Sheherazade Goldsmith
Sheherazade Goldsmith
Sheherazade Goldsmithis a British environmentalist, jeweller and columnist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEnvironmentalist
Date of Birth14 March 1974
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Open shelving may be fashionable, but a closed cabinet door is the best way to stop grease and dust collecting in the first place.
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A long, hot bath is a real treat. But from a 'green' point of view, that's probably what it should be: an occasional treat.
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Pets inspire many different types of behaviour in their owners, mostly ranging from adoration to ridiculous obsessiveness, in my experience.
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The flavour of something fresh out of the ground is 10 times better than something that's been flown halfway across the world.
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Despite my love affair with skyscraper heels, luckily for my feet I rarely wear them - preferring, instead, the comfort and child-handling practicalities of a pair of trainers.
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It's quite amazing to me, as I walk around a supermarket or a health food shop, to observe the number of Fairtrade choices: not just staples such as coffee, tea, fresh fruits and rice, but cocoa and chocolate, herbs and spices, honey, ice cream, and jams.
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Putting even one thing in your shopping basket that's locally produced or organic makes all the difference. It's a vote for the future, for animal welfare, for the environment, for your children's children.
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It is possible to do many household cleaning tasks by simply using ingredients from the store cupboard, which are also safer for the environment.
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Reducing and reusing take nothing more than a rethink on the way we shop, and using our imagination with the things that we might once have considered junk.
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Consuming less means throwing away less, while reusing things actually helps to save the planet as well as the pennies.
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The planet's environmental woes tend to be overlooked as we scramble for the latest high-tech gizmos - and conveniently ignore their energy consumption.
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Even though I avoid buying clothes that are 'in fashion', choosing things I fall in love with and wearing them till they fall apart - and generally going for vintage when it comes to evening wear - I still, like every woman I know, suffer from occasional pangs of 'clothes guilt'.
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There are a lot of irritating aspects about large supermarkets for the wannabe eco-warrior, but the one that gets most of us hottest under the collar is packaging.
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Consuming less is the fastest way to eco-fashion redemption - particularly if your preference is for leather, not hemp.