I have written about my garden but have shown. I took a couple photos before I jumped in and planted new seeds over the weekend. The space we have is small but I have not let that stop me from making something of it. Welcome to my garden patch. When the Builder and I first started dating two years ago he had only been in the hous…

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.…

Living plastic free has evoked changes in my life. Along the way I have been called to question all that I was familiar with. While blogs have provided a great resource for finding answers, sometimes I have needed to dive a little deeper to understand. Normally my literature choices hover around historical fiction or memoirs on rock…

365 days have come and gone since I stepped up and announced that I would try to eliminate plastic from my life by taking on the Plastic Free July 2013 challenge. Once the 31 days were complete I was inspired to continue and adopt a plastic free life full time. Now I am more committed than ever. My life is not only about living wi…

I am going to share something I allegedly said before plastic free living, before zero waste, before grabbing a sustainable lifestyle with both hands. A friend reminded me of something I said over the Christmas break of 2008… “I love being on holidays because you don’t have to recycle.” Ha! Did I really say that six years ago? …

My mother is a talented lady. Like the rest of my family and friends she is supportive of my plastic free life. So when I told her that it would be handy to have cloth bags to collect vegetables or grains in when I shop she put together two plastic free cloth shopping bags up-cycled from my dads old work shirts (thanks Dad!). I don…

In eleven days,  Plastic Free July 2014 will begin. If you are new to the challenge, or are curious about what you can do to shed a little plastic from your life, I have put together  five easy ways to quit plastic . Let me know, if you are going to do the challenge in the comments below.

Image from deathtothestockphoto.com It has been a year since I had a take away hot beverage. I cannot remember where I was or what it was. What I do remember is standing in the cold July weather last year. I was waiting for my tram, the frigid air beating around my ears. In front of me was a cafe that sells lovely hot chocolate. …

I work in the heart of the city and travel in by train or bike five days a week. I see a constant stream of plastic and waste. Sometimes I need to get away to a place with less people, more trees and no plastic. I really value going on a walk and not encountering left behind trash along the streets of my area (No matter that I pic…

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 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 …

One of the perks of visiting my sister is that I always walk away with clothes she no longer wants. It is an environmentally smart move as it reduces fashion waste and gives my wardrobe an update for next to nothing. It is a win for everyone, including the planet. I have written before about  my love for clothes swapping with The Clo…