Late update Sunday, October 26, 2008

I´ve been neglecting this blog for a while now. It doesn´t mean that my mind is empty…it´s almost exploding with ideas and thoughts I want to share. But my body is out of order. My poor hubby has to listen to every little bit of “news” flooding out of my mind when my body protests on my typing. *laugh* Well, he knew who he got married to…i hope.

This easter i got Cauda Equina syndrome. (Wikipedia, but the long story about this condition is found here) It´s rare and an urgent neurologic condition that makes it a bit hard to update this blog as often as i would like to. There is something going on in my neck and right arm as well so i´m having another MRI scan soon. I have many, many things i would like to share. But from now on and until i´m as good as new, or close enough, i´ll only keep my Norwegian blog alive.
That one will have a little bit of this, a little bit of that and a little bit of everything else.

And I WILL get as good as new.

A nice surprice Sunday, August 17, 2008

I´ve been listening to the band 30 seconds to Mars for a while now and I really like them. I have downloaded the music on iTunes so i really didn´t know much about the band.

(By the way, did you know that it´t better for the environment if you dowload your music instead of buying the cd?. It´s a more environmentally friendly distribution of music. The cd has to travel a long way before it´s in your shelve).

Anyway, i went to youtube to check out the music videos. The first surprise was a silly one, I realized that the singer is the actor i loved as a girl, Jared Leto. (From “my so called life“). But the great surprise it the “a beautiful lie” video. It´s been shot in Greenland to underscore the global climate crisis. Well, bringing the band and the crew to Greenland may not be the most environmentally friendly act they could choose. Still, the video is really beautiful. And the good part, they´ve created a website to bring the message further. www.abeautifullie.org

It has a 30second video challenge, different tips to act more environmentally friendly, the music video (ofcourse), a message board and the story, why they took the journey and made this page.

Here is the music video, enjoy

a small staple for man Monday, July 7, 2008

Even the smallest changes can make a huge difference. So, let´s talk about staplers, the tiny piece of metal that can attach pieces of paper. How can that tiny thing make a difference? Just think about this fact – if everyone in UK-office saved 1 staple per day, that would save 72 tonnes of metal in a year. (According to wasteonline)

Clever minds came up with a innovative produckt. The Eco stapler.

This gadget simply attaches up to three sheets together very securely, without the use of any metal. It will not cover every stapler-need, but it´s a small step and can make a huge difference. Besides, you´ll never run out of staples again.

Order here

Natural hair Sunday, July 6, 2008

I´ve been a regular customer at the only organic hair-salon in my town. I am a big fan, my hairdresser loves her job and their products is good for the environment and good for me. The two girls opened the first organic hair-salon in Norway when they got ill from working as hairdressers. One got chronic bronchitis the other one got asthma. Working in an organic salon made it possible for them to keep working as hairdressers. In Norway the average age of hairdressers is only 27, the occupation is far more hazardous than I imagined. The salon is better for the customers as well, especially for persons with asthma or other allergies but also pregnant women and people like me with a sensitive scalp.

After the two lovely girls opened their salon several others fell for the idea and opened organic hair-salons all over Norway. Denmark embraced this idea a lot sooner than the Norwegian people witch means that Denmark has a great amount of organic hairdressers. I have seen several in UK as well.

I can easily recommend the products I have been using the last few years. (and their smell is so wonderful)

PurePact:

Sassafras harmonizing shampoo, has been working miracles on my poor scalp.

Cedarwood moulding clay and Ginseng control butter, makes a great finish.

MOP:

Glisten shampoo, gives my hair volume and a great smell.

A good hairspray is hard to find. This one is great, smells like oranges and not like a chemical factory like other sprays. I quote:

Our firm hold hair spray features:

-Natural fragrance oils
-UV shield for colour protection
-An eco friendly propellant
-Firm and lasting hold
-Anti-oxidant based

This is an aerosol finishing spray for those customers seeking an environmentally friendly option. The eco-aerosol features a zero impact propellant and contains no chlorine (CFC’s) and is not a volatile compound.

Lavera:

I tried Lavera just a few weeks ago and fell in love with their Almond milk shampoo. It´s perfect for my far to sensitive scalp. I really want to try their conditioner as well. (And i have to buy a new shampoo because i lost mine in the security check at the airport…sigh).

Sebastian:

My mothers hairdresser convinced her to buy Sebastian Evokativ Bohemian, but like most styling-products she didn´t like it and gave it to me. To my surprise it was from a range of organic products so I was very pleased. It is a great styling-product, but like the Lavera Shampoo it was taken from me at the airport.

My philosophy is easy, if a product is harming the environment why would i have it in my hair, on my body, in my blood-system?

New Firefox – today is D-day Tuesday, June 17, 2008

From 1pm EST (19.00 Norwegian time) you have the chance to download the new Firefox 3.0. This is an open-source browser from the Mozilla Foundation. It´s not enough to release a new browser they want to set a world record:

Download Day is our attempt to set a world record for the most software downloads in 24 hours and will occur on Firefox 3 launch day.

