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Going Green #22 - Dec 2018

December 02, 2018

Welcome to Going Green.  This is the place to promote all your green, sustainable, environmental, seasonal, local, organic, fair trade, ethical etc posts ... basically any post that helps or inspires readers to preserve and improve our beautiful world.  If you are not sure what subjects would be good or need some ideas have a look here where you'll find all the details about the linky >>> Going Green Linky.

Green Christmas

2018 has seen somewhat of a shift in the awareness of issues such as plastic pollution and deforestation for products such as palm oil.  People are slowly beginning to make the connection between their lifestyles and Climate Change and, critically, that Climate Change will affect us all, not just someone else far away.

But then along comes Christmas and big businesses go all out with their expensive adverts and shops and online websites packed to the rafters with STUFF, all there with the message that buying more will bring us all so much festive happiness.

Sorry, but I don't buy it (literally) and I hope you don't wither.  Let's take Christmas back from big businesses who care nothing for the planet and only to further their profits and let's have a simpler Christmas.  Buy some presents but from small, local and family businesses, buy experiences not more clutter and overall spend less money on your loved ones but more time with them.  Or try your hand at making things.

Are you with me? Please do share these images if you are.

Dare to be different this Christmas

Support small businesses



My picks from Going Green Nov 2018


Thank you to everyone who linked up last month and what a great range of posts you gave us.  An A-Z of everything from Airbnb hosts upcycling their decor to zero waste ideas and lots in between.  It never makes it easy for me to choose favourites to feature here but here goes!

  • Cider vinegar is a really useful product and Carol from Comfort Spring shows us how we can make it at home.


  • Lacey from Home and Harrow also showed us how to make something, this time dusting spray for cleaning. That is certainly not something I had previously thought of making.







Please do head over and read these if you missed them last link up - they are all great posts.

Going Green is a subject I believe in with a passion I hope, that with your help, this little linky will go from strength to strength.  Please link up to 3 posts, old or new and let's work together to spread the word that Going Green is both important but also easy.  Please promote the linky on all your social media channels and amongst all your friends. Thank you 💚.

Before you link up may I just remind you of 3 of the "rules":

  • Link up a maximum of THREE posts - any more will be deleted (sorry)
  • Please can you include my badge (preferably) or a link back to A Green and Rosie Life.
  • This is a blog link so in order for us all to benefit please comment on a minimum of three other blogs in the link up, ideally including the one in front of you, one my host posts and at least one other ... the more you comment the more others are likely to visit your blog.

If you share your posts using the hashtag #GoingGreen and I will RT you etc.  I will also add posts with suitable vertical pins to my Going Green Linky board on Pinterest.

Need to find me on Social Media?  Here you go ...

Twitter | Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram

Thanks for visiting and I look forward to reading all your linked up green posts.








Going Green #22 - Dec 2018 Going Green #22 - Dec 2018 Reviewed by Hardeyjumoh on December 02, 2018 Rating: 5

6 ways to make your Christmas jumper "green"

November 27, 2018

You would think that A Green and Rosie Life might be the last place you'd find a post about Christmas jumpers, wouldn't you?  After all they pretty much sum up everything I stand against ... an unnecessary item, bought because everyone tells you you should have one (and who wants to be the ONLY person who doesn't have a Christmas jumper?) and quite possibly made from man-made fibres.  They are a bit of short term fun, worn a handful of times, maybe a social media post or two and then the poor old thing get consigned to the back of the cupboard or worse still the bin.  You've guessed it, I am not a fan.  However, the truth is, that for the foreseeable future they are probably here to stay and when I recently heard that some schools now have "Wear a Christmas jumper to school days", more people than ever will be buying them. With that in mind here's 6 ways you green up your Christmas jumper and make it more sustainable.



