Earth hour 2011 is on 26th March at 8:30pm,
Earth Hour is organised by the WWF, and the following explains exactly what it is, and is from the Earth Hour website , it is a brilliant idea, we are using up precious resources at an alarming rate, turn your lights out for 1 hours and show that you along with tens of millions across the world mean business!
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries participating. Global landmarks such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, CN Tower in Toronto, Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Rome’s Colosseum, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.
In March 2009, hundreds of millions of people took part in the third Earth Hour. Over 4000 cities in 88 countries officially switched off to pledge their support for the planet, making Earth Hour 2009 the world’s largest global climate change initiative.
On Saturday 27 March, Earth Hour 2010 became the biggest Earth Hour ever. A record 128 countries and territories joined the global display of climate action. Iconic buildings and landmarks from Asia Pacific to Europe and Africa to the Americas switched off. People across the world from all walks of life turned off their lights and came together in celebration and contemplation of the one thing we all have in common – our planet.
Earth Hour 2011 will take place on Saturday 26 March at 8.30PM (local time). This Earth Hour we want you to go beyond the hour, so after the lights go back on think about what else you can do to make a difference. Together our actions add up.
Please join, and show you care
It's that time of the year again, the garden is calling for a trim and tidy before it starts it's main growing season.
Hubby spent the day, clearing up leaves and cutting back the overgrown branches of some of the apple trees (this is the reduce bit)and has cut up smaller branches into kindling size...., we've used them to start the our fire (the reuse bit), much more environmentally friendly, much cheaper obviously and the smell is just wonderful. Now I'm really struggling with the recycle! Oh well as Meatloaf would say Two out of Three Aint Bad!!
The tidying also included picking up of piles of leaves, this had to be done very quickly as some certain feather friends think it a game we're playing with them and as fast as you rake them up so they 'very helpfully' scratch them about again just in case there is something of interest that we've inadvertantly covered up!
And where have all leaves ended up? On my veggie patch!!!! I know they rot in and add valuable nutrients to the soil, but I don't think they'll manage it in the next couple of months before I'm going to be wanted to plant my little seedlings in their permanent home. Well I suppose in the meantime, they are keeping the soil a little warmer than usual.
I'm actually on time this month and am posting my Monthly Make 2011February in the correct month!!!
I'm actually killing two birds with one stone. As it's valentines day I'm showing the velvet and cotton hearts that I've made, however this was actually the push I needed to get ahead for next christmas. I want to have a collection of heart decorations around for Christmas so I'm now welll ahead in my plans, is this good or am I sad?! The fabric came out of Laura Ashley's end of roll basket which is always heavily discounted, and it's suprising what you make out of small off cuts.
If you haven't already done so, check out the brilliant makes by the bloggers you have joined the group over at The Felt Fairy Annie's blog is a wonderful read to boot.
You can't look a gift horse in the mouth as the old saying goes.
When I popped into our local post office and village store the other day, we are so lucky to still have one, the owner Mr S was looking rather bemusedly at a crate of bananas. Now the store is quite small, as in about half the size of your average living room, so a wooden shed has been converted into their greengrocery section. The banana had obviously not taken kindly to the shivery temperatures outside and had decided to blacken their skins in protest! The insides of the fruit were perfectly ok, but as Mr S pointed out no-one was going to buy them to find out. So thinking aloud, I said that they would be perfect for banana cake or banana and walnut muffins, Oh says Mr S, would you use them for that? Of course I said, to which I had the crate thrust in my hands, with a there you go then, if you don't use them all through whats left to the sheep!.....Did you know sheep liked banana? No me neither.
As you will have seen from my previous post, I've joined A Monthly Make 2011 organised by Annie at The Felt Fairy . I had duly made my items for January, lovely lemon curd to try and bring a taste of summer into these dreary days, and some spiced cranberry and pear relish which comes out in the most gorgeous colours, at Christmas Sainsburys had offers on their fresh cranberries so I stocked up and froze them to use throughout the year. Annie said that you can make absolutely anything, so I'm taking her up on that this month and am showing my foodie makes.
I also had go at making a knitted brooch, in reality it looks fine and as I made it in a lovely cherry red cotton it's quite cheery, but oh dear how my photography lets me down so use your imagination folks please....note to self, get some practice in on the camera if your going to be publishing your pics!
Well that's all I've managed this month, and as usual I'm late with my posting. No 1 son is busy doing coursework for his GCSE's so is hogging the pc, but I shan't complain as long as he's working.
