Day 67 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: going to the farmers market and buying fresh fruit and vegetables without plastic.
I shop for most of my fresh fruit and vegetables at the local farmers market. Sometimes I Continue reading
Day 65 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: finding out how careful you need to be when avoiding plastic cups and straws in cafes.
Watching the first episode of Series 2 of the War On Waste reminded me that I didn’t get around to posting about a particular incident earlier this year.
I was meeting someone in a cafe and we decided to order drinks. It was a hot day, so I Continue reading
Day 62 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: buying and storing bulk dry goods to avoid plastic food packaging.
In recent years more and more of our food is sold in plastic packaging.
With all that plastic is contributing to pollution and climate damage, avoiding it is a vital Continue reading
Days 60 and 61 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: cooking dried beans in a slow cooker before using them in a quick climatarian, vegetarian, vegan or #MeatfreeMonday meal.
Dried beans are an inexpensive source of protein with a low carbon footprint – perfect for Continue reading
Days 56 and 57 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: buying local honey, avoiding plastic.
One of the things I have been doing in recent years is buying my food from local suppliers where possible.
It means that the food that comes into my home comes with a lot less climate damage and pollution than most of the food in our shops. Continue reading