My 4 year old has become fixated on receiving a lot of gifts this Christmas. It’s the first Christmas he knows presents are given by Santa and who Santa actually is. The expectations on the present front are high and the list he wrote for Santa is loooong. You'd think living in a zero-waste home that practices minimalism there would …

Every few months an article or graphic appears debating the importance of individual actions in response to reducing waste and plastics compared to the steps business and government can take. It's a worthy debate, especially as many of us are realising most environmental destruction and social injustice has been steered for centuries…

My husband, The Builder , had a bedside clock/alarm/phone charger gadget. The thing wasn't being used. Well since we had a child, it certainly wasn't. Our four year old is our 6am alarm clock. It sat around in a cupboard for a long time. I could have donated the alarm clock to my local charity store but I'm always nervous abo…

Photo from Mama Rentals As a child of the 90s I watched many characters on TV and in movies look through their large closets bursting with clothes moaning they had nothing to wear - the only remedy was more clothes. If characters were feeling sad, a trip to mall would soothe their feelings. Fashion magazines would print photos of curated…

Photo by Gavin Green & Hardie Grant Books for Waste Not: Make a big difference by throwing away less - buy here Update 1:  at the bottom of the blog -  2 Sept 2021 Update 2: at the bottom of the blog - 30  Jan 2022 Update 3 :  at the bottom of the blog - 7  Nov 2022   Last year I discovered the UK was considering a Nappies (Environm…