Earth Hour

Well it seems that Earth Hour was a resounding success again this year and it was great to take part. Mr Dancin' and I had a candlelit dinner and chatted through the time which flew by. In fact we enjoyed it so much we did the same again the following night.

So far there have been 56,715 promises made to the planet, which thanks to Ariel equates to a £56,715.00 donation. It's not too late to make your promise and add to that figure, which is growing even as I type, HERE.



Several of the promises you can make relate to reducing plastic usage and although the truth about plastics littering our planet is horrific I am especially pleased to see how much everyone is talking about it. In addition to promises you can make to reduce your plastic usage Greenpeace are running a petition to lobby supermarkets to ditch unnecessary plastics from their shelves, following in the fine example Iceland have made for their own brand products. Your can sign HERE. 

There will be an update on my efforts to reduce our family plastic usage shortly.

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