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#tbt One from the Archive: Sometimes… but Today…
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sometimes Sometimes the girls go to bed easily. Teeth, stories, songs, reading, lights out, sleep. Sometimes we then have the energy and time to tidy round the downstairs fully. And make their pack lunches the night before. Sometimes we’re on top of homework, and it’s all ready to hand in, tucked into the homework folder, in the backpack. Sometimes I’ve fully read all the communications from both schools and I am aware very much ahead of time of ‘Spirit Days’ at the school and the required special attire. Sometimes we scoot and walk to school. Sometimes we cycle. Sometimes when...
Offsetting the Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Your Flights
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With the Summer holidays fast approaching, many Brits will be thinking of jetting off from the UK to sunnier shores. If you’re planning to hop on a plane this Summer, have you ever thought about the carbon cost of your holiday? Your Carbon Footprint Whilst the notion of a carbon footprint may be problematic in terms of fossil fuel companies off-loading their responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on to individual consumers, it is still a helpful tool. It helps us see a breakdown of the carbon impact of our choices as consumers. Did you...
LONG READ EXPLAINER: Why should the UK get to Net Zero? What is the benefit? [15 minutes]
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(TLDR – skip to two FREE Conversation Guides – to help you talk about Net Zero with your friends and family.) 1. What’s the benefit of Net Zero? “I can’t see how Net Zero is possible or beneficial to us.” I have been thinking a LOT about how to respond to this statement someone made to me a couple of months ago. (And this question has freshly hit the headlines again in the UK with Kemi Badenoch’s speech and Tony Blair's recent comments.) I made several (failed) starts to gather my thoughts into something coherent, until...
#tbt One from the Archive: "It Takes Nine Months..." (The post that started it all.)
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(First published on The Contented Calf Website on Monday 23rd August 2010.) They say it takes around nine months after giving birth for your body to return to how it was before – nine months to grow the baby, and nine months to return to how you were before you were pregnant. But to be honest, with sleepless nights, breast feeding, long walks with the pram and general rushing around, I was very lucky, the weight just dropped off – after 6 weeks I was back in my non-maternity jeans (although a fair bit tighter than before! ;-) ) However, for...
Easy Ways to Help the Climate that Ease Anxiety, but Don’t Cost Much Time or Money
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Top feelings are: (TLDR – skip to How to Help - when you don’t have much time 👇) Thank you First of all a HUGE thank you to everyone who answered my recent survey, I really appreciate it. The responses will give me a better understanding of people’s thoughts and feelings, and help me shape the content I create for my work and how I can best support people. Contented Earth Climate Survey January 2025 Secondly, if you haven’t yet responded, but still want to do so you can do so using the following links: 1) For...
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