Ikea Crackers
October 20, 2009
Its not just flat packs they sell but these paper wrapped crackers – pretty tasty they are too.
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Du Vin Du Pain Du Plastic Free Fromage
October 14, 2009
Crackers
October 10, 2009
In paper – from Tesco – the only ones I can find for cheese- have it
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Cheesy Crackers
October 8, 2009
Its all gone mad again – where’s my pictures of biscuits?? Please be patient while I sort this out!!!
Steripenmandu
September 13, 2009
As you know I love our steri pen for saving me, as it does, from polluting remote villages and pristine landscapes with dirty mineral water bottles. I got mine from E bay but if you are in Katmandu you can buy them from.
KEEP …. map and address here
(You can also buy sterilized water to fill your own water bottle here at 10 Nepalese rupees a liter)
Or
Mount Everest Equipment Store UP School Road Tamel.
Weenie Water Bottles
August 10, 2009
Reusable water bottles for little hands – get them young – get them here.
As promoted by the baby center who have a write up on why this is a good idea.
make your own safe water
June 10, 2009
Now its easy to give up bottled water in England but what of when yo are abroad in countries where the water is not so reliable. India for example. It is not always possible to refill you water bottle with sterilized water. as in Leh, the Hemis trek or Arambol.
Most parts of India just don’t do that and will want to sell you water in those vile plastic bottles that are now such an ugly part of the Indian landscape.
The steri pen is my solution to that particular problem. Stick the sticky bit in a liter of water – switch on and 90 seconds later the water is safe to drink. Weighs next to nothing and is tiny.
For more information visit the following sites.
steriPEN and for
great reviews of the product here and here
what it kills
good converter here
I bought mine on E bay.
The Flat Breads Of My Youth
June 8, 2009
Last year I gave up plastic wrapped bread – which was pretty easy for English bread at least. However for middle eastern breads its a different story – pitta breads, lavoche and other types of flat bread are not to be bought in anything other than plastic wrappings. The husband hails from far off lands and often gets a yearning for the flat breads of his youth.
It seemed a little unfair to deny him the pleasure of a properly wrapped keebab and so it seemed that special dispensation would have to be made for foreign bread.
But no more thanks to the arrival of Maryam Bakery on Blacker Road Huddersfield. They do four nan breads for a pound. They call them nans but they are in fact more of a Kurdish style flat bread. They are freshly baked and as good as plastic wrapped pitta and better than the rather dusty dry lavoche.
And they come wrapped in paper.
Plastic free water in Leh
May 29, 2009
Originally uploaded by Ajay Tallam
Those of you who find yourselves in Leh, that’s Leh, Lahdahk, India, might want to know about Dzomsa. This shop refills your water bottle with boiled filtered water there by cutting out the plastic nasties. And if ever a place was cursed with plastic rubbish its Leh.
They have shops on Old Fort Road and Main Street and maybe one more (though they are not all open out of season). Refills cost 7 rupees so its a bargain.
They also do dried apricots in paper bags.
Lancaster Milkman
May 9, 2009
This is thanks to the students of Landcaster who gave up plastic for Lent. For other useful tips check out their website – see links.
In case anyone is looking for a Lancaster Milkman, here is a useful list compiled by Emily! Milkmen in Lancaster (April 2009)
Raymond McDougall tel: 01524 36158 – covers Fairfield and the Marsh.
Hey & Sons tel: 01524 770343 – covers Primrose, Greaves, Scotforth, Piccadilly and Lancaster University.
Martin Edwards tel: 07739 486357 – covers Hala.
Colin Johnson tel: 01524 36222 – covers Aldcliffe, Ashton Road, Dorrington Road.