6 ways to Green up your Christmas Jumper


  1. Make you own. If you are no good at knitting you could decorate or upcycle a jumper you already have.  Hobbycraft have some brilliant ideas to try out. 
  2. It's nice and warm so you can turn the heating down a degree now.  
  3. If you are really going to buy a new one make sure it is in natural materials and made ethically and choose one that you'd be happy wearing all through the colder weather.
  4. Buy a secondhand one.
  5. Get as much wear from it as you can and remember to wear the same one next year.
  6. Swap with a friend - an easy way to get a new jumper without buying one.

What do you think about Christmas jumpers and can you think of any more ways to make them as green as the Christmas trees on them?

Sustainable Chsristmas jumper ideas

6 ways to make your Christmas jumper "green" 6 ways to make your Christmas jumper "green" Reviewed by Hardeyjumoh on November 27, 2018 Rating: 5

Going Green #21 - Nov 2018

November 04, 2018

Welcome to Going Green.  This is the place to promote all your green, sustainable, environmental, seasonal, local, organic, fair trade, ethical etc posts ... basically any post that helps or inspires readers to preserve and improve our beautiful world.  If you are not sure what subjects would be good or need some ideas have a look here where you'll find all the details about the linky >>> Going Green Linky.

Natural Christmas


Now that Halloween is over I feel it is safe to mention Christmas but, of course, not in the go out and buy LOADS of stuff sort of a way but in the "Let's celebrate with Nature in mind" sort of a way.  I would like to put together a post showcasing examples of how you can use natural materials to make Christmas decorations - tree hangings, table and room decorations, present toppers and wreaths etc.  If you have a suitable post showing how to make any natural Christmas decorations please do let me know. Can you drop me a link on this Facebook post - Natural Christmas decorations - before Nov 12th.

Thank you!


My picks from Going Green Oct 2018


Thank you to everyone who linked up last month and what a great range of posts you gave us, making it all the more difficult for me to choose 3 favourites.  But here goes:  



  • Leila from My little Keepers is a Montessori teacher and wrote a lovely post about Autumn inspired crafts to do with young children:




  • Finally Tegan from The Climate Lemon addressed something I imagine all of those who want to live a more green life worry about at times - do each of us an individuals actually make a significant difference? In her post Feeling powerless? Here’s seven types of citizen power she shows you really can and do make a difference.



Please do head over and read these if you missed them last link up - they are all great posts.

Going Green is a subject I believe in with a passion I hope, that with your help, this little linky will go from strength to strength.  Please link up to 3 posts, old or new and let's work together to spread the word that Going Green is both important but also easy.  Please promote the linky on all your social media channels and amongst all your friends. Thank you 💚.

Before you link up may I just remind you of 3 of the "rules":

  • Link up a maximum of THREE posts - any more will be deleted (sorry)
  • Please can you include my badge (preferably) or a link back to A Green and Rosie Life.
  • This is a blog link so in order for us all to benefit please comment on a minimum of three other blogs in the link up, ideally including the one in front of you, one my host posts and at least one other ... the more you comment the more others are likely to visit your blog.

If you share your posts using the hashtag #GoingGreen and I will RT you etc.  I will also add posts with suitable vertical pins to my Going Green Linky board on Pinterest.

Need to find me on Social Media?  Here you go ...

Twitter | Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram

Thanks for visiting and I look forward to reading all your linked up green posts.





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Going Green #21 - Nov 2018 Going Green #21 - Nov 2018 Reviewed by Hardeyjumoh on November 04, 2018 Rating: 5

Going Green #20 - Oct 2018

September 30, 2018

Welcome to Going Green.  This is the place to promote all your green, sustainable, environmental, seasonal, local, organic, fair trade, ethical etc posts ... basically any post that helps or inspires readers to preserve and improve our beautiful world.  If you are not sure what subjects would be good or need some ideas have a look here where you'll find all the details about the linky >>> Going Green Linky.

Please can you answer this quick question ... it will help me with a post I am writing:


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Thank you!