Today is the day, the Dowload day. It´s a good thing to support an open-source browser, it´s free, it´s a great browser and i think a record would piss Microsoft off. Don´t you agree?

A Norwegian article about the browser and the attempt to set a world record is found at etiskforbruk.no

An English article is found at pcmag.com and one at BBC

Firefox and Mozilla-pages

http://www.mozilla.com

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/

Get Firefox in your own language

Power to the water Friday, June 13, 2008

Genepax Co Ltd, a company from Japan showed a car that runs on water in Osaka yesterday. It sounds good so i´ll cross my fingers that it will be massproduced soon.

World environment day – Kick the habit Thursday, June 5, 2008

On this day I give you two videos…watch them. The first one is about 5 min, the second one about 1,5. It´s not that much of your time. Love your world, kick the bad habits.

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 5 JUNE 2008

The Mooncup is a Keeper (warning! this is a menstrual post) Monday, May 26, 2008

Some of my friends on a discussion board for mothers started to talk about the mooncup. (We are a group of women that has had contact since we got a positive result on a pregnancy-test). The mooncup discussion has reached 284 posts (today) and the conclusion is that the mooncup is fantastic in every way. I was not the first one to try, but I finally did last week.

What on earth is it??

The Mooncup is a reusable menstrual cup around two inches long and made from soft silicone rubber. It is worn internally like a tampon but collects menstrual fluid rather than absorbing. Unlike tampons the Mooncup is not a disposable product, so you only need to buy one.

That was a good enough reason for me to try. Another great reason is that i hate the feeling of tampons and towels sucking me dry. It´s itchy, expensive and generates huge amounts of waste. (Just imagine a weeks use of tampons and pads every month, every year from the age of 13 to 50)

The National Women’s Health Network states that twelve billion pads and 7 million tampons pollute landfills annually in the US.

I´m not a big fan of having my period, i think it´s a waste of time and blood. How can one tiny egg cause a week of bleeding? But this time, at the end of the week i caught myself thinking “It it over already?”. (Freaky). But i got a bit disappointed when i noticed how little i actually bleed….not much to complain about. But the whole period is not much to complain about with the mooncup. You can´t feel that it´s there (you may even forget that you are having the period), you won´t need to empty it that often, you feel clean, fresh and not itchy. You will never have to swear on a public toilet, because you forgot to bring a new tampon, again.

I was a bit skeptical in the beginning. How messy would it be? Isn´t it gross? But it was not messy or gross at all. Let me tell you, tampons are more messy and pads more gross.

One last, and important tip from me….cut the stem. It´s far to long, just cut the whole thing of, you won´t need it.

(The menstrual cup in the picture is a Keeper, very similar to the mooncup but made from natural gum rubber instead of medical grade silicone)

An article about tapons

What does Wikipedia say about menstrual cups?

The mooncup company website

The Keeper

Jeg ble tagget Monday, May 26, 2008

Min venninne Kiwa fant ut at hun ville tagge meg…dvs ga meg en oppgave med boken som ligger nærmest meg. Flaks for meg at det var det en relevant bok.

- Pick up the nearest book.
- Open on page 123.
- Find the fifth sentence.
- Post the next three sentences.
- Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.

Min nærmeste bok var “Litt grønnere, 365 ting du kan gjøre for miljøet”, gitt ut av Grønn Hverdag. (anbefales). På side 123 står det som følgende:

Komposterer du matavfall i isolert binge, bør du tømme denne og starte på nytt før vinteren. Sørg for at bingen er i god stand. Hvis du ikke allerede komposterer matavfall, kan du begynne nå

Så nå er det min tur å finne fem venner som kan gjøre det samme.

Sulphur, KreaTurid, Sofen, Wenche, Gloria

Tusen takk Dag Monday, May 19, 2008

Dag la igjen en kommentar i bloggen min under plastposeinnlegget og jeg vil gjerne dele den med alle i en egen post.

I nettbutikken til Hippo tilbys nå et utrolig utvalg av handlenett, eller bærenett som mange kaller det. Det er bredt utvalg av bærenett av bomull, både økologisk bomull og fairtrade bomull med og uten trykk. De uten trykk kan man jo dekorere selv med batikk eller tekstilfarger. Her finner man også det bredeste utvalget av Envirosax.

Jeg sjekket nettbutikken til Hippo og de har virkelig fått inn masse i forhold til sist gang jeg var der. Faktisk har de 5-pakkene fra Envirosax som jeg har falt så totalt for. En nett liten veske som rommer nok bærenett til de store shoppingturene.

Det var en positiv overraskelse. En 5pk koster 299,- Hver for seg selges de for 69,-

Så tusen takk for at du oppdaterte meg Dag…her skal det bestilles en 5pk eller to.