"A Good Life" by that Guardian journo, Leo someone

[Pruni]

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dh just reading it now - i have read it before. think its good because he takes an 'average bloke' sort of approach and they have definitely kept up some of the changes they made becuase of it. me and dh have done a few things - started using more environmentally frinedly cleaning products, putting the wash on half cycle more often, thinking about organic box schemes. actually I used to house share with one of the environmentla auditors on it

I haven't got the book but found his column very useful as a source of information. I discovered brands and suppliers that I wouldn't have known about otherwise, so it helped me carry out my good intentions that may otherwise have stayed rather vague.

sorry did you mean 'a life stripped bare'? thats the one I mean

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His surname is Hickman. He's a very nice chap, took his quest very seriously. If you're already quite green, though, some of it will be old news.

DON'T BUY BOTTLED WATER!

(An easy one to follow I feel)

Leo Hickman pieces.

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Some is and some isn't pruni, but the main thing is that in most parts of the country tap water tastes at least as good as bottled (I think he might make an exception for the allegedly-recycled-7-times Thames area water!) and doesn't have to be bottled and shipped.

My kids often buy a small bottle of water if they want a drink when they're out, but we collect the empties as much as poss and they take them out refilled with tap water eg to the gym (if they remember...)