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The Weigh To Shop - The Excellent New, Local Refill Shop

The Weigh To Shop – The Excellent New, Local Refill Shop

I have been longing for a weigh shop to open near by for years. They are dotted about but none of them close enough for me to justify going without a list as long as my arm. As the lockdown restrictions started to lift, I saw The Weight To Shop advertised on Facebook, and couldn’t believe what I was seeing! I made sure I was there on their opening day, if not as early as I would have liked. I…

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Top Ten Plastic Polluters

Last year I decided to take on the top ten plastic polluters (alongside the top ten palm oil users) I spent months researching them, and then started emailing them monthly to demand they make changes. Not a single one (okay, maybe one) seemed to care. I gave up pretty quickly, because I didn’t feel that I alone could make a difference. I actively started boycotting/avoiding those companies as a…

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How To Have A Sustainable Christmas

That’s right, I’m back again with another sustainable holiday guide, this time Christmas which we seem to be hurtling towards at break neck speed!

I am pleased to say that I’ve noticed many groups on my social media channels looking for advice on a sustainable Christmas.

Out of all of the celebrations we have through the year, this one is one of the biggest. We generally celebrate it for a…

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Klean Kanteen Giveaway

*Giveaway – REUSABLE KLEAN KANTEEN STRAWS!!!*

Klean Kanteen Straws

There is a lot going on in the world at the moment, so the fact that plastic straws are now banned in England, along with cotton buds and stirrers, might have fallen under the radar

.This is an amazing, huge step forward! Plastic straws alone create a huge amount of waste, with an estimated 4.7 billion straws being used…

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Klean Kanteen - Product Review

Klean Kanteen – Product Review

Three of our KKs in use at a refill station on holiday. Photo Credit – Sweet Silver Linings

For years I have bought different reusable mugs and water bottles. I’ve never been impressed with any of them, till now.

They leak, they break, they smell funny, they go cold too quickly or don’t keep cold drinks fresh enough, they make annoying noises.

A reusable mug/bottle is a great way to…

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While The Roses Bloom - A Short Story

While The Roses Bloom – A Short Story

This short story is based on the writing prompt “Write about someone who’s been sent to a boarding school” from Reedsy Prompts, and has been originally posted on their site, which can be found here.

A rose from the Rose Garden at Ushaw College. Photo Credit – Sweet Silver Linings

The first thing that I recall when I think about the boarding school is that I had no memory of arriving there. I…

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Remember remember the fifth of November.

I am always looking for ways to make a difference to the environment. I’ve been thinking about holidays and other seasonal celebrations, as they tend to produce a lot of waste.

Fireworks. Photo credit – Sweet Silver Linings

One that I hadn’t thought about till I realised it was just round the corner, was bonfire night. Every year I have attended bonfire night celebrations, sometimes…

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How To Have An Eco Friendly Halloween

Now that we are into spooky season, I thought it was a good idea to share some top tips about having a more environmental Halloween!

Our celebration ring, last year. Photo credit – sweet silver linings blog

1. Reusable Decor– Its only natural to gravitate towards the Halloween Isle of BnM to fill your basket with scary goods to shroud your house/place of work in. It’s worth trying to buy…

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My Top Ten Best Buffy Episodes

I've compiled a list of my top ten Buffy The Vampire Slayer episodes!

Buffy season openers and finales. Photo Credit – Google Images

For years I have laughed and cried my way through the seven seasons of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I’ve fallen in love with the characters over and over, and I have fought side by side with the slayer herself.

For me, it still stands as the greatest show on TV of all time, and Buffy Summers is my favorite TV character of all time.…

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The Fourth Trimester During Lockdown

Photo Credit – Sweet Silver Linings Blog

I had written a draft of this post, and when I was working on it, it just felt like I was whining about stuff I should be grateful for. So I deleted it and started again.

I also feel that perhaps the name is incorrect. Really, the struggle isn’t just about the fourth trimester and lockdown, and how it has affected me and my newborn baby, it’s about…

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My Hypnobirthing Experience

I never truly believed how hypnobirthing could help during child birth, until I put it into practice myself. What it did was help me to have a calm, peaceful labor, that I look back on and smile at.

Baby Foot. Photo Credit – Sweet Silver Linings Blog.

I have already written about my second pregnancy in a previous blog, 36 Weeks and Countingabout how I felt my chances to do things differently to my last pregnancy had been taken from me, and how frustrating this was. Now I want to talk about how I dealt with the changes I faced when actually giving birth, and how hypnobirthing aided in that. I…

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36 Weeks and Counting

Baby number 2

This pregnancy was going to be different to my last. My last was such a nice pregnancy but there was a lot I wanted to do, which for one reason or another, I didn’t.

So this time round, I was going to do those things. I was going to go to yoga every week from the recommended week; I was going to practice hypnobirthing properly, rather than just reading about calm birth practices; I…

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2019 - That's a wrap.

2019 – That’s a wrap.

Photo by – Sweet Silver Linings Blog, Bonfire Night 2014

The end of 2019 is approaching, and as it does, I’d like to round up the year. I had plans to write a couple of different blogs before this time, including one about the books I’ve read this year, but I didn’t have time to do this, and I don’t want to stress myself out finding the time to do it.

I’ve decided to use this last blog of the…

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10 Things I've Learnt Since Becoming A Parent

10 Things I’ve Learnt Since Becoming A Parent

Baby Sweet Silver Linings Number 1.

I thought it was time to make a topic change, as seen as I’ve spent the year pretty much writing about the environment! This was my plan, but I thought I might have time to squeeze a blog here and there about other things, but apparently that was not on the cards for 2019.

I really want to talk about some of the things I’ve learnt since becoming a parent…

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My Plastic Feedback - An Update

My Plastic Feedback – An Update

Image Credit: Unknown, Source Google Images

Hello everyone! Sorry it’s been a while! I could spend my time explaining, but I’ll save that for my newsletter…

For this post, I want to update you all on the responses I’ve had from the various different companies I’ve been emailing about their impact on the environment. If you’re wondering what it is I’m talking about, see my last post, The Fights…

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The fight goes on - My plastic feedback

The fight goes on – My plastic feedback

When went on holiday in May, and whilst we were in the airport (we paid a company to offset our carbon, which was pretty great) we got chatting about the different things people are doing to help the environment. Among us, we have all switched to various reusable products, and started shopping in refill shops etc. I turned to my other half, and asked the question that was buzzing around our…

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Our Year of Environmental Changes - A 6 Month Progress Report

Our Year of Environmental Changes – A 6 Month Progress Report

Some of the environmental changes we have made.

So far this year, I’ve posted a monthly update on our attempts to live more environmental lives. Each post has had a theme, all about changes we’ve been making in the household, and our daily lives.

I thought as we are now an unbelievable six months into the year, I would write an overall report, but most importantly, I would like to discuss where I…

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