Every 9th of February Canadians celebrate National Sweater Day.Canadians are asked to put on their favourite sweater and turn the heat down a few degrees to help take action against climate change.
If every Canadian lowered the heat a few degrees this winter, it’d be like taking 300,000 vehicles off the road!
Seeing as here in the UK it’s pretty chilly and we tend to consume alot of household energy especially at this time of the year I think it is only appropriate that we join in with National Sweater Day (or National Jumper Day).
So if you are at home today pull out one of your grannies finest and turn the thermostat down a few degrees.
To find out more about National Sweater Day click here.
Learn to Sew Good with the fashion recycling charity TRAID at monthly workshops held at the TRAID Camden store. Bring a garment you no longer wear, and they’ll give you the skills you need to fix, alter and revive your wardrobe. Workshops will be held on the second Thursday of every month between 6pm and 9pm (there’s one on this Thursday 9th Feb!). Entrance is free but booking is essential email sewgood@traid.org.uk or tel: 020 7485 5253.
Last weekend saw some great weather and everyone was out in it. On Sunday I took a stroll down to our local city farm in Bristol’s St. Werburgs. The farm is run by the local community and the vibe there is very relaxed, you’re allowed to pet the animals, and children are encouraged to get involved. Spring is the best time to go, as there are lots of baby animals and the farm is a very lively place. Next door is a pub called the farm and they do a delicious Sunday roast. There is also the bath city farm which has beautiful views over bath and for all you Londoners there is the hackney city farm.
So if you’re stuck for things to do this weekend search out your local inner city farm, you will be surprised at how many of them there are tucked away and why not take some snaps of your day out and post them up on our face book page. Links to all three farm websites are below.
Here at bibco we love a good celebration, whatever the reason and as January can often be a quiet month, we thought we would share with you some of the national awareness days celebrated all around the world.
First and foremost, world fair-trade day which in 2011 was held on the 9th of May but the day chosen can vary from early to middle may. The chosen day is used for promoting fair-trade issues and it is a good way for any one working within the fair-trade industry to hold conferences, fairs and festivals celebrating all the positive changes the movement is making. You don’t have to be working within the fair trade industry to take part, you could simply buy some fair-trade chocolate or fair-trade coffee or even better why not treat yourself to something from the new bibico range, which is shortly to be released on the bibico website and boutiques all around the country, which you can wear on the day.
Below are some more national awareness days for January that you can put in your diaries:
Everyone’s favourite yellow bear, Winnie the pooh day, 18th January
Get popping, National popcorn day, 19th January
Nothing better than a good old belly laugh, global laugh day 24th January
The most important meal of the day… breakfast! farmhouse breakfast week 22nd to the 28th January
Get popping again, Bubble wrap day, 30th January
Whichever day you chose to celebrate, let us know what you get up to on the bibico face book page and post up some pictures of the day’s events, the wackier the better.
