The BBC documentary Hugh’s War on Plastic (though I find it hard to watch programmes like that. I can quite imagine it all, I’m not in denial. I feel like seeing it all on telly would hasten a panic attack.) Kathryn Kellog of Going Zero Waste . What a hunnay. Offset Earth is a carbon-offsetting programme. I just know you… View Post
The general principles are the same as food, really. You know what I mean, I don’t need to lecture you. We all know we need to buy less and buy less in plastic. Understand really deep in your soul that yet another new lipstick in a jazzy tube will not change your life. Other obvious things that you do already:… View Post
This is a big one – household stuff being where we really commit some awful crimes. The rubbish to landfill, the bleach, the micro plastics, the wasted water. Who Gives A Crap – popular but a tiny bit controversial as someone pointed out that the actual carbon footprint of this is probably not far off a 9-pack from your Tesco… View Post
Listen, I’m not going to lecture you: we all know that we need to eat way, way less meat – beef in particular. We also need to shop less sloppily to cut down on food waste. That is easier said than done, we can’t all live next to a butcher, baker and grocer and shop every day like it’s 1950…. View Post
While I’m at it – I ought to tell you about the podcast I am doing with Giles. It’s not a Spike podcast but you might enjoy it anyway. It’s called “Giles Coren Has No Idea” and the premise is that it is the story behind his Saturday column – where the ideas come from (me) and what jokes to… View Post
I’m going to kick off Eco Week with a sort of manifesto sent to me by a person who knows what they are talking about on condition of anonymity. It’s about clothes and it’s interesting and they have this to say: “I think we all know by this point that fast fashion is a complete environmental omnishambles. But if we… View Post
The week after next I want to run a week-long series of Eco recommendations. Not really stuff we all know about already eg. stop buying clothes, stop flying in airplanes and buy a Keep Cup, but more like those household schemes – like that loo roll Who Gives a Crap – anyone do that? – any of my Stateside readers… View Post
AKA fucking eczema. We are incredibly lucky in this house to have eczema only occasionally and mildly. We do not get the one on the face, in the eyebrows or on the knuckles of the hand, which always makes my eyes water for how dementing it must be for the sufferer. But we do get it. Last year, before we… View Post
Some of you may remember my long-ago semi serious addiction to the over the counter sleep aid Nytol. I used to take 25mg before bed because my son Sam woke up multiple times in the night and it helped me get back to sleep quickly. Then I read somewhere that prolonged use does something to your long-term memory and a… View Post
