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Lifestyle

May 19, 2008

Hug a Vegetable

Gotta love vegetables! Happy National Vegetarian Week people...and if you need inspiration we have got some gorgeous seasonal recipes for you to enjoy. And hey, why not even try to grow your own strawberrys, herbs, vegetables, potatoes. We even have just the thing if you need to know how to grow your own vegetables.

May 01, 2008

Vertical urban farms

Just found this idea of vertical urban farms a fascinating idea. Not sure how viable it is but it is definitely seriously clever lateral thinking, or should that be vertical thinking?

Locavorefantasia

What are your thoughts?

April 30, 2008

Recipe: Spring Vegetable & New Potato Bake

We uploaded a few more recipes today and this one is at the top of my list to try asap:

Spring Vegetable & New Potato Bake

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Click here to browse all the vegetarian recipes

April 28, 2008

New Spring Vegetarian Recipe uploaded

We have recently uploaded a new vegetarian recipe for spring to our site and it is a beauty:

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Dovedale Blue Cheese and Beetroot Layered Yorkshire Pudding

Mmmmmmmmmm...

Click here to see this recipe and more

Enjoy!

p.s. don't forget about the chance to get a FREE £50 voucher - see top right of this blog for more info

April 17, 2008

Bathtime bubbles for baby

I bought this Beaming Baby organic baby bubble bath for my 2 year old son and tried it tonight. Fab stuff. Great bubbles. This is what our site says about it:

We are proud to introduce you to our fantastic new organic baby care bubble bath (250ml) from Beaming Baby. For gentle bubbly fun in the bath with hydrating organic aloe vera and skin nourishing natural orange blossom. Suitable for sensitive skin. Free from alcohol and sodium laureth sulphate. It has been thoughtfully put together with your precious baby’s skin in mind. We know how much time and effort goes into your delicate baby and the same attentive process has been implemented in this superb product, which is certified organic, Vegan Society approved, Ph balanced, free from paraben preservatives and consultant dermatologist approved.

And most importantly, it makes getting mini-me into the bath that much easier :)

April 15, 2008

My Spring 08 favourites: Kids

Our gorgeous Natural Collection Spring 08 range is going down a treat and so to continue the 'top three' theme I thought I would pick my fav kiddie items next as I have a wee one myself - so here are my top three picks for eco kids and babies:

Button-up Checked Organic Shirt (just like Dad's)

Organic Baby Care Bubble Bath From Beaming Baby

Organic Skincare Baby Wipes From Beaming Baby

Do let me know what your top three Natural Collection Spring 08 picks for kids would be...

Cheers

Al

April 07, 2008

Spring 08: Green and gorgeous

Twice a year everyone at Natural Collection goes wild with anticipation as the culmination of months of hard work comes to fruition and a brand new collection is born. Our latest Spring 2008 collection is our finest to date and a real cause for celebration of how gorgeous green has become. From our brand new fabulous fashion and homeware to the latest energy-saving gadgets. We pride ourselves on bringing you only the very best of eco retail. We hope you enjoy.

April 03, 2008

Walk it: getting people back on their feet

I often find myself travelling short distances by London Tube and so the Walk It site is becoming more and more useful to me. Basically, instead of travelling the one or two stops between meetings by tube it can often be quicker and healthier to walk - distances in between London Tube stations can be geographically quite small - and even if it is not quicker just getting back out on to the streets and in to the fresh air is better all round. They are even now developing pollution-aware walking routes for the inner city area.

Walk It covers London, Newcastle, Birmingham & Newcastle/Gateshead although I have only tested it in London so far. It shows you the A to B mapped route to walk along with likely journey times at various average walking speeds and the calories you are likely to burn.

What a good idea.

March 28, 2008

Cbeebies Goes Green: Tommy Zoom

I have a wonderful two and a third year old son (Hi Coby!!!) and once in a while he gets to watch some TV. Mostly we restrict him to purely educational shows (animals, nature, numbers etc) which mostly means CBeebies. One show is so cool I just had to blog about it.

Tommy Zoom is the story of Tommy and his dog Daniel and their adventures battling the naughty Polluto and his cat Smogg. The show uses live action and animation to help illustrate the small choices we all make each day and the impact they have and ultimately the small choices we can choose to do that make a difference to solve those problems.

Tommy Zoom does a great job of turning complex issues into fun educational story lines to get those little ones aware from an early age.

Cheers

Al

March 21, 2008

Save our Butterflies

The biggest Butterfly House in the world is to be built in Britain to help save these most majestic of creaures - HURRAH! Why not have a Butterfly Feeding station in your garden? Flutter Flutter Flutter...

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