Organic skincare and clothing

I couldn't resist sharing this tweet as it looks quite cool. Did you spot these seriously coordinated 60 @wwf_uk pandas who took over @southbanklondon on Sat? #passthepanda pic.twitter.com/ufFL4YP5HY— Impact Marketing (@Impact_Ideas) March 31, 2014

It was a bit of an event for our family. We had been watching the countdown and looking forward to watching the bicycle powered concert from Sophie Ellis Bexter and we were not disappointed. Earth Hour is a chance for us all to get together and make a statement about how we feel about issues that are destroying our planet. Their strap line is "it's our planets time to shine". The idea is that we get together and do nothing more than switch off all our lights for an hour. The WWF Earth Hour Event It start at around 5...

The organic veg box brought us a great treat this week. We had peppers and purple sprouting broccoli. Never thinking I could mix the two I went about finding a nice dressing for the broccoli and I came up trumps. http://www.howtocookgoodfood.co.uk/2012/02/purple-sprouting-broccoli-salad-with-a-lemon-chilli-garlic-dressing/ This was delicious - although I have to say we deviated slightly from the recipe and left out the olives. I am going to make this dressing again and try it out on other vegetables. I highly recommend making too much and using it with a nice fresh bread. There is a great video here from Riverford which shows...

SLS stand for Sodium Lauryl Sulfate. This the chemical agent that causes the foaming in most shampoos. But it is also an irritant and is used in some products to de-grease factory floors, so there is now wonder that it irritates the scalp. But is the foam all that important? Well its not actually the bubbles that clean your hair its the Surfacants which are normally organic. So if we replace the SLS's with a more gentle foaming agent such as Decyl polyglucose you will get slightly less foam or bubbles but a more gentle cleansing experience that does not...

I just saw this YouTube clip and thought it was great. I need to read up a little on the company who made the video as on reflection the comments on YouTube tell a different story to the one they tell...