Two weeks ago I decided to do the next six weeks without cosmetic chemicals – well mostly anyway. The initial idea was to see how washing my hair without shampoo would work out, a thought I’ve had for a long time. Once I chose to do that, I thought why not ban all possible cosmetic…
Category: Good and green
Project notes
As promised in my last entry, I’ll fill you in on how is the project coming along. I assigned myself into this while we were living in a flat near the center of Ljubljana, in a very urban area. We had just renovated our place to meet the needs of a small family, when the…
It does matter
The past week I’ve been doing a lot of reading – and finding myself in a state of near melancholy. I’ve read about the biggest pollution criminals pollution and factors influencing the climate change. What I found some scientists saying, not surprisingly, is that the decisions we make as individuals and consumers don’t matter much….
One down – 11 to go
It’s been a month since the start of the project. Cutting down, living green, tuning into slow and simple. It’s been more “successful” than I anticipated. The last three weeks we’ve been staying in Bosnia, up on the mountains, living in a big loghouse heated by wood, surrounded by deep forest. We weren’t planning to…
Why green Slovenia isn’t Green?
During the weekend I watched Krzysztof Kieślowski’s trilogy, Three Colors, once again. It got me thinking of colours and politics. According to Wikipedia Mr. Kieślowski’s films’s blue, white, and red refer to the French flags colours. The story of each film is loosely based on one of the three political ideals in the motto of…
The difficulty of choice
On Monday this week we packed the whole family in our Land Rover Defender, and drove about 600 kilometers (approx 370 miles) from Ljubljana, Slovenia to Sarajevo, Bosnia. It’s the second time we’re here in less than a month. As I sat on the front seat in Ljubljana, knowing we’ll be driving for several hours,…
Miracle makers
I’ve been interested in living green for years. But it took this project to fully commit to the change. – If you don’t need it, somebody else might! – Reading about climate change or global warming subjects can be overwhelming. I’ve experienced moments of despair. I’ve thought it’s too late already, or that it doesn’t…
Sarajevo weather
We’ve been in Bosnia, my husband’s home country now just over a week, visiting my mother-in-law, and joining in on the family celebrations of slava. During our stay I’ve been taking time to read Tim Flannery’s The Weather Makers. The History and Future Impact of Climate Change. It’s fascinating, informative, funny, but to no surprise…
For the love of books – and sharing
I love books. I really enjoy holding a book, reading one, finding one for the first time. I love the feel of flipping the pages, the touch of paper, I love to read the back covers, to be in awe of the front cover design. I love to nest in an armchair, with a pile of…
Snow falling on Ljubljana
It’s a Tuesday. Snow’s falling, though it’ll not stay on the ground, not yet, in downtown Ljubljana. Today one cannot see the climate change in action. It seems like a typical December afternoon for Slovenia. Being from the North, I’m loving it, just looking at how the view is transforming, saluting the winter, welcoming the…
Mount Rewild 