Seeds of Change Sunderland C.I.C

30/11/2025

12/11/2025

Breakfast with a few buddies this morning! 🥰

29/05/2025

Not what I was expecting to find nesting in my bird box, but I'm over the moon nonetheless! 😄🐝

28/03/2025

This is one of the most exciting things I've heard for quite some time! 🙌💚 😃😃😃

One of the first fresh GCSEs in a decade will teach students about the climate crisis, sustainability and the natural environment
https://www.positive.news/society/greening-curriculum-new-natural-history-gcse-introduced-uk/

09/03/2025

Happy Sunday! ☀️😀

The sun is shining after a pretty foggy start here in Sunderland.

The weather is definitely warming up and the spring flowers are beginning to make an appearance. I love this time of year! I don't know if it's my favourite season, I love them all, but some warmth is certainly appreciated after a fairly grey, cold spell of weather! 🫶🌱☀️

06/03/2025

The sun is out and my first bunch of daffs are in the house. Feels like Spring! 😍🫶🌱🐣🐇🪺

04/01/2025

Morning all!

Did you make any new year resolutions this year?

I am not a fan of resolutions tbh, as if they aren't met it can feel like I have failed.

I prefer to set a series of aims for the year, things I'm working towards. A bit like a business plan for my life 😂

The fact that it's a work in progress means that if I slip off course now and then, or if I don't get as far as I'd like that year, it's fine because it's a continuous journey.

I haven't been very well these last few weeks, and it's got me thinking about how to get a better balance in 2025 and be kinder to myself to help me stay in good health whilst attempting to stay on track with - something that can feel like a massive battle when you are lacking energy!

Cat in a hat for attention 😹

What are your for 2025?

09/12/2024

It's time for The Great Annual Xmas Tree Debate...Real or Fake? 🎄

Both real and fake have points for and against, from an environmental perspective.

🎄 Real trees are carbon neutral, although the harvesting and transport of them is not.
🎄You can improve this by buying a pot grown tree and keeping it year on year (not without it's drawbacks - I payed a pretty penny for a tree that claimed to be pot grown last year, only to discover too late it had simply been dug up and shoved in a pot. Predictably it was dead by February! 🤦‍♀️)
🎄Some garden centres operate a 'rent a tree' scheme. I'm going to look for one of these next year 😊

🎄Fake trees are reusable, so contribute less to landfill on an annual basis
🎄However they are typically made from plastic, which is not good news when it does eventually hit landfill
🎄If going Fake, buy the best quality tree you can afford so you can get years out of it before it does need to be discarded.
🎄There are often pre-lit options, risky from a reusable point of view (if the lights go the whole thing will be useless!) But very useful for some people with certain health conditions who might find putting up a tree too much, as it makes erecting and decorating a tree much quicker and less hard work

🎄Or go totally left field and decorate an Xmas branch or a potted evergreen tree from your own garden, such as an olive, laurel or holly!

I favour a real tree. I love the look, smell and nostalgia of them. Once done, I chop it into pieces and take it to the garden waste bins at the local tip. Some animal charities can also make use of them for creating habitat for animals in their care. I will post more ideas for disposal over Xmas 😊

The real debate in my house is: how long will any tree last once this furry maniac lurking in the foreground decides to climb it? 😂

02/12/2024

Xmas is coming up. Just gonna leave this here...

09/11/2024

I've had fun this week working with the fantastic organisation to deliver some seasonal wellbeing

We made beautiful hanging ornaments with homemade snow dough and other natural materials., which can be threaded onto ribbon to make a garland or hung individually as tree ornaments.

Everyone had great fun and I think we are all now! 🎄🎅

Thinking of running some extra sessions of this workshop in Sunderland, so if you are interested comment below and let me know!

23/10/2024

Pumpkins are dangerous to hedgehogs too. Who knew? Hedgehogs will gorge on discarded pumpkins which leads to diarrhoea and sometimes death, but certainly upset tummies. Seeing as hedgehogs are in serious decline we need to ensure that there is a positive thing we can do by disposing of our pumpkins responsibly in the compost bin, green waste or, as a last resort, the general waste bin. Just keep those pumpkins away from our lovable, prickly critters. 🦔🎃