Week 51: Want to save the planet? Make it your job…

This isn’t handing in our notice tomorrow and going all eco-warrior, but persuading your company to do an eco-audit of the offices, or persuading your retailer to stock organic. I think this is a very sound idea, one were we can all have a remarkable effect, and to some extent is it already happening.

For example: Tony and I drink decaf tea and coffee and we were in Tesco the other week. Tony was commenting that you can get fairtrade but not decaf, organic, fairtrade, when hey presto there it was on the shelf! Then we said wouldn't it be good to get fairtrade wine, and yes you guessed it there it was on the shelf. So, naturally we bought them and I have to say they are both very, very nice.

Our weekly shop has certainly increased in cost recently but I feel good about what choices we are making and even better that we now have those choices.