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Fruit and vegetable shopping…the sustainable way
Wednesday night is vegetable box delivery night. This is a fairly new thing for us in Australia, although we had used vegetable box delivery schemes in the UK. Last night was our third delivery, and we’ve decided to make it a regular weekly thing.
Plastic Free July 2013 Breakfast Launch
This morning I was invited to the breakfast launch for the Plastic Free July 2013 campaign. Not only that, but I was asked to share my story about my Plastic Free July to the group, as a participant from last year’s challenge. Plastic Free July is an initiative of the Western Metropolitan Regional Council in […]
A word (or two) on recycling
Recycling. Almost everybody has heard of recycling. (Just in case you’re one of the minority that hasn’t, it’s the process of taking old materials and turning them into new products.) The number of households that recycle is on the increase and local councils are becoming more supportive of the idea, with collection points and kerbside […]
The Joy of Second-Hand
This weekend we were able to borrow a car for a couple of hours, and took the opportunity to go furniture shopping. I wanted a desk to be able to work from and as we recently sold our sofa to free up some space in the tiny flat, we now actually had room for one. […]
Worm Farms…Tips and Tricks
After writing my post yesterday on how to build a DIY worm farm, I thought it might be useful to write another post explaining how to look after your worms, and also provide some reasons why you might consider worm farming in the first place. In their National Waste Policy fact sheet, the Australian Government […]
How to Build a DIY Worm Farm
One of the first things I noticed once I stopped buying plastic packaging was that my rubbish bin was now filled almost exclusively with organic waste – vegetable peelings, fruit skins and cores, leaves and the like. In the UK my local council had provided a brown bin for organic waste, which was industrially composted, […]
Green smoothies
Until about two weeks ago, I had no idea what a green smoothie was. I had on occasion seen other people drinking murky green drinks and turned my nose up, but nothing more. And I was sure it was going to stay that way, but somehow it didn’t. You know how you hear about something […]
Welcome to my journey!
Hello, and thanks for taking the trouble to come on over and read my blog. As this is my first post, allow me to introduce myself. I’m an English girl who’s been living in Western Australia for a little over a year. I’ve always been interested in the environment and sustainability, but in the last […]
