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Fed Up With Plastic Waste? You Can Now Bring Your Own Containers To Tesco’s Fresh Counters + Get Paid To Recycle Plastic Bottles

Plastic pollution and plastic waste is a massive problem which requires everyone to make an effort to use less plastic. As highlighted in documentaries such as Blue Planet II and Drowning in Plastic, the situation is critical. Plastic waste is not only endangering our oceans, beaches, fish, wildlife but also our own health as we […]

Waitrose & Partners Commits To Removing 134m Plastic Bags

Published on September 17, 2018 | in Green Living, Veggie News By theflexitarian |

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Waitrose & Partners has announced that it has committed to removing loose fruit and vegetable plastic bags by spring 2019 and 5p single use plastic carrier bags by March next year in all shops. The move will save 134 million plastic bags, the equivalent of 500 tonnes of plastic a year. The retailer will become […]

GO! Organic Festival

Published on August 28, 2018 | in Festivals, Food Shows & Markets, Green Living By theflexitarian |

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Organic September is just a few days away. Do you fancy trying out the latest organic products out there? Join me in Battersea Park, London on 8-9 September, for GO! Organic Festival and get up close and personal with some of the best-known certified organic brands as well as emerging start-ups and specialty producers. From […]

World Environment Day: 10 Tips To Ditch The Plastic In Your Life

Published on June 5, 2018 | in Green Living By theflexitarian |

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Once thought of as a versatile and cheap material ideally suited to modern convenience, plastic has now become an environmental plague. Can you help beat plastic pollution this World Environment Day? Over the years our addiction to plastic has become such that you can find it everywhere, from single use shopping bags to the polyester […]

#FeedYourHappy This Festive Season – Embrace Organic

Published on November 27, 2017 | in Green Living By theflexitarian |

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With less than four weeks to go, the festive season is almost upon us. This year I am very glad to be supporting the #FeedYourHappy #OrganicChristmas Campaign. If you are a regular reader then you will know that I am firm believer that choosing organic food is very important to health, the environment and animal […]

The Darwin Challenge : The App To Help You Eat Less Meat

Published on October 19, 2017 | in Green Living By theflexitarian |

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Would you like to see the difference your meat free days are having on your health and the planet? The Darwin Challenge app is there to help anyone see how much of an impact their flexitarian diet has, whether they go meat free for one day or more a week. The Darwin Challenge has […]

Why Organic Makes Me Happy

Published on September 5, 2017 | in Green Living By theflexitarian |

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Each year as we come to celebrate #OrganicSeptember I reiterate my commitment to buying organic. I believe it is not only the best choice for my family’s health but also the best for the environment and animal welfare. Food has an important place in my heart and sharing a meal with my family and friends […]

One Week To Go Until We Celebrate #WakeUpToOrganic

Published on June 7, 2017 | in Green Living By theflexitarian |

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Breakfast is the most important meal in our family. I make sure the kids get up early enough so we do not have to rush through it. I try to vary dishes to get a good balance of sweet and savoury during the week. Eating a proper breakfast is essential to fuel our brain and […]

Why You Should Buy Shares In Sutton Community Farm

Published on May 11, 2017 | in Green Living By theflexitarian |

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Where we live is not much more than a stone’s throw from central London (you can even see the city from our neighbour’s loft on a clear day). Happily, we are also minutes away from the London Green Belt, where Sutton Community Farm strives to grow and deliver local and seasonal vegetables in south London. And guess […]

6 Apps To Help Reduce Food Waste (and save money)

Published on May 9, 2017 | in Fighting Food Waste, Green Living By theflexitarian |

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Food waste has become a huge problem. From farm to plate, about one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption gets wasted. In the meantime 1 in 9 people goes hungry at night. Wasting food is not only shameful, but it also uses valuable environmental resources and costs money. In the […]