BritMums Green Roundup – come on you wasters!

Welcome to this month’s Green Roundup.

I hope you’ve enjoyed a wonderful summer. Ok, so the weather might not have been made up of the long, hot, hazy summer days we remember as kids, but it’s all about the memories, right?

I don’t know about you, but once September rolls around again I feel like making a few changes in my life. Kind of like a mini new year’s resolution before the autumn comes.

This week I have the perfect challenge for you to get involved in. Are you ready to get down and dirty to look at your recycling habits?

Want to feel good?

Then join over 300 other people who are signed up to take part in this year’s National Zero Waste Week!

Run by yours truly, the week (which takes place the first week in September) allows you to feel great about doing your bit for the environment.

All you have to do is pledge to do ‘One More Thing’ – you could start a compost heap, make FULL use of local recycling facilities or take home recyclables rather than using a litter bin when out and about.

Sign up on the My Zero Waste web page or join our busy Facebook event.

Make it fairtrade this school term

According to Ella we spend £1 billion a year on school uniform.

And here’s an opportunity for you to vote with your money because currently only a small percentage of that is fair trade.

Ella tells us why it’s important to support fairtrade and where you can buy ethical uniforms from.

Check out “Make it a fairtrade school uniform“.

Get the blotting paper out

This month I found “Everyday living on a shoestring” where the writer describes herself as “attempting to live frugally in Wiltshire”.

Browsing around her site I found her simple tip for reducing landfill waste.

Much of my waste is broken felt tips and biros, and our writer shares the startling statistic that 4000 million pens are thrown out daily in the US.

In a bid to do her bit our bloggy friend takes us back to the classroom with “My return to pen and ink“.

Banish pongy pits

Lili has taken to extreme frugalling, but I love what she’s doing because she’s helping reduce waste too.

Have you ever stopped to see how much product is left in the bottom of tubes and bottles?

Lili has been pondering about stick deodorant and recently she scraped out every last piece, heated it up in the microwave with a sliver of lip balm and ended up with enough deodorant for another 10 days!

Not stopping there, she then goes on to tell us how she reuses the holder, dispenser and lid.

Check out “Using every last bit of deodorant“.

Bottoms up!

The hedgerows have been bursting with elderflowers; you know, those tiny clusters of white blooms?

Lucy has put her local crop to good use by foraging and making elderflower cordial.

In this beautiful post, she shares loads of stunning photographs that will have you pulling on your wellies and heading for the countryside.

Check out her elderflower cordial post.

What about you? Have you blogged about something ‘green’ this month? Please share it with us in the linky below.

And don’t forget to sign up for National Zero Waste Week – I’m counting on ya!