My picks from Going Green Sept 2018


Thank you to everyone who linked up last month.  As ever there was a brilliant mix of green themed posts as you can see from the eclectic three that I am giving a special mention to this month - everything from whales to greenwashing and split jeans! You get it all on #GoingGreen:



Captive orca

 
  • Spot of the Earth wrote about a subject I find myself thinking about more and more these days - Greenwashing

What is greenwashing?


  • and Karen from The Mad House of Cats and Babies asked if it is not possible to buy new clothes, inspired, in part, by a Twitter conversation we had about aged jeans finally splitting too much to be decent to wear any more!

Fashionable split jeans
Image from GirlyGirlFashion




Please do head over and read these if you missed them last link up - they are all great posts.

Going Green is a subject I believe in with a passion I hope, that with your help, this little linky will go from strength to strength.  Please link up to 3 posts, old or new and let's work together to spread the word that Going Green is both important but also easy.  Please promote the linky on all your social media channels and amongst all your friends. Thank you 💚.

Before you link up may I just remind you of 3 of the "rules":

  • Link up a maximum of THREE posts - any more will be deleted (sorry)
  • Please can you include my badge (preferably) or a link back to A Green and Rosie Life.
  • This is a blog link so in order for us all to benefit please comment on a minimum of three other blogs in the link up, ideally including the one in front of you, one my host posts and one other ... the more you comment the more others are likely to visit your blog.

If you share your posts using the hashtag #GoingGreen and I will RT you etc.  I will also add posts with suitable vertical pins to my Going Green Linky board on Pinterest.

Need to find me on Social Media?  Here you go ...

Twitter | Facebook | Pinterest | Google + | Instagram

Thanks for visiting and I look forward to reading all your linked up green posts.





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Going Green #20 - Oct 2018 Going Green #20 - Oct 2018 Reviewed by Hardeyjumoh on September 30, 2018 Rating: 5

Going Green is taking a break for the Summer

July 02, 2018

Due to a lot of other things I have on my plate at the moment, I have decided to give the Going Green linky a break for a couple of months, giving me time to catch up on myself!  I am aiming to be back with the linky on Monday September 3rd 2018 and hope you will all have plenty of fabulous, inspirational green posts to link up.

In the meantime I will continue to blog a bit, when I can find the time, and will read as many of your posts as I can.  If you have a blog with a green theme please do add a comment telling me a bit about it and adding a link.  I'll pop over and have a read and share some posts.

Have a great summer everyone and see you on September 3rd for the next Going Green.





Going Green is taking a break for the Summer Going Green is taking a break for the Summer Reviewed by Hardeyjumoh on July 02, 2018 Rating: 5

Going Green #18 - May 2018

May 06, 2018

Welcome to Going Green.  This is the place to promote all your green, sustainable, environmental, seasonal, local, organic, fair trade, ethical etc posts ... basically any post that helps or inspires readers to preserve and improve our beautiful world.  If you are not sure what posts would be good or need some ideas have a look here where you'll find all the details about the linky >>> Going Green Linky.

Support local businesses and support the local environment


Apologies it took me so long to get around to reading all the posts from last month but I have been working on building up a Facebook group I am admin on ... and it does have a green link.  Called Book Your Holiday Direct with the Owner it enables holidaymakers to book self catering rentals in the UK, Ireland and France without going via the big Online Travel Agents (OTAs) who charge high booking fees to guests and commission to owners.  On a Green level when holidaymakers book direct rather than through an OTAs it can have benefits for the local environment.  Read how in one of my linked up posts.



My picks from Going Green April 2018


There was a good range of green themed posts in the April Going Green linky but one theme got more posts than the others - Going Zero Waste.










      Please do head over and read these if you missed them last month - they are all great posts.

      Going Green is a subject I believe in with a passion I hope, that with your help, this little linky will go from strength to strength.  Please link up to 3 posts, old or new and let's work together to spread the word that Going Green is both important but also easy.  Please promote the linky on all your social media channels and amongst all your friends. Thank you 💚.

