Incorporating a fitness routine into your daily schedule is just one of the many ways you can lead a healthier lifestyle. But as well as looking after your body, you should also look after the planet. If you are looking for a way to stay fit and be green, there are a number of steps […]
For me, becoming more and more eco conscious and friendly, and reducing my waste allowed me to also become much more of a minimalist. I like the minimalist approach because it shows you how a lot of the stuff we have/want, is very unnecessary and not useful and we clearly do not need a lot […]
For me, becoming more and more eco conscious and eco friendly, and reducing my waste allowed me to also become much more of a minimalist. I like the minimalist approach because it shows you how a lot of the stuff we have/want, is very unnecessary and not useful and we clearly do not need a […]
Does this sound like you or like a situation you may be in: You have a spare room, or a garage, or even a cupboard (or cupboards) that you put stuff into that you don’t know what to do with. Or you keep putting things into there, thinking you may need them at some stage […]
With all that is going on in the world, if you haven’t heard about zero waste, minimalism, reducing plastic waste, or at least what is happening with Climate change then you must be living with no internet somewhere! What all these lifestyle changes have in common is the preservation of the environment by reducing our […]
I recently tried out, (and posted about) Zero Shampoo bars, that are hair and body bars. Check out that post for a whole lot more information on these wonderful, more Eco friendly soap and shampoo bars. In addition to the bars, they have now added a cool little bar container, the bar saver, that you […]
I bought a conditioner bar, soap bar and an under arm deodorant bar from two package free shops and I thought I would share a bit about my experience with them below. Conditioner bar I bought this conditioner bar from Shop zero. I have used shampoo bars and soap bars as shampoo bars and they […]
I recently visited the Constantia Pick n Pay in Cape Town after I had heard that they have set up a small package free station in the shop. As I got there, (the shop being sooo big) I looked around and initially could not see it. Immediately my heart sank and I thought “ahh they […]
In case you are thinking of starting to reduce your waste or even reducing your waste a bit more and maybe trying out a Menstrual Cup, Gittemary Johansen has 8 things to tell you that she wished someone had told her before she used one. Hopefully her tips can be quite useful and steer you in the right […]
In this video Lauren Singer from Trash is for Tossers will teach you how she stores her compost in her Brooklyn apartment and then how she takes it to the farmers market to compost! If you haven’t heard of composting before, it is essentially taking organic waste (food, yard trimmings, paper) and breaking […]
