Transform your living space into a conscious sanctuary with Green Foot Mama’s Greener Home posts. These guide you in creating an environment that’s both healthy for your family and kind to the Earth. Explore our posts on eco-friendly swaps, natural cleaning recipes, reducing waste, and making sustainable choices for every corner of your home. Join us in embracing everyday habits that contribute to a healthier planet, one conscious choice at a time.
When you start packing for your next adventure or well-needed holiday, don’t forget to include essential oils for travel! Essential oils promote a sense of wellness as well as allowing you to sleep better, so you can arrive at your destination feeling fresh and energetic. Here is our round up. Lavender Oil Lavender oil is […]
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Looking to gift the spiritual, eco-loving, ethical living green goddess in your life? We spent some time putting together this go-to guide with plenty of thoughtful, eco-friendly christmas gifts that will make your loved ones glow with appreciation this Christmas season. You might even want to pop a few items in the cart for yourself!
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There’s often a debate about whether or not natural cleaning products are as effective as their chemical counterparts. Whilst there’s no denying that chemical products can do the job, they are inherently designed to knock over everything in their path…including us!
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Now that our pantries are clean and in order, lets take a look at one of the world’s most expensive problems – Food Waste. In my previous life as a chef, I did think about food waste from time to time, but not overly. These days as a society, we’ve become much more fancy with
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I realised today that I began writing on this topic well over a year ago. It’s funny, I transitioned our bathroom, laundry and other areas efficiently. The kitchen though, given it is my hub and what I consider to be the most important area for managing our largest commodity (FOOD) has been my toughest conquest.
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How I Saved Money Going Green When I first began this journey, I had no idea I’d save SO much money by adopting a greener way of life. Over $20,000! My intention was to reduce packaging, give myself and my children a better quality of life – in health, relationships, personal values and by creating
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Featured, Greener HomeThe more we delve into the Zero Waste concept, the more purposeful we are becoming. With our recent bout of decluttering I have found clumps of old linen that seem too good to discard. This got me thinking… there has to be a new purpose for unused items in our linen closets. So after some
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Greener Home, Make ItI learned from both my nan and great aunt early on that there is no place called “AWAY’, when we throw things away. The cheaper disposable consumables we tend to use these days have a much shorter lifespan and are of poorer quality than their ‘built to last’ counterparts. The more of an item we
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Greener HomeWe are only a few short months into our Zero Waste journey, and already I have learned so much. I think that the initial ‘Declutter’ process really does help develop a deeper awareness for what we purchase and consume, where they come from and where they will end up. We are nowhere near finishing the
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My very old and very flimsy cardboard ‘medicine chest’ was in major need of a Zero Waste overhaul. It was overflowing with empty boxes, loose half-opened band-aids, expired pills and new medicines I was prescribed but never actually used. There has been quite alot of media focus on prescription medications, and the over-consumption of modern
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