Day 59 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: recovery and reconnecting with people and the natural world by switching off.
Our dominant western culture extols continuous growth and push us to be on the go all the time and living individual lives.
It’s very tempting to go along with it, especially given the social pressures to ‘fit in’ and Continue reading
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Days 11 & 12 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living.
How are those resolutions to get fit and lose weight going?
As the holidays end and the year gains momentum, we tend to find ourselves with more and more demands on our time. It’s easy to slide back into old habits.
So how can we maintain our resolve to improve our health? Continue reading
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When we think about becoming more sustainable, we often focus on what we should do.
How often do we think that being more sustainable means that we should:
One of the things I’ve been getting more into recently
is riding my bike. You might have gathered that from my post of
4 March 2013.
Yes, of course there are environmental benefits from riding a bike. These include things like: Continue reading
Did you know that insufficient sleep – especially if it’s regular
– also has mid- and long-term health consequences?
Chronic medical conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and mood disorders are all associated with lack of sleep. Continue reading