This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. Impossible? No. This post is about how you can buy items that look lovely and support producers in some of the poorest countries by armchair shopping. Words from Nicola Baird (see www.nicolabaird.com for more info about my books and blogs).
I'm lucky: lots of family give me gifts at Christmas, and some even pick the perfect things for a person trying to keep their carbon footprint down. My brother found a fairly traded recycled aluminium bowl made in India. The bowl he picked out has a gorgeous green enamel interior and is a pleasure to introduce to my kitchen. Anything put into it looks tempting.
Snow purchase
As it is cold this week I decided to make sure everyone in the family has a hot water bottle. In our local chemist I found the Fashy brand which supports a school in Sierra Leone. Fantastic to be able to buy something I need which is also giving support to such a good cause.
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| The hottie cost £6 - part of which goes towards supporting school children in Sierra Leone. |
Snow purchase
As it is cold this week I decided to make sure everyone in the family has a hot water bottle. In our local chemist I found the Fashy brand which supports a school in Sierra Leone. Fantastic to be able to buy something I need which is also giving support to such a good cause.
7 comments:
nice post
I wish my family was as good as picking gifts for me.
what a great bowl!
I've always wanted to visit India.
Great blog
it's really nice to see gifts like this. I get given a lot of new technology like for example, a digital keyring that you can upload lots of images in. I just think, what for?
Thanks all for your comments - my brother is going to be very impressed how many people approve of his choice! Nicola
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