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My Zero Waste Coffee Routine
Earlier this year, my old coffee machine finally gave up the ghost. It’s a miracle she lasted as long as she did: given to me second-hand, a bottom-of-the-range model that made surprisingly good coffee and survived almost daily use for seven years. She had a couple of repairs and fixes in her time… …but finally […]
5 Mindset Shifts for Zero Waste Living
When I started my journey to zero waste living back in 2012, I didn’t actually know that’s what I was doing. I’d never heard of the term ‘zero waste’ and although Bea Johnson was already writing her blog Zero Waste Home, I hadn’t heard of her, either. I was simply interested in reducing my rubbish, […]
How to Make DIY Coconut Milk from Scratch (A Recipe)
DIY coconut milk is one of the things I tried very early on in my plastic-free journey. I started making it in 2013, got tired of making it a few months after that and decided not to bother cooking coconut milk dishes. Then my local bulk store started selling coconut milk powder, and that was […]
Microbeads: Hidden Plastics in Cosmetics (+ What We Can Do About It)
I thought microbeads were old news. We discovered a few years ago that chemical companies were putting little plastic beads in our toiletries and cosmetics, we got mad about it, we signed petitions and applied pressure to our various governments and microbeads were banned. Job done, right? Apparently not. I’ve put together a guide to […]
How to Compost ‘On The Go’
Having a compost bin (or worm farm) at home is great, and I’d thoroughly recommend it as a place to put all your food scraps, peels, bad bits and other things you might like to compost rather than put in the general waste bin. But we tend to eat food when we’re out and about […]
Declutter for the Planet (Yes, That’s a Thing)
This week (on July 29th) was Earth Overshoot Day. What this means is that July 29th is the day on which we’ve officially used up all of the resources the planet can naturally regenerate in a year. Another way of saying it, is that we use almost twice as many resources as is sustainable – […]
A Guide to Ethical + Organic Underwear Brands
Last updated March 2021. Part of me loves the idea of one day learning to sew my own underwear, but let’s be real. As someone who only just has the skills to sew a reusable produce bag together, it won’t be happening any time soon. Plus there are probably a hundred other skills I’d rather […]
Plastic-Free Living: 10 Foods I Make From Scratch
Reducing plastic and living with less waste means ditching the plastic wrap and other single-use packaging, and some foods are hard to come by without packaging. Either that, or they are very expensive to buy plastic-free. As I’ve gone down the path of waste-free living, I’ve tried making various things, mostly for these two reasons. […]
