Pancake Tuesday Fuels Carbon Fast For Lent

It’s Pancake Tuesday (Shrove Tuesday).*

So, in the best tradition, I made pancakes.

I used some food I had on-hand to make pancakes. I found some not-quite-finished Continue reading

A Great Time For A #LowCarbonLiving Challenge

Room with two ceiling lamps, one with light bulb removed

Source: wearechapterone Flickr CC BY 2.0

The 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living challenge continues.

As we seek to make changes and transform the way we live, we often look for a ‘good time’ to start a new habit.

Right now is a really good time. (Any time is!) Continue reading

Taking A Break From Driving

Rear vision mirror showing part of man's face

Image: Iain Ferrell, Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0

Last night I drove my car for the first time in weeks.

It felt a bit odd.

It wasn’t as if anything was unusual: I loaded my things into the car, hopped into the driver’s seat and drove a very familiar route.

But it still felt a bit different. Continue reading

Pausing To Reflect – Let’s Do It Now

Woman thinking

Image credit: Robert Couse-Baker, Flickr CC-BY 2.0

How often do we take the time to reflect on what we are doing, to look at our goals and how we go about our daily lives?

A lot of us (particularly in Western cultures) might do this once a year. We take part in the annual ritual at the end of the year, setting New Year’s Resolutions. Even then, we probably don’t go very deep, preferring instead to focus on broad Continue reading

A Carbon Fast For Lent?

Planet Earth with a fever, held in hands

What do you do in the lead-up to Easter? Anything different to the rest of the year? (With Easter early this year, perhaps you’re still getting into the swing of the working (calendar) year! ;-))

It happens that the lead-up to Easter is a great time for some conscious reassessments with a view to living and working more sustainably.

We could, of course do that any time. Continue reading