Lifestyle

Hot Tips from Doris

Submitted by update on Wed, 18/01/2012 @ 19:05
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Doris from Malvern is 100 years old and has given us these 'Hot Tips' for keeping warm in winter.
 

Clothes

Choose Natural Fibres.
Use a number of Layers.
Wear Underclothes.
All clothes worn should be large enough
                For example: Long socks and tops long enough to 'tuck in' covering the lower back)
Have a Seasonal wardrobe.
Wear Bed socks and use an under blanket. 
 

Lifestyle

Maintain regular exercise.
Do more tasks yourself without relying on powered tools and appliances.
Ensure you get plenty of sleep.
Try to remain content and relaxed.
 

Food

Always have breakfast - Porridge in the winter.
Have regular meals.
Seasonal diet including Soups and Stews.
Serve small portions and have a winter pudding for example using suet, treacle or pudding rice.
Use Ginger in hot water for a drink or use in other recipes.
 
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Windows and Doors

Close curtains early especially in rooms not in use.
Utilise the sunlight and its warmth in rooms that face it.
Exclude drafts as much as possible.
 

Insulation

Make sure your roof space and cavity walls are insulated if you have them.
 

Heating

Dress warm rather than cranking up the heat.
Use economically, either low in the background or not at all.
Lower the thermostat a few degrees.

 

Sharing your stuff around the neighbourhood

Submitted by johnh on Sat, 20/03/2010 @ 10:36

This sounds like something of interest - lending ladders, sharing sugar, community creation (all out of alliteration). A website called StreetBank "allows you to enjoy all the things within 1000 yards that your neighbours are willing to share". Assuming enough of them sign up of course.

Turning a New Leaf in Herefordshire

Submitted by johnh on Tue, 09/02/2010 @ 15:10

New website just gone live for New Leaf, a project of the Herefordshire Environment Partnership: "living lightly for a sustainable Herefordshire".

They've still got some tidying up to do, perhaps, but there's already some info about interesting events in the area. Worth keeping an eye on.

New Leaf runs on the same Drupal system as Transition Malvern Hills (and increasingly other green sites - main national Transition site will be switching soon).

A barter system for Malvern

Submitted by johnh on Mon, 01/02/2010 @ 11:10

There are moves to create a barter system for Malvern, something along the lines of a LETS scheme. Lets Link defines this as "local community-based mutual aid networks in which people exchange all kinds of goods and services with one another, without the need for money".

Here are the (hopefully draft) terms and conditions for Barter Bods: 

Practical Sustainability Course in Bristol

Submitted by johnh on Wed, 09/12/2009 @ 20:08

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