Around the world people are giving up single use plastic for the month of July but for many a month long sabbatical from plastic might be a little too daunting. If that sounds familiar I would like to introduce Plastic Free Tuesday where you have one dedicated day of the week to reducing your plastic footprint. Today on the blog I am …

We (my boyfriend and I) are off to the USA for three weeks and I cannot wait. We will be visiting Hawaii, Arkansas and ending with two days in LA. The main purpose of the holiday is to escape winter (it's cold here) and visit my family. Our last holiday to the the Philippines was our first zero waste trip and while we did pretty w…

I have done it. Two years of plastic free living... ...or to be more accurate, trying actively to NOT buy new plastic for two years. A bit of a mouthful and maybe why the term 'plastic free living' is a more memorable phrase. I decided to reread the blog post about my first year  to compare/contrast what had changed. In the …

Plastic Free July is almost here. Next month thousands of people will be giving up single use plastic for the month of July. Making a promise to giving up anything is a challenge especially if the fear of failure is the thing that stops us from trying. But did you know that when money is put down the possibility of reaching the goal…

Melbourne here is the ultimate list of Plastic Free and Zero Waste Food Shopping locations: Pantry Staples: Friends of the Earth Co-op 312 Smith Street, Collingwood www.melbourne.foe.org.au/foodcoop The Source Bulk Foods 112 Sydney Road, Brunswick 749 Burke Road, Camberwell www.thesourcebulkfoods.com.au/victoria/ T…

Thank you for the feedback on the Plastic Free kits . We probably won't have all of them finished this Plastic Free July. But that's OK because you can do a plastic free challenge any time, right! With the kits not ready to go I decided to compile a list of similar items I deem helpful tools for Plastic Free July and plastic fr…