Winter is a season where I always feel a bit overwhelmed with waste. Impulse purchases in Black Friday and January sales, unwanted Christmas presents, broken baubles, new-year-new-me wardrobe clear-outs… On top of that, we overpurchase food for our over-ambitious Christmas spreads, and then realise that we probably don’t have 7,000 people coming over for dinner …
The term ‘slow’ pops up everywhere these days. There’s talk of slow living. Slow food. Slow fashion. Slow travel. Slow cities. Slow education. But what does it mean? Scroll to: defining ‘slow’ the origins: slow food ‘slow’ movements today defining ‘slow’ If you’re confused about the definition of ‘slow’, that’s understandable – the term doesn’t …
Did you take up gardening during lockdown? Do you, by any chance, have mounds of chillies and tomatoes that you’re wondering what to do with? You’re not alone – during lockdown, companies saw record levels of seed sales and the ONS reported a 147% increase in time spent doing DIY and gardening. Tomatoes were one …
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