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I am a wholehearted lover of sharing of good information. It makes me very happy to share tips and tricks that will make life easier for the plastic free and waste free people of the world. And anyone else really. Plastic Free July is coming up next month so it was perfect timing to pass this resource onto the new wave of plastic fre…

My tips for a sustainable holiday in China

My trip to China marked the first time I have made an active choice to have a holiday that focused on sustainable accommodation choices. This was my second adventure going plastic free and waste free abroad. Travelling in Myanmar was harder . Probably because it was the first time I attempted such a feat and did so in a developing …

Yangshuo and Hong Kong

It feels like more than month since I traveled to China with the builder. My knowledge of China was limited to a trip to Hong Kong years ago. Beyond photos of the Great Wall of China and frequent dim sum lunches while I lived in Sydney I really had no expectations. In fact they were low and in my mind I imagined everything to be en…

Marine Debris Typeface

Not so long ago I wrote about Ryman Eco sustainable font that was created to use less ink.   Now a new font project by Dion Star highlights the ongoing problem of plastic trash in our oceans by using found pieces of plastic that represent a letter of the alphabet. Graphic Designer Dion Star’s typeface is aptly named Marine Debris …

Plastic Free Tuesday

Have you ever started out on a diet or committed to an assignment, but given yourself one day off to make the diet/task not too hard? Or picked a day of the week where you give up something, like meat on Monday ? Hong Kong airport was filled with advertising encouraging visitors to choose a meat less dish on Mondays . It is a great in…