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From washing dishes and storing food to cooking, cleaning and waste management. I sometimes struggle to get other members of our household to make the best eco-choices – old habits die hard.

I’ve bought an eco-duvet (aug18)

It comes from the Fine Bedding Company. It is made of 100% post-consumer[...]

08
Aug
Battle of the Quooker – hot water tap (May18)

Most people complain that their husband / male partner, doesn’t help enough with the[...]

15
May
Christmas cringe over disposable baking tray (Dec16)

 Sometimes you hear something on the radio which makes you cringe.  Just before Christmas[...]

06
Jan
The Shocking thing about helium balloons (Nov16)

    Filln’away – essentially means fill the balloons and chuck the whole gas[...]

29
Nov
Speech disaster to Bathroom Manufacturers… (Oct16)

My speech went down the plug hole! I spent ages preparing my speech.  Had[...]

29
Oct
I’ve made friends with my heating controls (Mar13)

I’ve often been asked for top tips in greening your home.  One of my[...]

19
Mar
10 tonnes of e-waste an hour at SWEEEP (Dec12)

The huge grabber hand plunged into the pile of e-waste waiting below. You could[...]

11
Dec
FT Article written on Eco-renovating London flat (Apr12)

My article on eco-renovation was published in the House & Home section of the[...]

21
Apr
P & G 4th Expert Baby Care Advisory Group (Jun11)

I’ve sat on P&G’s Expert Advisory Panel for Babycare since is started a few[...]

01
Jun
Becoming a Superhome (Apr11)

I’m trying to make my flat a SuperHome – a network of exemplar, old dwellings which[...]

01
Apr
Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan (Nov10)

There was a lot of talk about de-coupling. But they weren’t referring to what[...]

16
Nov
I need a new boiler (Oct10)

Our boots, shoes and tennis rackets were all wet. They were stored underneath the[...]

26
Oct
P&G – Expert Advisory Panel on Detergents (Apr10)

This was the fourth Expert Advisory Panel on detergents and cleaning products and the[...]

04
Apr
Expert advisory panel on detergents (Fabric & Homecare) 2007-2010

The first meeting of the Fabric & Homecare expert advisory committee took place in[...]

01
Apr
Fairy Dishwashing Leaflet (Mar10)

Procter & Gamble are printing 20,000 copies of their leaflet advising consumers on dishwashing[...]

03
Mar
Green Dishwashing (Feb10)

When people buy a dishwasher, they still hand wash many of their dishwashers –[...]

01
Feb
Christmas cards are wasteful (Jan10)

The Jeremy Vine Show wanted me to have a pair of scissors ready for[...]

16
Jan
EDANA Conference (Sept09)

“With her somewhat challenging lateral thinking and, ‘out of the box’ approach, Julia Hailes[...]

01
Sep
Trade Associations – Aise & Edana (Jun08 / Sep09)

  P&G are members of numerous trade associations.  A couple of them asked me[...]

01
Sep
My Garden (May09)

It’s such a wonderful time of year for getting into the garden. I’ve actually[...]

12
May
P&G Speeches and Earthday events (Apr09 & Jun07)

I’ve spoken at a couple of P&G Earthday events aimed at promoting greater awareness amongst[...]

01
Apr
Shopping Trauma (Feb09)
18th February 2009

I don’t really like shopping – particularly when it entails actually going out of[...]

Christmas waste (Jan08)

One of the most striking things about Christmas is the amount of waste we[...]

03
Jan
Interior designers be damned (Jun07)

I stayed the night with friends in Holland Park. Only a year ago they[...]

12
Jun
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