Jo Herrings Adventures

I have become very concious of the use of Palm oil in our everyday food with an Italian eco-warrior sitting with me at work who described a recent trip to Borneo. Fede had saved hard for this trip of a lifetime, as a surprise for her husband an avid diver. Part of the excitement of visiting Borneo was not only the amazing underwater world but the lush rain forest environment. With anguish she describes how they drove 6 hours through new Palm groves of no great beauty where mass deforestation had corroded the land and taken all the native forests. It certainly hits a nerve when you are from a beautiful country like New Zealand which much lush forest. Anyway there is a great  article  about the public influence we as consumers are having on the big brand users of the oils from plantations like those in Boreno. And more importantly a list of all the things you should try to put in your shopping trolley for the sake that they are conciously avoiding this cheap oil. Take a m...

work outing when I worked for Barclays Global Investors some of the most kind hearted folk I have had the pleasure to work with had me Beach Cleaning at the Thames Estaury - delightfully the first thing I picked up was a tampon followed by Cotton buds galour and more glass than I have drunk out of. We ended up with 16kg in 2 hours  rubbish   off a beach we all thought was clean. My company gives us 3 days a year to do charity work like this so its a great incentive to get out and help great causes. Learnt a few things about the marine environment and how we can improve it with a few simple changes to life. We raised £1000 for the Marine Society on the day and have a dress down next Friday so no doubt there will be more. Avoid using plastic bags and ensure you dispose of them wisely - we saw an example of 8kg of plastic found in a whale  Don't drop cigarette butts anywhere but a bin - they will end up in water ways.  Don't flush cotton buds down the loo...