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Women and Climate Change Survey

This article has been extracted from the NFWI website

Are you a woman concerned about climate change? Would you like to see government take more action to protect the environment—and would you like to make your views known to MPs? If so, then please complete the following survey. You do not have to be a member of either organisation to take part.

It will only take 10 minutes of your time but we hope it will make a lasting impact on future government environmental policy.

The results of this survey will be analysed and presented at the House of Commons as part of the Women’s Manifesto on Climate Change, prepared by the Women’s Institute (WI) and the Women’s Environmental Network (WEN). We will also be publishing the survey results on both the WI and WEN websites and further publications.If you are unfamiliar with any of the terms used in this survey, please click here to read a short glossary.

Complete the online survey here

Indulge your inner domestic goddess

The WI have brought out some new books packed full of hints on household management; how to create and maintain a beautiful garden; and ideas for delicious dishes for you to try at home.  The WI is synonymous with all things on the 'home front' so these books will not only help you save much valuable time and gain more pleasure from your home, but also make great presents for lovers of all things domestic.

All of the books below can be ordered through Amazon via the NFWI Bookshop.

Practical Know-How in the Home

Stains and washing; Furniture; fixtures and fittings; Crockery and cutlery; Pots, pans and kitchen accessories; Taps, drains and gutters; Around the house

Practical Know-How in the Kitchen

Ingredients; Cook's tips; Money savers; Appliances that help; The kitchen novice; Jam making; The perfect roast; Seasons for game birds; Catering for Christmas

Practical Know-How in the Garden (published 19th March 2007)

General garden tips; dealing with pests and weeds ; the vegetable garden; allotments; the flower garden; the herb garden

Practical Know-How in the Wardrobe (published 19th March 2007)

Everything you ever wanted to know about clothes: organisation, under and outer garments, accessories and care.

A Fair Price for British Dairy Farmers

The following article has been extracted from the NFWI website:

Farmgate Milk Prices Campaign

Campaign update

The NFWI has a long standing commitment to farming and community sustainability in England and Wales. We have been concerned for some time about the prices local producers are paid for their produce.

WI members voted overwhelming in favour of the following mandate at the 2005 AGM:

"This meeting urges WI members to do all in their power to raise public awareness of the unfair difference between the retail prices of milk and the price paid to the farmer."

Read more about this campaign

Have your say - Tell us what you think about the campaign?

Pastures new

Fulham WI February Meeting
Monday 5th February, 7.30pm
The Arbiter Public House

February's FWI meeting will take place at a NEW VENUE called The Arbiter on North End Road -  unfortunately Novello's is closing down :(  Please click here for directions.

The February meeting will include:

'Iridology'

The eyes are the mirror of the soul, mind and body- or so we are told. But this may actually have more truth in it that people think.  Lucinda Miller of Nature Doc talks to the Fulham WI on how 'Naturopathic Iridology' is the hip diagnostic tool of today. ridology is not a new therapy and was discovered in the 1800s by a young boy called Igantz Von Peczely who caught an owl in his garden. The boy noticed that a black line rose in the owl'€™s eye after it broke its leg during the struggle. Von Peczely kept the bird until it had regained its health and then observed that cracked white lines were noticeable across the black area of the owl's eye. When Von Peczley became a physician he was able to study the irises of his patients and from there developed the idea that there is a relationship between tissue changes in the body and the marking that appeared and disappeared in the iris.

Iridology today is the study of the irises to determine information about the body's genetic strengths and weaknesses, personality type, levels of inflammation and toxaemia, efficiency of systems and organs and the likely causes of symptoms and illness. This analytical tool provides detailed '€œinsider€' information on the individual which makes prescribing detoxes, nutritional programmes and herbal prescriptions increasingly accurate and effective. Iridology today is the study of the irises to determine information about the body's genetic strengths

Fulham WI News and Events:

Subs Reminder

All subs are due in this month-€“ this year the amount is £26 and includes a copy of the WI magazine delivered to your door! There is a small membership form to fill out and cheques should be made payable to the Fulham WI.

Please speak to Sarah Cook, Membership Secretary at the meetings for further information and the membership form.

See you all there ... for those who cannot make it, see you very soon!

Fulham WI committee xx