Back soon...

Sorry for the lack of posts this week. I’ve been very busy, and also my internet connection has been shaped so I’m not spending as much time online (the horror!). I’ll be back with more posts next week - I hope you’re all doing well, I’m looking forward to chatting again soon

We have a winner!...

Thanks to everyone who entered my competition last week - the winner is Angela from Sydney. I learned a lot about hemp, I hope you all did too. Honorable mention goes to Howard’s story about his hemp cap: thanks for sharing, Howard! I hope all the new commenters will continue to share their interesting facts and feel free to join in with the questions and comments on the site in the future - it’s been lovely...

Want to win a prize? Tell me about hemp…...

Hemp fabric is one of those things that’s associated with tie-dye and hippies, because it’s known to be eco-friendly but people rarely see it used well. Which is a shame, because as well as being useful and eco-friendly, it can be made into things just as beautiful as we see made with water-guzzling, pesticide-laden cotton. Although you can grow cotton organically, which is great, it does take a lot of work. Hemp...

Quick note...

Just a note to say that I’m taking the week off writing posts, in order to spend a little time updating the blog theme (I’m so sick of this default look!) and a few other admin things. See you again next week!

I’m in G Magazine this month...

Just a quick note to mention that I’m blogging for G Magazine again, doing the G Challenge each month. This month’s quest is to take public transport or a bike more often, you can read about it at the G Challenge blog. I’m also in the latest (March/April) print issue. I was competing with a guy named Nathan to see which of us could save more money by going green, and we both wrote our stories of how...

Sorry, contact form is disabled temporarily...

Just a quick note to say that I’ve temporarily disabled the contact form on my Contact page. I’ve been getting a spam attack today, with a new spam email sent to me every 30 seconds, so I’ve switched it off until the idiots criminals move on to a new target.

Upgrade and change...

Over the next few days I’ll be switching my web hosting to another company. There may be a few days where you can’t access the site or the blog, but I’ll be posting again next week. Cheers, Julie

In case of global warming…...

While I’m away, I thought I’d just link to a cartoon by Tom Toles that appeared in the Washington Post just over a year ago. Not much has changed since then, but it still made me smile a bit at human nature. In Case Of Global Warming I’ll be back later this week, see you then!

Green websites in Australia...

You might have noticed that I’ve added a new blogroll to the sidebar of this site, showing the Australian environmental websites I regularly read. I thought you might like to see what else is going on for greenies in Australia. Greenfoot - Trina is living sustainably in Sydney, and is always up to date with green news and events The Greening of Gavin - Gavin discusses the whys and hows of living a more sustainable...

Quick admin note...

My apologies - for the last couple of weeks, comments have been getting stuck in the moderation queue when they should have been posted right away. And at the same time, Wordpress decided to stop mailing me when anything requires moderation! I think it’s ok now, but if your comments don’t appear on the posts, please contact me via email and I’ll look into it.