http://blog.thelifeco.com Chatting about our new lifestyle Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:02:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hmmm where should I start?! I think I’ll start with my childhood. I remember myself feeling very uncomfortable in my body even when I was 6 years old. I was neither fat nor thin but there was a certain discomfort. When I was 14, I was 10 ... http://blog.thelifeco.com/index.php/2008/mireys-story/ I’ve just returned from another inspiring weekend in sunny Bristol.  The Vegan Fayre  is in its 6th year with the Raw Living Foods area constantly expanding.  They always put on a great music line-up to bring in the crowds then provide a wide selection of great food, drink, stalls and ... http://blog.thelifeco.com/index.php/2008/bristol-vegan-fayre-2008/ Living in Istanbul brings its ups and downs.  It’s a massive city with traffic snarls and smog like I’ve never experienced but it also has a buzz unmatched.  I’m yet to make up my mind about it as a place to live but it’s a city everyone should visit at ... http://blog.thelifeco.com/index.php/2008/my-favorite-things-about-istanbul/ This week a friend sent me the link to a new online film by an expert on the materials economy and it took me a few days to click on it. I finally did because I wanted to clean up my email in-box, nothing more noble. Now I ... http://blog.thelifeco.com/index.php/2008/unbearable-costs-consequences-of-consumerism/ An interesting piece of information has presented itself on 2 fronts this week. I've just finished watching David Attenborough’s series “Planet Earth” and am also reading “The One Hundred Year Lie” by Randall Fitzgerald. Both are addressing the fine line we and our planet are riding though from different perspectives.  “Planet Earth” ... http://blog.thelifeco.com/index.php/2008/breast-is-best/ The British government has announced it is phasing out incandescent light bulbs by 2011 in favor of largely fluorescent energy saving tubes.  While these tubes save 75% of the energy used by standard bulbs and thus greatly reduce the greenhouse gas effects of electricity usage this is not the only ... http://blog.thelifeco.com/index.php/2008/fluorescent-lighting-to-save-the-world/ Chocolate and coffee are two of life's pleasures as far as I'm concerned. They also have numerous health benefits. But many people have told me they should be avoided at all cost during pregnancy. I beg to differ. I love my coffee - actually savor more than indulge. So when my ... http://blog.thelifeco.com/index.php/2008/coffee-and-chocolate-during-pregnancy/ I've just spent the past weekend in Munich.  What a great city. I was staying just round the corner from the Marienplatz  - the huge outdoor pedestrian mall at the center of the down town area. Munich offers the best of both worlds, small city charm with all the sights, shopping ... http://blog.thelifeco.com/index.php/2008/munich-my-kind-of-town/  Here’s some good news from the UK. Last year England joined the growing number of european countries banning smoking in public places, especially in restaurants and bars.   The ban corresponded, according to this survey, with over 150,000 people quitting smoking. If you want to have a positive impact on the health of your ... http://blog.thelifeco.com/index.php/2008/a-smoking-gun/ All the pregnancy books were warning about pregnancy edema - swelling of the legs. I have luckily been able to avoid it - up until now. But the past couple weeks I've come home at the end of the day and kicked off my shoes only to be greeted to ... http://blog.thelifeco.com/index.php/2008/funky-cold-edema/