      Before you link up may I just remind you of 3 of the "rules":

      • Link up a maximum of THREE posts - any more will be deleted (sorry)
      • Please can you include my badge (preferably) or a link back to A Green and Rosie Life.
      • This is a blog link so in order for us all to benefit please comment on a minimum of three other blogs in the link up, ideally including the one in front of you, one my host posts and one other ... the more you comment the more others are likely to visit your blog.

      If you share your posts using the hashtag #GoingGreen and I will RT you etc.  I will also add posts with suitable vertical pins to my Going Green Linky board on Pinterest.

      Need to find me on Social Media?  Here you go ...

      Twitter | Facebook | Pinterest | Google + | Instagram

      Thanks for visiting and I look forward to reading all your linked up green posts.




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      Going Green #18 - May 2018 Going Green #18 - May 2018 Reviewed by Hardeyjumoh on May 06, 2018 Rating: 5

      Going Green #17 - April 2018

      April 01, 2018

      Welcome to Going Green.  This is the place to promote all your green, sustainable, environmental, seasonal, local, organic, fair trade, ethical etc posts ... basically any post that helps or inspires readers to preserve and improve our beautiful world.  If you are not sure what posts would be good or need some ideas have a look here where you'll find all the details about the linky >>> Going Green Linky.

      Instagram


      I joined Instagram a while back and really enjoy it.  I would love to follow more green themed accounts so do please drop me a comment with a link to yours.  I have been a bit lax this last week or so adding new images and some new accounts to follow may be just the inspiration I need to got going again.

      You can find me at https://www.instagram.com/greenrosielife/ with photos on sustainable living, our life in France, our gite, Normandy and other general stuff!



      GreenRosieLife - Instagram


      My picks from Going Green March 2018


      Thank you to everyone who linked up last month and, as ever, you added so many great green themed posts.  I do believe that the green message is starting to spread further, thanks, in no small part, to that one episode of BluePlanet2 that showed so succinctly the devastating effect our overuse of plastic is having on the planet.  It was enough to inspire my first pick of the month to make some great eco-steps:

      • Nikki from Someplace Strange blogged in Sustainable Me about the effect that one episode had on her life and the steps she has since taken to live a more green lifestyle.
      Sustainability for our future

      If Blue Planet 2 has inspired you to take some green steps maybe my other 2 featured posts will give you some ideas:

      Kids getting involved in conservation projects - tree planting
      Image from Kids of the Wild
      • ... and Claire from Pillar Box Blue showed us how to change some old sweaters into a really stylish rug.

      How to make a rug from old sweaters
      Image from Pillar Box Blue


      Please do head over and read these if you missed them last month - they are all great posts.

      Going Green is a subject I believe in with a passion I hope, that with your help, this little linky will go from strength to strength.  Please link up to 3 posts, old or new and let's work together to spread the word that Going Green is both important but also easy.  Please promote the linky on all your social media channels and amongst all your friends. Thank you 💚.

      Before you link up may I just remind you of 3 of the "rules":

      • Link up a maximum of THREE posts - any more will be deleted (sorry)
      • Please can you include my badge (preferably) or a link back to A Green and Rosie Life.
      • This is a blog link so in order for us all to benefit please comment on a minimum of three other blogs in the link up, ideally including the one in front of you, one my host posts and one other ... the more you comment the more others are likely to visit your blog.

      If you share your posts using the hashtag #GoingGreen and I will RT you etc.  I will also add posts with suitable vertical pins to my Going Green Linky board on Pinterest.

      Need to find me on Social Media?  Here you go ...

      Twitter | Facebook | Pinterest | Google + | Instagram

      Thanks for visiting and I look forward to reading all your linked up green posts.

      A Green and Rosie Life






      Going Green #17 - April 2018 Going Green #17 - April 2018 Reviewed by Hardeyjumoh on April 01, 2018 Rating: 5
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