Did you know that today is World Environment Day? It certainly hasn’t had much press! Last year the focus was on the melting ice caps and there was a polar bear ice sculpture in Leeds City Centre that slowly melted over the course of the day. But I haven’t seen anything this year - let […]
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The average Sunday Dinner has travelled 25,000 miles to get to your plate and used 52 megajoules of energy (the equivalent of boiling a kettle for 700 cups of tea!) Buying seasonal produce from a farmers market clocks up only 376 miles and the eqvialent of 1 megajoule (13 cups of tea) So find your […]
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Did you know that the carbon footprint of your potatoes relies mainly on whether you cook them with the lid on or off? Cooking potatoes with the lid on takes less energy and time. I’m sure this doesn’t just relate to potatoes so I’ll be looking tonight to see if I have any lids in […]
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This is a new blog feature that I thought might be interesting. I keep hearing these green facts that make just think - Wow! I wouldn’t have believed that! And I thought I would start sharing them with you.
So here is our first green fact:
Did you know that if you are buying red wine […]
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