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…

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…

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 …

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…

It has been some time since I made the pledge to shake out my make up bag and replace what I was using with simple and kind ingredients. In that time I have been busily reading and testing. The biggest hurdle was not wearing conventional makeup anymore. It was hard and my face felt naked for the first week. As I mentioned before I …