Earth and Body Friendly

I know this site is usually more about being friendly to the Earth and to your own body, but today I’m going to write about being friendly and kind to other people’s bodies.
Be kind. Give Blood
Today I gave blood. It was the first time in ages. I’ve given bloody only three or other four times [...]

I had an interesting conversation with someone the other day which has, hopefully, set my mind in motion toward finding a more balanced view of how ‘well’ I do each day with being friendly to myself and to the environment.
Most days I do well
You see, I think that I do pretty well with making as [...]

Another video blog entry. Do you use toilet paper made from virgin trees or do you buy toilet paper made from recycled paper? Let me know in the comments which one and why. (If your sound is turned right up you might hear my boy in the background, laughing at me.)

Another vlog for you. This was prompted by a video by Blunty3000 (on YouTube) in which he talks about how bad news seems to get so much more attention than good news. It’s one of the reasons why I avoid commercial television and why Earth and Body Friendly is focussed on the positive side of [...]

I’ve decided to try some video blogging, or vlogging, as it’s sometimes called.
Here, I’m having a whinge about how environmentally friendly products often cost more than the same product that isn’t environmentally friendly.
When I compressed the video, it came out kind of stretched. Sorry about that. I don’t really look that way. Trust me, I’m [...]

I’ve been really enjoying living closer to the city and closer to regular public transport. The buses don’t run all that often, but the trains near here run reguarly to all areas of town, and most times there’s no need to backtrack or even change trains.
In the past two weeks, I’ve had to put only [...]

‘Reduce, reuse and recycle’ is a mantra that almost anyone interested in helping the environment will know well. Recycling is all very well and good, but the process of recycling still uses resources. Reusing is a wonderful thing, as it negates the need to recycle. For me, though, I think reducing is the key.
I tend [...]

I’ve moved. I’m in my new place! I’m still surrounded by boxes, and I’ve forgotten where it was that I found the cutlery the other day, but I’m very pleased to have finished all the cleaning that had to be done at the old place before I could hand back the keys.
I used my ENJO [...]

This past week I worked in the city for four days. On two of those days, I caught public transport since I didn’t have to cart around a car full of equipment.
I do try to catch public transport when it’s practical, but the problem with a place like Brisbane is that the public transport system [...]

I’ve just brought home a Compact multi purpose juicer and mincer and made the first two batches of juice from it: apple, carrot and celery for me, which Riley tried, and just apple for him.
It was pretty easy to use and not too difficult to clean afterwards. The juice was delicious.
I’m planning to write a [...]