It’s almost time to go dashing through the snow in my one horse open sleigh (ok, I lied, there’s no sleigh, but it would certainly come in handy this week) to broadcast Slow Down and Green Up on the radio.
Between 10am and 1pm GMT on Wednesday, I’ll be talking about all the things that have [...]
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Rubbish on the Radio: For your listening pleasure this week
Posted in General rubbish, Household rubbish, Rubbish movies, Rubbish news, Rubbish on the Radio, Win free tickets to the Odeon, tagged Apple AM, beat the credit crunch, Downshifting, money saving tips, Recycling, The Book of Rubbish Ideas, Tracey Smith on 3 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Each One Really Does Count!
Posted in Electric rubbish, Plastic rubbish, Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish how-to's, tagged Climate Change, Landfill, NACOA, Recycling on 25 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m heading up to the big smoke on Monday, by train of course, to meet the guys at Each One Counts.
They run an on-line collection programme for mobile phones and ink jet cartridges and re-manufacture new cartridges for resale.
They also work in conjunction with a collective of charities including Battersea Dog and Cats Home, Cambodia [...]
Rubbish on the Radio: Non-Smelly Eco-Pits and Free Cinema Tickets
Posted in General rubbish, Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish on the Radio, Win free tickets to the Odeon, tagged Apple AM, cleaning, Essential Oils, Free cinema tickets, Lush, money saving tips, Odeon Cinema, Recycling, Sustainable Living, The Reader, The Spirit, Tracey Smith on 7 January 2009 | 10 Comments »
It’s Wednesday and time again for my weekly radio show, ‘Slow Down and Green Up’.
Between 10am-1pm today I’ll be skillfully lacing together a 3-hour extention of The Book of Rubbish Ideas, packed full of great music and chat showing you how to live more sustainbly!
Today I’ll also be talking to a very nice lady from [...]
The Work/Life Balance: Don’t Have a Rubbish One (and some seriously sneaky peeks at what’s coming next…)
Posted in General rubbish, Household rubbish, Rubbish activism, Win a copy of The Book of Rubbish Ideas, tagged Alastair Sawday Publishing, Community Channel, Downshifting, InterNational Downshifting Week, Recycling, The Book of Rubbish Ideas, Tracey Smith, Win a copy of The Book of Rubbish Ideas on 24 December 2008 | 12 Comments »
Seasons Greetings to all,
It’s Christmas Eve and following a short trip to London, I’m now home in the bosom of my lovely family and preparing for a few days of non-work related fun!
For the past five months, with the kind assistance of dear Thomas, I’ve delivered a rubbish post-a-day to tantalise you, to tempt, to [...]
How To: Get Started With Composting
Posted in Food rubbish, Rubbish how-to's, tagged beat the credit crunch, composting, Downshifting, gardening, gardens, Get Started with Compost, Landfill, Leftovers, money saving tips, Phil Gamble, Recycling, Sustainable Living on 11 December 2008 | 7 Comments »
Recently, I featured a piece by horticultural expert, lecturer and all round nice bloke, Phil Gamble…
Today Phil explains the rudimentary basics of composting, how it works and what it does.
In my opinion, wintertime is the perfect time to get a compost heap going. There are so many delicious vegetables to fill up your plates and [...]
The Woodland Trust Launches Their Annual Christmas Card Recycling Campaign
Posted in Paper rubbish, Rubbish celebrities, Rubbish news, tagged Christmas card recycling, Christmas Card Recycling Scheme, Christmas cards, Coronation Street, Recycling, Robert Lane, Samia Smith, The Book of Rubbish Ideas, The Woodland Trust, woodland conservation on 8 December 2008 | 2 Comments »
The resources section at the back of The Book of Rubbish Ideas is packed out with some of the most inspirational, eco-friendly innovators and The Woodland Trust is no exception.
They do incredible work protecting and planting new areas of woodland and ensuring we have lots of lovely clean air to breathe!
Recently, I caught up [...]
WRAP Help Local Authorities Through the Economic Downturn
Posted in Paper rubbish, Plastic rubbish, Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish news, The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged Closed Loop Recycling, Environment Agency, Landfill, Liz Goodwin, Recycling, Rubbish, Rubbish Q&A Day, Waste and Resources Action Programme, WRAP on 5 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I thoroughly enjoyed my recent Rubbish Q&A Day here on the blog and thank you again for all of your thought provoking questions.
One particular question left me with strong concerns about the stockpiling of recyclable materials, in light of the blip on our economic landscape.
My research uncovered the plummet in the trading price of steel [...]
Looking for an Escape in the Country?
Posted in Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish ideas, tagged BBC, carbon footprint, Downshifting, Escape to the Country, Fritz Schumacher, InterNational Downshifting Week, Rachel Carson, Recycling, Silent Spring, Small is Beautiful, Sustainable Living, television on 2 December 2008 | 3 Comments »
At times, it can feel like a physical shift is the only way to break free of our shackles, but there’s a lot of preparation and planning involved in making an ‘actual’ move towards a simpler, happier life.
The Menmuir family were recently featured on the BBC’s Escape to the Country and I caught up with [...]
My Top Ten Tips for Downshifting Success – Part 1 (Tips 1-5)
Posted in Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish ideas, tagged beat the credit crunch, composting, Credit Crunch, Downshifting, Downshifting Manifesto, Freecycle, InterNational Downshifting Week, National Downshifting Week, Recycling, shopping on 24 November 2008 | 10 Comments »
Some years back my family and I undertook a major downshift.
It was truly life changing and it got me rooted on the road to simple, green living.
Consequently, I started an awareness campaign called National Downshifting Week (now InterNational) and I wrote a great many articles on the subject.
Recently, I’ve been plotting and planning events for [...]
Rubbish Q&A Day
Posted in Electric rubbish, Food rubbish, General rubbish, Household rubbish, Paper rubbish, Plastic rubbish, Rubbish Q&A, Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish ideas, Rubbish products, The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged ACLM, aluminium cans, Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation, Alupro, Association for Contact Lens Manufacturers, Association for Organics Recycling, beat the credit crunch, Bokashi composting, carborexics, cardboard, cellophane wrappers, Click4Carbon, Community, community projects, composting, contact lens, cornstarch bottles, DEFRA, Dig For Victory, Dollond & Aitchison, eco-education, Eco-Schools, European Tissue Symposium, Freecycle, Get Started with Compost, glass jars, incineration, Jamie Oliver, Janey Lee Grace, Junkk, Junkk.com, knitting, Knitting Help, Letters for Change, making your own clothes, oestrogen soup, organic cotton, Organic-ally, Original Organics, Patient’s Returned Medicine Scheme, pet litter, Plastic, Polymer Recycling, Recycle, Recycle Now, Recycling, Recycling Expert, recycling video tape, SCRIB, Specsavers, Steel Can Recycling Information Bureau, steel cans, sustainable family, The Book of Rubbish Ideas, The Composting Association, The Rubbish Diet, The Times, Tracey Smith, University recycling schemes, unwanted medicine, vacuum bags, VeggiePets.com, Vision Aid Overseas, W. F. Denny, Waste and Resources Action Programme, Wellway Pharmacy, WRAP, YouTube on 10 November 2008 | 15 Comments »
A quick note from Thomas:
Hi everybody and welcome to the first Book of Rubbish Ideas Q&A day. Anybody out there who wants to leave Tracey a rubbish and sustainable living related questions may do so by leaving a comment under this post and Tracey will then get busy finding an answer for you. So [...]
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