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Aug 082010
Big Lunch, Big Community and Human Warming

In this day and age when communities have weakened, there are too many of us leading lonely or isolated lives and we just don’t know our neighbours anymore, some streets around the UK have been starting a Jubilee style party revolution.
The idea of The Big Lunch was conceived at The Eden Project and came to [...]

Jun 142010
5 Ways to Avoid The World Cup

So it seems the whole country has gone football crazy and adorned their cars and houses with red and white flags, but what do you do if you just want to avoid The World Cup frenzy?

Support an alternative Three Lions. For example take a lovely walk around the heritage city of Bath in Somerset and [...]

Jun 142010

Taken from Do The Green Thing – a non-for-profit site dedicated to inspiring you on how to lead a greener life.

9 teams competing in the world cup will be wearing jerseys made from recycled plastic bottles. These teams are Brazil, the Netherlands, Portugal, England, New Zealand, Australia, Serbia, Slovenia and Korea, are among [...]

May 112010
Who the heck is Herman?

Someone gave me the gift of Herman today. Herman is a friendship cake that you cannot buy but you can give away. “Herman grows slowly but surely because of special yeasting process and it takes days before you can eat him,” say the instructions that accompanied my container of doughy goo.
Herman appears to be the [...]

May 092010
This is not just a Craft Fair, this is an Art Design & Craft Open House

A couple in Bath, wanting to reintroduce some creativity into their lives from their Art College days have brought together a cooperative or makers to put on an Art Design & Craft Open House. Ben & Pip Wynne decided to host their first Open House last November which gave them a target to get making for. [...]

Apr 122010

Is there a way, to have a profitable online business with limited technical skills or business experience?
These days there is a growing rise in flexible working hours and home-working which goes some way to reduce unnecessary commutes to the workplace as well as supporting a shift in emphasis towards making the most of basic commodities [...]

Apr 042010
Alternative holiday ideas: fun and unusual vacations on a budget

It’s that time of year again. The daffodils are out and the clocks have gone forward meaning that it is officially Spring time! This means it’s almost time to start clearing out the garage, get the rust off the BBQ in anticipation of the great British summer and think about booking a holiday.
Many of us [...]