The Builder has outgrown his current home office and is on the lookout for a new space. I am very excited for him knowing his hard work is paying off. Not only will he be able to unplug properly outside work hours, we also get the lounge room back. With his impending move I began to think about ways to reduce waste when setting up a…

Over the weekend I visited a bookstore in Sydney. It was a expansive space that would make any bibliophile happy. I wove through the aisles peering at the names of titles looking for the sustainable living section.   For the size of the bookstore I hoped that there would be a plethora of green titles for me to gaze at. Instead there…

Image from deathtothestockphoto.com The sharing economy is happening on a small and large scale. Without a doubt the movement is expanding. The sharing economy, also known as collaborative consumption, is all about sharing items for other people to use, take off your hands at no cost or sometimes a small fee. The idea is based on…

My parents make growing vegetables so easy. They have a plethora of robust vegetables in their vegetable garden that continues to grow each year. So I thought that growing vegetables cannot be that hard right? Last year was my first year growing anything other than herbs and I thought I would jump in and pick a vegetable I really l…

A pair of socks goes into our washing machine and only one of the pair emerges. A single mate. No other socks match up and it goes into a pile with the other lost cotton socks, unsure what to do with any of them. Does this ever happen to you? I have come up with a fun solution to recycle your socks by turning them into soap holders.…