As a child, I remember my maternal grandmother Gwendolyn packaging up home-cooked foods and treats in cleaned margarine tubs for anyone who wanted to take food ‘to go’. She was also very particular about cleanliness, so even packaged Zero...
I caught a breath at some point in the first week of October and I couldn’t help but reflect on an amazing Eco-Friendly September with Cayman Connection… It was the last month of our Q3 Environment and Sustainability theme, and so everything we had...
Starting this blog has helped me rack focus and take stock of my own carbon footprint, but also, with more eye-opening information being gathered over time, I realise how necessary it is for individuals to join advocacy groups in...
“What a month!” Rita and I laugh as we look at each other with glazed eyes through the ever-gazing Zoom lens… all we’ve taken on (and achieved!). September is crazy, being generally one of the busiest times of the year for Cayman Connection...
Keeping track of the good, the bad and the ugly of greening my home has been a challenge in itself, what with the Richmond 5K Run, Cayman Day planning and the usual duties at home. However, I can say that my awareness of what was happening around me – what...
So I read (flicked through) my books – I put aside the green financing books for now, to focus on later and concentrated on plastics and chemicals in the home specifically.. have to start somewhere and I am thinking lazor focussed rather than trying to change...
So the challenge is called a challenge for a reason – you don’t magically metamorphose into the Green Queen once you flutter your eyelashes in the morning. As a matter of fact, once you float down to the kitchen with your new initiative, the truth hits...
How difficult is it to reduce or eliminate single-use plastics from my own life? Which single-use plastic items am I buying that can actually be recycled? Time to take a look at the purchases I make and where I can improve. This is going to be tough and I’m...
So… another green challenge! I say another as it’s not my first (nor should it be!). Back many moons ago in 2014, with my previous business Angel Oversees, we went on a mission to be sure all our services were as environmentally...
Cayman Connection Member Tips “If in the UK, I recommend this app www.pawprint.eco – a wonderful way to measure our carbon footprint and see ways we can reduce it. It is free and so cool. What really struck me is how little difference so many of the...
