Why Reduce Food Waste? As a former chef, I’ve always loved food—the colors, the smells, the textures. It’s all so inspiring. But over the years, I became increasingly aware of how much food we waste. It’s a global problem with tons of perfectly good food ending up in landfills. This realization hit me hard. I […]
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I’ve heard a few conversations about how we’re managing our “grooming” over the past few weeks as stay-at-home-working-homeschooling mothers, with beauty salons shut down due to COVID-19 restrictions. In my 20’s I used to go to a salon for occasional waxing. As time became more precious and prices crept up I started DIY waxing at home.
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I like to minimise waste where I can – and plastic wrap has got to be the definition of single use plastic waste. In honour of plastic-free July I decided to have a go at making my own eco-friendly re-useable beeswax wraps. A quick google search found a number of tutorials and two different methods.
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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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Greener Living, Zero WasteThe 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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DIY, Greener Living, Zero WasteI 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 Living, Zero WasteWe 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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