Green Blog Round Up - March and April 2020

Each month I put together a post with some of green themed blogs I have come across over the preceding month. I didn't do a March roundup as things all got a bit weird with lockdowns being put in place across the globe and I'll admit my blogging MoJo left home. But it's back now and you'll find below my round up of some of the blogs I have come across in March and April.

I also want to send you this message:

We are on the brink.

Covid-19 has allowed us to see the type of world that is possible if if we pull ourselves back. Now we have been given a glimpse into a different future, what is being coined a "New Normal", we cannot let this go. So please, read these blog posts that all share a common green theme and then spread their messages far and wide. Tell your friends, add them to your social media and above all act on the messages they contain.

Home and Beauty:

Alternatives to Deodorant from Helen McGonigal at Spot of Earth 

My Favorite Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products from Laura at Fairly Southern

Food related:

Baking when you are missing a key ingredient from me as A Green and Rosie Life
Cashew Nuts, Innocent or not? from Justine at Little Green Duckie
How to make home-made wax wraps from Jaymee at The Mum Diaries
Meal plan organisation - keeping track from Karen at Cats, Kids and Chaos

Waste reduction

Simple ways to reduce your household waste from Emma Reed at Emma Reed Writes
Making the case for Eco-friendly Reusables from Laura at Reduce, Reuse, Renew

25 Incredibly Actionable Zero Waste Hacks from Rachel at Fresh Planet Flavor
How to compost Biodegradable Plastic from Christine at Wellness Travelled.

Holidays/Travel

Eco-Friendly Normandy from me as Eco Gites of Lenault
How to use reviews to encourage hotels etc to go low waste from Kayla at Writing from Nowhere

Vegan Zero-Waste Travel Kit for Beginners from Anna at My Travel Scrapbook

Sustainable Travel snacks from Karina at Explore Blue Wild 

Economics and Sustainability 

Covid-19 and Capitalism  from me as A Green and Rosie Life

We Are All Corn People from Susan at Green Living

How to invest sustainably from Aa-saa at Consciously, Awovi

A Guide To Sustainable Materials & Fabrics from Jess at JessRigg.com

Pollution falls. The sub-plot of the Covid-19 Crisis, a LinkedIn article from David Mitchell

Leisure

16 Best Sustainable Documentaries on Netflix from Vivien at The Dharma Trails

Finally, I would like to include this article from the Financial Times. It's an interview with Mr Macron, the French President about the future after Covid-19: Emmanuel Macron says it is time to think the unthinkable.

Take note - it's behind a pay wall so if you are not an FT subscriber you can only open it once before you are locked out.

... oh and don't forget you can follow my #DailyGreenTips over on my A Green and Rosie Life Facebook page.

If you have a blog post you would like to be added in the May roundup please do get in touch.  If it is green, sustainable, ethical, organic, fair trade, environmental, seasonal or local please do get in touch and I'll include it next month.

Green Blog Roundup - January 2020

Each month I am putting together a post with some of green themed blogs I have come across over the preceding month. Here are my favourites for January 2020 and if you have any interest in sustainable holidays/tourism, green campaigns, litter picking, natural crafts, sustainable fashion, meal planning, plastic and staying healthy to help the environment then you will find at least one blog post here to enjoy.

Isabel from Sustainable, Responsible Living has written about Responsible Tourism

You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.

Diana from Greener Identity outlines Green movements to join all year round

You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

Justine from Little Green Duckie talks about how to  find your local litter pick group
You can follow her on Facebook and Twitter

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Lucy from Kids of the Wild show how you can make a driftwood star 
You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest

Jackie from L'Oven Life (Naturally Jackie) - Sustainable (mostly free) fashion
You can follow Jackie on Facebook and Instagram 

Trail  of Breadcrumbs wrote an essay about meal planning

You can follow this Trail of Breadcrumbs (see what I did there?!) on Twitter and Pinterest

And a couple I have written ...

... As Eco-Gites of Lenault I give you Eco-Friendly Holidays
You can follow the gite on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest

... and as A Green and Rosie Life I implore that you keep the Plastic you already have

and show you 10 ways to stay healthy and help the environment

Find A Green and Rosie Life on Facebook, Instagram (joint page with the gite), Twitter and Pinterest.


If you have a blog post you would like to be added in the February roundup please do get in touch.  Posts need to be current and on any of these subjects:

• Recipes with seasonal and/or foraged ingredients
• Organic gardening and attracting wildlife to your garden
• The 4 Rs and a U - Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Repair and Upcycle.
• Natural crafting
• Waste and energy reduction.
• Conservation posts - helping wildlife, wild flowers and their habitats.
• Connecting kids to Nature
• Discussions on green, sustainable, ethical, organic, environmental subjects such as:
• Green hobbies
• Green technology/advances
• Green politics
• Good environmental practice 
• Greenwashing 
• Sustainability and you

.... and lots more besides.  If you have a current post with a theme that is green, sustainable, ethical, organic, fair trade, environmental, seasonal or local please do get in touch and I'll include it in next month's round-up.

New Green Initiatives for 2020

Happy New Year everyone!

For 2020 I am shaking things up a little on the blog and social media.  The science all points towards this being the last decade that we have to limit the worst effects of Climate Change.  If you were ever in denial surely the excessive forest fires in Australia must have tipped you into believing this is real and people we know are going to get hurt or die. Fires, floods, rising sea levels, extreme weather occurrences etc are all a result of each and every one of us adding CO2 into the atmosphere ... and I almost forget to mention the plastic crisis that is poisoning our beautiful oceans.  I also believe that it isn't too late but we all have a huge role to play, a critical role in fact, in changing things for the better for us, for our children and for their children.

New: Daily Thread on Facebook: #DailyGreenTips

We need to spread far and wide the steps everyone needs be taking to reduce their individual impact on the Climate. It's great to see so many posts on social media about reusable shopping bags, straws and cups but we need to do more than this. So on my A Green and Rosie Life Facebook page I am running a series called #DailyGreenTips and for every day in 2020 I will add a tip to help you live a greener life. Do visit each day to read them and share them on your social media accounts, amongst your friends, at work, at the school gate  ....

New: Monthly Blog Roundup

I am no longer hosting my #GoingGreen linky but I want to continue sharing your inspiring green blog posts. Once a month I will write a post including links to your recent green themed posts and I will also share them on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest (if they have suitable vertical images).  If you have a post you'd like me to share please do let me know. If you could also give me a link to your social media accounts I can tag you when I share.

I hope you'll join me on this journey to minimising the impacts of Climate Change.  For want of adding several clichés: There Is No Planet B, Every Little Really Does Help and Together We Are Stronger.

LET'S DO IT !!

You can start by pinning these images!