"a wish for my baby" book

To promote Wiltshire Wildlife Trust's Real Nappy campaign and reach new audiences, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, in partnership with Wiltshire Council, has published its first-ever baby book ‘A Wish for My Baby’, designed to be a baby’s first book about looking after the planet and each other.

The idea is that parents will share this book with their child and take in the simple message that we need to be more sustainable in our approach to parenting and take greater care of our natural environment, so that our children can grow up in a world rich in wildlife and respect for all living creatures.

The message is complemented with delightful photographs of babies wearing real nappies, taken by photographer Tobias Robins, and charming line drawings of birds, butterflies and flowers.

The book has been printed on recycled paper using vegetable-based inks, and has been produced and spiral bound – using recycled plastic – in the UK. All the pages are ‘dribble-proof’ making it an ideal gift for babies and toddlers, as well as parents-to-be.

Copies are priced at £3.99 and can be purchased via the Trust’s website http://www.wiltshirewildlife.org/

Camden Green Fair & Bikest, Sunday 6 June 2010

Green Me is joining the many organisations in promoting greener living at Camden Green Fair which will take place in Regents Park, London on Sunday 6th July. We will have our entire range of cloth nappies, organic baby clothes, fair tarde toys and baby carriers, and will be making a massive one day sale.

There will be so many other activities you can join and enjoy. The main activity this year is for everybody to make a memory quilt to commemorate Camden Green Fair's 20 years of History. All you have to do is bring your old t-shirts, photos and memorabilia and stitch them together in a square which will be added to the quilt.

Other activities will include:
- performances on a green powered main stage
- green games with a tug-o-war challenge, free-range-organic-locally-sourced-happy-egg and spoon races, competitions, beat the goalie and much more.
 - grow your own hat
- milk a cow
- tread your own grapes for wine
- the ever-popular Bikefest – where you can try out a new type of bike or get yours serviced for free;

A great day out for your entire family!

more info: Camden Green Fair & Bikefest website

Green Me listed on the Book of Green iPhone app

We are so pleased to annouce that we are listed on the new Book of Green iphone app - you can download it free here.

The Book of Green iPhone app is a directory showcasing eco-friendly businesses, created to help find sustainable products and services.

Due to the iPhone’s geo-location facility users can find their nearest green business, as well as those that are online only.

With the app's social media integration, users can then share their findings with their friends by posting to Facebook or tweeting the business

Green Me listing will be under the categories Green Children >> Earth Friendly Nappies.

FREE TO DOWNLOAD iPHONE APP

Ecobubs wool pocket nappies

As from June 2010 Ecobubs will be increasing the price of the wool pocket nappies to £22. Meanwhile you can still purchase them at £17.99 until the end of May. We are currently out of stock of every colour in the medium size, but have the large size if you would like to stock up for later at the current price.

Ecobubs wool pocket nappies

road safety campaign - a video everybody should watch!

This is a video everybody should watch. Made in australia by an organisation called TAC (the transport accident commission).

Cars are fantastic mode of transport but we cannot forget they are lethal machines... the responsability that we have for other lives and wellbeing, and for our own lives, is huge!

Drink and driving is heavily featured in the video, but i suppose another cause more pertinent to new mums and dads is sleepness.

green me new blog

welcome to the new green me notebook/blog. we have had a blog since june 2007 green-me.co.uk/greenme.html but due to technical reasons from blogspot we had to create this new one, which has a new address http://green-me-notes.blogspot.com/ .

this blog is an extra resource for green me shop. here we will be posting information about how to use and care for your washable cloth nappies and baby carriers, and about all the news and updates.

on the left hand side you can find the categories for this blog, such as the dates when we will be at greenwich market and green fairs, etc.

we would love to hear from you through the comments, or if you prefer by email at green-me[at]hotmail.com. so if there is anything you would like to know just ask!

Ecobubs wool pocket nappies back in stock

We are pleased to announce that we are back in stock for the Ecobubs wool pocket nappies. It took us four months to have them back since we started having low stock in November 2009.

Now we have all colours and sizes back in stock plus a new colour, chocolate & cream stripes. 

Reclaiming Birth - March to Whitehall

RECLAIMING BIRTH: AN INVITATION TO THE EVENT OF THE YEAR: A MARCH THROUGH LONDON TO WHITEHALL TO DELIVER A PETITION TO THE HEALTH MINISTER & LETTERS TO THE PRIME MINISTER:

This government really needs to understand that there is a lot of strong feeling about the state of the maternity services, nothing would demonstrate that more than 1000's of bumps and babies and people walking together to demonstrate their belief that we need to reclaim birth back from the machine and to demand the government turns all the rhetoric into action - no more policy but real, tangible change in every community throughout the country

Anyone who has a link into other groups such as the WI / doulas / MSLCs / yoga groups / schools /community groups etc - please mobilise them all, it would be so good to get all the generations turning out to support the provision of humane and holistic birth as a right for all women

PLEASE, PLEASE DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE AND TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME ON THE DAY. THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF WORK DONE TO GET THIS ORGANISED - THE POWER OF PEOPLE ON THE STREETS CANNOT BE BEATEN - LETS GET OUT THERE AND ADD OUR VOICE TO THE DEMAND FOR CHANGE

Many thanks for your support

Independent Midwives UK

website: www.independentmidwives.org.uk/

campaign full info: http://www.independentmidwives.org.uk/?node=8766

Dowload guide to the March: Guide in PDF

dvd available on

amazon.co.uk)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/

You are invited to a Southwark Nappuccino!

Tuesday 9 February 2010

10am to 11am
Kintore Way Children's Centre
97-102 Grange Road
London SE1 3BW
020 7525 1196

(Nearest train station London Bridge)

For more information contact: David Floud 020 7525 2447 southwarkevents@veolia.co.uk

Alternatively, just drop in on the day!


Did you know?
You could save almost £500 and up to 6,000 disposable nappies from going to landfill by choosing real nappies for your baby.
Real nappy expert Cristina from Green Me, will be on-hand to talk to parents and parents-to-be about the benefits of real nappies.
Real Nappies for London (RNfL) is offering parents a £40 voucher to cover the cost of your first real nappies, thanks to funding from Southwark Council.

A partnership beetween Real Nappies for London, Southwark Council, Veolia Environmeatl Services and Green Me