Happy Earth Hour 2012

Earth Hour is here!

I dared the world to save the planet by submitting my challenge on You Tube and sign up HERE.  I did.  I have!

Switch off your lights for one hour at 8pm today to celebrate Earth Hour. Organise a meet up to share this Earth Hour with your friends and family. It can be large or small, a candlelit dinner party with some close friends or a street party for the whole neighbourhood.

Just don’t forget to turn your lights out at 8.30pm March 31st 2012.

Just do it.

Lets Do Organic

For those of you who don’t know what organic means, organic gardening means not using any synthetic products, including pesticides and fertilizers. Ideally, organic gardening replenishes the resources as it makes use of them. Like feeding depleted soil with composted plants, or planting legumes to add nitrogen to an area that had been planted with heavy feeder. The bigger picture involves working in cooperation with nature, viewing your garden as a small part of all the natural system.

Lots of friends that I talk to on various forums are becoming more environment-conscious starting to recycle in their homes and seeking more organic food products. Not only that, people are saying that organic tastes much better and is better for our immune systems.

This got me looking for organic fruit and veg suppliers around the country…

If you live in the Cape Ganics will deliver superb certified organic food products to your doorstep. On top of all that, they offer a free recycling service. All you have to do is keep your veggie box and fill it with your old newspapers and when they deliver your next order of veggies they collect your paper for recycling.

So not only are you getting your weekly delicious fruit and veggies, you’re doing your bit for the environment too!

They offer various sizes of organic fruit and/or veggie boxes and you can literally choose what you want, instead of wasting items that your family does not eat – swap it for something else. They offer various other organic products including organic baby food, juices, dried fruit, even cleaning materials!

Check their website every Friday for weekly special offers and visit their recipes section for scrummy ideas for your newly purchased organic fruit and veggies.

Jo’burgers will be pleased to find out there are similar services here in Johannesburg visit Wensleydale or call them on 012-650-0064. The Organic Emporium also offers online shopping and delivery.

Durbanites can shop at Earth Mother or phone them for details on 031 202 1527.

Now you have no excuse for not getting your family eating their healthy dose of 2 fruit and 2 veggies a day!

Go Green and taste the difference for yourself!