Ethical lifestyle
Last weekend we were invited to a friends’ five-year-old’s birthday party at their house. Despite having a few reservations due to our lifestyle and ethics being what I suppose a lot of people would classify as ‘alternative’ (vegan, healthy food eaters, uncommercial, etc.) we decided […]
After a recent clear-out of the house, we’ve got some unwanted clothing… a good method is to organise into three piles: A: Clothes to be fixed/reused B: Clothes that can be donated to charity/sold/given to friends C: Old clothes that are really only good as […]
I was recently reading an article showing simple ways to reduce your waste, and to encourage you to really consider what you are using, and what you are throwing away every single day. One of the points regarding coffee pods hit a nerve and got […]
New research explores the environmental value of reusing buildings rather than demolishing them to replace with new construction. Source: The Environmental Value of Building Reuse – Preservation Leadership Forum http://www.preservationnation.org/information-center/sustainable-communities/green-lab/valuing-building-reuse.html
Following on from my dog toys post, here is another way of using up old material you may have lying around; homemade hairbands! There are so many tutorials out there to choose from, and most of the patterns are easy to adapt to any size, […]