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Leonie2 · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject: National Downsizing Week (D)

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Posted: 20 Apr 2006 12:00 pm Post subject: National Downsizing Week

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It's Tracey.s initiative, as she discussed on News at Ten.

See here.... www.downshiftingweek.com

The downloadable planner is excellent!

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Posted: 20 Apr 2006 12:33 pm Post subject:

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Thanks for that D, lots of interesting information there to browse through.

Perhaps we should all be comparing notes on here as we put ticks in boxes...

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Posted: 20 Apr 2006 07:43 pm Post subject:

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I just downloaded the calender d and it has some really helpful hints and tips on living a greener life, something which i am trying to aspire to but dont always reach.
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Posted: 20 Apr 2006 08:23 pm Post subject:

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tracey has done a lot of work since last years downshifting week. I like the calendar/planner, it's got some very useful ideas in it.

D, I've moved this into the environmental awareness section because it might get lost in the potting shed, hope that's okay with everyone

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Posted: 21 Apr 2006 12:12 am Post subject:

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Anyone noticed yet that it's a *little* aimed towards women...

I just noticed there was quite a bit of reference to impulse shopping, and sale shopping, and all the kinds of shopping I utterly detest due to being (apparently) abnormal, as a woman.

Tis good though. A lot of pages, I might print out the planner ones when I go back to uni.

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Posted: 21 Apr 2006 08:32 am Post subject:

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Anyone noticed yet that it's a *little* aimed towards women...

In our house I predominantly deal with the recycyling of the rubbish. Hubs helps out by burning excessive packaging materials ie cardboard etc but it's certainly myself who sorts through clothes for charity shops, kitchen refuse sorting, freecycle etc etc.
What about everybody else?
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Posted: 21 Apr 2006 08:52 am Post subject:

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Same here D, OH isn't into recycling at all, but I'm changing his ways

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Posted: 21 Apr 2006 11:58 am Post subject:

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Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a complaint! Merely an observation...

I have the same situation: OH wouldn't bother doing any recycling if it wasn't actually harder not to in our house at the mo Actually, that's mean of me to say, he's always been very good with collecting up glass bottles.

When I first started collecting veg. stuff for compost, it took weeks and weeks for him to actually remember not to bin it. I finally came up with punishments (minor ones!) to help him get it right...

So I guess it is *on average* women who are most likely to be in charge of making these little changes.

I just obey my sister really.

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Posted: 21 Apr 2006 12:17 pm Post subject:

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He's as much into recycling as me. Now. Took a bit of convincing, but not much.

the only thing I find with him is that he leaves lights on. I swear I never have to turn on the hall/landing light, but I always seem to be turning it off. He turns it on to walk through and then leaves it on. If I'm just walking through, I never bother to turn it on. (And we eat the same amount of carrots!) At least it's a low energy bulb.

Really must get around to getting the loft insulation improved. It's just so tricky as we've got so much junk up there! And maybe a new boiler. But other than that I don't see how we can save.

Haize - I hate shopping too (apart from for plants and at charity shops!) Everyone thinks I'm weird because I have four pairs of shoes - trainers, riding boots, smart shoes (that I never wear) and sandals (that i never wear). I hate shoe shopping with a vengence.
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Posted: 21 Apr 2006 03:38 pm Post subject:

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Tee hee, I lived in a house with 3 men, and they all had more pairs of shoes than me.

I also don't see how we can save a vast amount: we're putting in a new boiler soon (and that wasn't a wasteful thing either, because there wasn't one to start with!), we might get cavity wall insulation, but I've now heard mixed advice regarding that.

In fact, our shopping bills have recently gone up, due to starting getting an organic veg box, and buying more environmentally friendly washing liquids. You have to prioritise one or the other!

But this planner thing is just a constant reminder, I guess, so there might be something you've not thought of that you could do more economically.
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