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My personal blog - initially started in 2008 to describe my experience following Stephen Cottrell’s book ‘Do nothing for Christmas - an Advent Calendar with a difference’ I repeated this in Advent, 2011.
It’s Advent again so I’m going to try to do another Advent Calendar with a difference - what is the meaning of Christmas. No particular theme, just an eclectic mix of thoughts and ideas - from me and, I hope, from my friends
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- I-Church
- Wikipedia entry for Waterhouse
- JW Waterhouse
- IHT International Herald Tribune
- David Hockney
- John Updike reads 'Jesus and Elvis'
- Barak Obama's speech in full
- How to comment on this blog - PDF file
- Gt Missenden Church web site
- My IT Friend web site - help with your PC
- Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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- Saturday 21 March
- Friday 20th March
- 19 March - what can I claim today?
- 18th March - not too successful
- 17th March - neighbourhood clean-up
- Monday 16th March - start of week 4
- Sunday 15 March - first baptism with holding cross...
- Saturday 14th March
- Friday 13th March - holding crosses
- Thursday 12 March - Walk
- Wednesday 11th March - £1.40 a day
- Tuesday 10th March
- Monday 9th March - chores and FGP
- Sunday 8th March - end of week 2
- Thursday 5th March
- Wednesday 4th March
- Tuesday 3rd March
- Chore charts
- Monday 2nd March
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Friday 27th March:
Today we need to be thinking about sourcing paper, tissue, toilet paper and wood that is recycled or has been accredited by the Forest Stewardship Council – this ensures it has come from responsibly managed sustainable forests or confirms that it is recycled (www.fsc.org).
We're very mindful of this, however I have to admit to not liking the recycled loo roll...! It just doesn't feel or look soft! Can anyone recommend a good brand...?
Today - apart from the WWF Earth Hour - incidentally I'm writing the blog by candlelight! Tearfund suggest that we look into tetrapak recycling - yoghurt pots and juice/soups cartons.
www.tetrapakrecycling.co.uk - has a map and shows what regions provide recycling of these items. Alas, Bucks does not have provision and we can't even boast about it's immanent arrival, as it simply says "not recycling". So these will continue to go to landfill until the Local Authority has a change of heart - Tearfund have a template letter to download, which could be filled in and sent off to add pressure.
It is surprising what you can get used to! Tesco's value loo roll says it comes from sustainable forests and costs about 20% of posh stuff. Even I wouldn't go as far as my Grandparents and use yesterday's newspaper!
Which? have tested t-rolls. Their best are Andrex Quilts. These score 89% with 5 stars (out of 5) for softness and 4 for strength. The best recycled only score 43% and 3 stars each for strength and softness - but they are 100 recycled. These Nouvelle 100% Recycled Quilted Luxury are also cheaper at £1.84 compared with £2.18 for 4 rolls.
I hoped my 'Shades of Green' book had some guidance but no luck.
Thanks for that David! And, yes Rosie I'm with you on the newspaper front....!
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