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Greetings! Well Blog Action Day is here! I am very excited and am looking forward to going off to other participants sites however first need to complete my own postings! My apologies for the lateness in the day but I had an early night last night, due to an early start this morning and this is the first moment I have had to blog.(Much to my disgust!) So, blogging about environmental issues...I have given this a lot of thought. There are so many things I could write about: don't leave your TV on standby, unplug the phone charger when the phone is not charging, turn the tap off when you are cleaning your teeth, but we all know about these by now don't we? The environment is pretty much a daily issue in the UK and I expect in many other countries. We now all know there is an issue, we may debate whether we are responsible but surely we must all agree that whether the changes we observe are as a result of our actions or not we live in a wasteful society with room for improvement. ...

My thanks to all participants of the poll for my ' Social Screening ' post. The poll is now closed however if you have a comment you would like to make please feel free to leave it either with the original post or the most current one.

I came across this via Macs Niece at Caged Minutes . The idea is as follows: 'On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Our aim is to get everyone talking towards a better future.Blog Action Day is about MASS participation. That means we need you!' If you are interested please follow this link , or click on the button. My thanks to Macs Niece.

For this post I want to explore environmentally friendly and ethical cosmetics and household products; I hope to encourage debate regarding their effectiveness, benefits, cost comparisons and availability. For a number of years now there have been environmentally friendly cleaning products available using natural and sympathetic ingredients that are not detrimental to our environment in their original or processed form. In addition several companies produce cosmetic products that are also of natural sources and both markets have achieved BUAV approved products, or are against animal testing. So why are we not all using them? 'The following companies are all approved under the Humane Cosmetics Standard (HCS) and/or the Humane Household Products Standard (HHPS). This means that they no longer conduct or commission animal testing for their cosmetics and/or household products.' ( Ref: Go Cruelty Free ) 21st Century Health, Afrumos, Alba Botanica, Allens Naturally, Ameleon, Anna Ma...