Westywrites

[...] It’s the 1st of September which means that….drumroll please…it’s the start of Zero Waste Week! As you can see above, the week has a website which you can find here. It is run by the [...]

[...] of course, and my next challenge is just on the horizon. I’m a Blog Ambassador for Zero Waste Week 2014, for which the theme this year is ‘One More Thing’. Zero Waste Week is [...]

[...] I’m loving Zero Waste Week. I like having a task to focus on, and the ‘One More Thing’ challenge is getting the cogs of [...]

[...] My ‘One More Thing’ for Zero Waste Week today is stewing plums.  This is because we’ve had plums in our veg box for the past four [...]

[...] bag per week would be a pleasing reduction. My local authority is finally due to collect food waste in April so I should be able to get rid of all food waste (as opposed to the limited [...]

[...] packaging has been saved from landfill. In addition, the packed lunch is helping us reduce our food waste as he sometimes takes in leftovers from the night before or has sandwiches made from the last [...]

[...] offer. Check out this great post by Jen of My Make Do and Mend Year on how to reduce your food waste – surely she is the queen of creativity? I especially like Point 7 ‘Dead things tart- [...]

[...] the shelves, and the ‘perfectness’ of the fruit and veg (indicating fertilisers and food waste). Further, I don’t know where supermarket profits end up but I suspect it is far away [...]

[...] I love reading about the Minimalist Game – blog posts or twitter hashtags (#MinsGame) on that subject have me riveted. I therefore [...]

[...] I’m thoroughly enjoying playing the Minimalist Game – you can read my previous post on what it involves here.  To date I have cleared 224 items [...]

[...] For the month of November I decided to play the Minimalist Game (loosely – I doctored the rules to suit myself). Basically I had to get rid of 465 items of [...]

[...] July obviously helped, as did Zero Waste Week but my recent clear-out while playing the Minimalist Game generated a good few things for landfill. I made an effort at Christmas time to reduce [...]

[...] two years ago, when I first had a few weeks of going supermarket-free, I ordered an organic veg box from a local farm. I was pretty delighted with my fortnightly delivery and since then I have [...]

[...] . The main thing I’ve done by way of preparation for this challenge is to double my veg box order. I know! It’s crazy, given my very recent blog post about how I’ve been struggling [...]

[...] of the next day that I could do some food preparation, and I will even consider cancelling my veg box order on the weeks that I am busy. I’m hoping my little bit of effort today can lead to [...]

[...] , and felt really good about reducing my food waste by using up as much as I could from my veg box. I might even have enjoyed it sometimes! 2. Reducing my rubbish. This is something that I [...]

[...] To those of you who have commented and encouraged, you’ve helped me hugely! Cutting down on single-use plastics is  certainly a challenge, but blogging about it regularly is probably as much of a [...]

[...] day. However when I started looking at sustainable living, and in particular the issue of single-use plastics, I realised that the daily sandwiches my partner was consuming were causing a lot of [...]

[...] then I’d love some company! Overall score 10/10 4. In July my goal is to give up single-use plastics. I am currently ‘in-training’ just now – if you scroll back a few posts on the [...]

[...] got somewhat neglected. I can do better! I will continue to monitor and reduce my use of single-use plastics, plus I will aim to put out less rubbish – half a black bag per week would be a pleasing [...]

[...] to those of you who have taken part in the challenge by cutting out every little piece of single-use plastic that you possibly can! I can imagine your relief, although my more manageable adaptation [...]

[...] etc. As you can imagine this causes me great angst… Multi-pack mini’s: heavy on the single-use plastic! Also, water is coming home untouched, but drinks cartons (with plastic straws) are a [...]

[...] at card-making as, not so much of a hobby, but a skill that allows me to work towards my sustainable goals. Why should sewing be any different? Bet you can’t guess who this card is for or how old he [...]

[...] setting myself up for a slimmer bin in future, plus it ties in amazingly well with my sustainable goals for this year. I outlined them in this post written in January, and point 5 on [...]

A while ago, I blogged about taking a sewing lesson. I really enjoyed it and, as a result, decided to buy myself a sewing machine.  I wasn’t confid [...]

Yesterday’s post got me thinking about creating a sustainable, delicious and temping packed lunch.  Although it tied in nicely with my theme of low [...]