DIY Raised Vegetable Planter
Raised vegetable planters are a great way to grow vegetables. Even better if you can make your own! Raised planters keep everything growing where it is meant to be, are…
Plastic compromises
We are half way through July and up until now I haven’t even mentioned Plastic Free July (PFJ). The idea behind PFJ is to avoid all single use plastic throughout…
Bread making at home? How can you reduce waste and do bread making without yeast?
Making your own bread at home can save money as well as reduce waste. Here are all the ways I make our bread as close to zero waste as possible.
Zero waste party bags – the low cost way!
At the end of a party, kids really don’t need a plastic bag, filled with plastic tat! It is exciting for about 5 minutes and then forgotten about. I think…
Introducing Caspar the friendly tent and how to get camping equipment for free!
We got this beautiful French 70’s tent from Freecycle (labelled Tentes Caspar) a while ago and had a lovely time camping in it over the weekend with a big group…
Sustainable book club – the next meet up and the next!
I promised to choose the most popular book choice for the next book club as voted for in the comments on my blog. Thanks to the two people that did…
Sustainable Book Club no.2 – Stuffocation!
Today is the Sustainable Book Club meet up, where we will be talking about Stuffocation by James Wallman! Feel free to chat about it any time during the day, but…
Why is decluttering so hard and how can it be made easier???
I spent a good few hours sorting out and decluttering our stationery recently. That is ridiculous on so many levels but just sorting out stationery threw up lots of issues…
This years theme for Zero Waste Week 2015!
Each year the excitement builds during the wait to find out the latest theme for Zero Waste Week. When Rachelle Strauss of Zero Waste Week emailed me recently with the…