Karenza & Co (Hampshire) is a small company producing a beautiful line of office goods, all made from recycled materials, and in pretty matching designs. Ideal for the feminine office (though there are also more masculine choices if you don’t want pink gold flowers!), the range includes everything from file folders to waste bins and…
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PortWest Recycled Paper Notebooks
PortWest (London) is a small company that produces gorgeous notebooks, all made from 100% post-consumer waste paper. Although FSC-certified paper is some kind of guarantee to ensure paper does not come from rainforests, it still involves planting hundreds of thousands of new fast-growing saplings (often destroying old-growth forests) to do so, in order to grow…
The Campaign to Keep Sundays Special
Heather Stillufsen for Etsy The Keep Sunday Special campaign began for religious reasons, but many people are now seeing the benefits of having a rest day each week, simply because it’s a good idea. Obviously we still need emergency staff and priests and taxi drivers and carers etc to work weekends. But we have now…
Spend Some Time Doing Nothing!
Doing nothing is often underrated in today’s busy society. But learning to just be and not ‘do’ for part of your day or week, is one of the best self-care gifts you can give to yourself. The Little Book of Sloth Philosophy is a beautifully written book by Jennifer McCartney. Be happy, live better, sleep soundly,…
Why We All Need (at least) One Day Off
Heather Stillufsen Taking Sunday off is sometimes for religious reasons, but whatever your faith or none, it’s a good idea to have a day off each week (Jewish people take Friday to Saturday evenings off). In the Californian town of Loma Linda (where many live healthy lives to over 100), it’s noted that as a…