It's Friday, which means it's time for another tasty, healthy and seasonal treat to give you plenty of vitamins and positive energy for the weekend! This week, it's brought to you by our friends at Chow Vegan, who have shared their favourite blueberry and banana smoothie.
Blueberries are in season at the moment, along with blackberries, greengages and raspberries. So you should be able to get your hands on some fat juicy ones without too much trouble, whether it's from a local farmer's market, superstore or your own hedgerow.
Read on after the jump for instructions...
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Here in London, we've been promised perfect barbeque weather this weekend, and I for one will be out in the garden, setting fire to things. Being a veggie with several vegan friends makes this slightly more complicated affair than it otherwise might be, but I think it can also be a lot more fun when you're forced to be creative with your cooking. So I've been scouring the web for tasty meat-free, outdoor cuisine, and am really excited by what I've found.
Whether or not you normally eat meat, why not check out some of these recipes? You're bound to impress your guests when you offer them something that differs from the usual discount burgers and bangers.
Follow the jump for the recipes and please send me more ideas!
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If you decide that what's been missing from your life is a small, light-seeking technicolour robot, then your luck may just be in. Meet Bert: he's one of a whole colony of 'bugbots' currently seeking a home over at Tinyminds' shop.
Each robot is powered by a tiny solar panel on its back, and will crawl towards any light source. Just make sure you keep an eye on yours, as butbots have an unfortunate habit of leaping to their doom.
[Via The Alternative Consumer]
We've all got them: old jumpers that are no use to us at all in summer, and probably won't look any more attractive in the winter, when they emerge moth-eaten from the depths of our wardrobes.
But as this fun idea demonstrates, old jumpers have a summery side they're just itching to bring out: they make great, hard-wearing picnic mats. Follow the jump for step-by-step instructions on how to make one of your own.
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So many celebs are falling over themselves to prove their eco-worthiness that it's easy to forget that there are still A-listers out there with the carbon manolo-print of a small country. Chicago Tribune has published a damning list today, featuring 8 of the worst offenders.
Culprits include: Celine Dion (I'm not sure why, but this somehow fails to surprise) and her habit of getting through 6.5 million gallons of water at a house she hasn't even moved into yet; Liz Hurley, and the 'best day of her life' which turned into the bane of her life; John Travolta, who enjoys playing with aeroplanes and David Beckham, who laid claim to the 'world's highest carbon footprint' in 2006.
Click here for the full hall of shame.
This looks to me like one of those products that desperately wants to be green but can't quite give up the short-haul flights. The thinking behind it is that you pop the wooden 'sleeve' over a standard issue coffee cup, and hey presto, you've got a sturdy cup you can use again and again. But the blurb also suggests you use it as a bracelet, suggesting you do go ahead and ditch the coffee cup after use anyway, which really means all it does is keep your hands cool and makes a nice bangle. And are takeaway coffee cups really re-usable anyway?
The most good I can see this doing is removing the need for the additional heatproof sleeves we sometimes use to protect our hands from scorching coffee, but that's not going to save a whole lot of trees (not least the ones it's made out of!). I suggest you keep the cool bangle and invest in a nice flask to solve the hands/coffee issue instead. [Via DVICE]
Forget Earth hour! 1st April is Energy Wasting Day. A list of tips on the best ways to waste energy has been published in advance of the occasion, including "fill the kettle right up to the brim and make yourself a nice little cup of tea" and "turn your thermostat up to the max and pop on a pair of shorts".
It's Friday, which means it's time for another tasty, healthy and seasonal treat to give you plenty of vitamins and positive energy for the weekend! This week, it's brought to you by our friends at Chow Vegan, who have shared their favourite blueberry and banana smoothie.
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