If you don’t know by now that the world is facing a plastic pollution epidemic then you must be living under a rock. But the way we’re (barely) responding, it’s like we’ve crawled underneath one anyway. Governments here and there are planning single-use plastic bans for maybe 5 years time…

While we may have once thought ‘green’ was a lifestyle choice taken up by a fringe or elite minority, it is fast becoming apparent this is not the case. We’ve created a HUGE mess here on Earth and are officially at a crossroads. We are screwing our planet while our…

Travelling can be a HUGE source of disposable plastic, particularly when it involves flying. Everything food and drink is served in or with is mostly single-use disposable plastic — including meal containers, utensils, condiment packaging, snack wrappers, cups and bottles. And aside from the food, there are all the plastic-packaged…

Who could imagine life without smart phones? They’ve made life SOOOO much easier and while I still marvel at their technology, it has pretty much become the new normal. But unfortunately these wonders of modern tech have a dark side. The companies who bring us the magic conceal an ugly…

Conventional cleaning products are an UN-necessary evil. They are over-packaged, loaded with chemicals and contribute to a significant amount of clutter in our home. Many also don’t even work that well! …

It wasn’t so long ago (certainly within my lifetime) that we bought furniture to last. Dining tables and sofas would have a place in our homes for decades, many handed down through generations. They were a part of our lives and embedded in our fondest memories. It was a time…

Insane /in’sein/ adjective 1 mad. 2 very foolish. 3 buying rubbish-quality, unethically & unsustainably produced clothes we don’t need and discarding almost-new clothing to landfill, just to keep up with random new trends we don’t even care that much for. The fashion industry is responsible for SIGNIFICANT harm to both…

A lot of microplastic pollution goes under the radar. It is closer to us and more pervasive than we realise. Microplastics might not be such a bad thing in some products if they stayed where they were supposed to, but the problem is they don’t. With wear and tear, many…

When it comes to excess plastic & waste, toxic chemicals and over-the-top and completely unnecessary consumer spending the beauty industry has a LOT to answer for. We are constantly exposed to its advertising, whether it’s about some new anti-aging technology, an exotic fruit extract that will give us salon-perfect hair…