from New York to California!The World Counts Every year millions of trees are cut down for human use, being made into paper, cards, packaging, posters, books and more. Some of these products are incredible and particularly helpful…

Day 67 International Women’s Day

International Women's Day is celebrated on the 8th March every year to honour the achievements of women and to continue to promote women's equality. The first International Women's Day gathering occurred more than 100 years ago in 1911 with over a million people attending rallies pushing for women's rights. Women have achieved so much and…

Day 66 Cruelty Free Products

It is estimated that more than 115 million animals—including mice, rats, birds, fish, rabbits, guinea pigs, farm animals, dogs, cats, and non-human primates—are used and/or killed in laboratory experiments each year around the world.Humane Society International Some health, beauty and household products that we use everyday are tested on animals. Animals undergo harmful experiments that…

Day 64 Email Your MP

We all have a political view. Whether you follow politics regularly and completely understand it or you see it every now and then but have no idea what it is (don't worry that is me too). You may worry about emergency services, education, victims of war, benefits, etc. Well, it is time your views are…

Day 1 Happy New Year!

There are many views and feelings about the year just past. When we ask people about 2020, you will definitely hear comments like "it was the worst year" or "we don't talk about that", it was tragic. But for me, 2020 gave me the time I needed for myself. At the start of the year…