recycling

It's an interesting and thorny issue. Planet Green had a post about managing a relationship with someone with different environmental standards than you, but what if it's your housemate...

I've seen those little bottles of hand sanitizer on every desk or front counter of most offices where I work. I'm a bit reluctant to use them as I always was lead to believe a few germs help...

I don’t like replacing perfectly workable items if I don’t need to. Ink cartridges are the perfect example. The cartridge runs out of ink, but the components are all in perfect condition...

We visited Healsville Sanctuary near the end of last year (you can see some pics on our facebook page). I love visiting there to see the restorative and rehabilitative work that is done with the...

1. Stay home and celebrate Seriously, I've always suspected that NYE is the night for people who don't go out any other night of year. As green planet suggests if you stay home and host your own...

I opened up the bin, and took out the contents to photograph. Besides some rather unsavory fruit peelings that didn't fit in the worm farm/Bokashi bin, here's what we ended up with from the kitchen....

Our council accepts plastic bottle caps as part of their recycling program but I understand this is not the case at all local council waste management programs. At any rate, they can always be...

I do try to minimise waste but I have decided to assist this by cutting out my plastic with a template to ensure more even sizing and less going in the bin. I know this is not necessarily a problem...

I went to buy some fetta for a recipe (a vegan version of the recipe is featured here on my craft blog) I was intending to cook to use up some of the silver beet and broad beans in our garden. They...

I bought my own cutlery and carried lunch in plastic containers in a cloth bag and was a bit peeved when they leaked. It's always the beetroot! Still, no great dramas luckily. We do have a box of...