DIY Sunscreen…
August 25, 2010 by gardenofsimple

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I was, surprisingly, the first one to arrive on Thursday. It had been one of those days where nothing had gone according to plan — my alarm clock hadn’t gone off, meetings had run late. But somehow, as I walked up the steps of Anarres Natural Health, sweat beaded on my forehead from the bike ride over, I realized that I’d made up those few precious moments. I was on time.

There was a note on the front door of the house welcoming me in, and as I took a seat on a brightly coloured cushion on the floor I was greeted by Xana. Four years old, ringlets of blonde hair, a beautiful blue ball gown on… her big blue eyes widened as she sized me up, but she didn’t say a word.

Within moments, the others began to arrive. There were six of us in total, all ready to learn how to make our own sunscreen...

I’d seen an advertisement for the workshop (run as a fundraiser for the Women’s Healthy Environments Network) in the Centre for Social Innovation‘s newsletter, and while it immediately caught my eye, it wasn’t until the day before that I finally decided to sign up.

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