Tagged With: Sustainable Living
Chainsaw Art Inspiration – A Simple Way To Decorate Your Garden
Chainsaw Art (Ch-art) is perfect for those who, for one reason or another have a tree stump sitting dormant in your garden. Especially is you have no fireplace where you can safely burn the wood and organising a stump grinder is an added expense. Chainsaw Art can make the stump look more appealing? Have you … Continue reading
Cardboard Weed Mat – Eco-friendly Weed Fighting Hack For Gardeners
A cardboard weed mat is perfect for a garden that is in a complete state; overgrown, full of weeds and in this case, surrounded by a barely surviving lawn. When we purchased our home the overgrowth was so established there was enough soil on the roof of the chook pen to keep many earthworms contented. … Continue reading
Starters Kit – 5 Reusable Items to Replace Single-use Plastic
“Small positive acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world”. Anonymous 🌱 Updated July 2019 🌱 This reusable ‘Starters Kit’ is full of practical items for those keen to live a little greener, all tried and tested by our family. In fact, they have become the essentials we reach for on a day-to-day basis in our … Continue reading
Affiliated with Biome Eco Stores
Biome Eco Stores is hands down CWMS’ favourite Eco Store! If you are one of those people who has always wanted to shop more consciously (I have my hand up here) but never knew how – you are going to love Biome Eco Stores. You are guaranteed to find a broad range of products which adhere to … Continue reading
The Most Practical and Convenient Reusable Bag to Make Plastic Bag-Free Shopping Easy
Fail to Prepare, Prepare to Fail It was a recent comment posted after my Plastic Bag-Free Shopping story which firstly gave me something to ponder, then became the topic for this reusable bag post… “Those who have ducked in to pick up a few things from the shops on their way home is almost a … Continue reading
Lights Out for Earth Hour
You have all heard of the annual ‘lights out’ event called Earth Hour? Organisers are, as we speak, working around the clock to educate and recruit people globally. This year they are asking us to sign up and make a ‘pledge‘ ensuring support for fighting Climate Change goes beyond the official ‘Earth Hour’. The simple … Continue reading
Why we are Refusing and How we are Reusing, Plastic Bags
“Those who start with WHY never manipulate, they inspire. And people follow them not because they have to; they follow because they want to.“ Simon Sinek. Many of you who are reading these weekly posts are possibly wondering – ‘Why has Shea become so passionate with saying NO to plastic bags?’ This image visually sums up … Continue reading
#DIY Jigsaw Piece Plate – Out of the Man Cave
This quirky and unique jigsaw piece plate certainly is a terrific conversation starter at dinner parties. It is a perfect example of taking something no longer needed in its original form and upcycling it into something new. The ‘Royal We’ are responsible for bringing this clever and practical jigsaw piece plate to life: One insightful person to find the idea and … Continue reading
Online Grocery Shopping – Plastic Bag-Free?
Did you know South Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territories are the Australian States which already have a ban on Single-use Plastic Bags? Queensland Conservation are working hard toward seeing Queensland join this list as the fifth state of Australia and have set a goal for as soon as 2015. They are … Continue reading
Everything You Need To Know About Clean up Australia Day
Did you know Clean Up Australia Day has become the Nation’s largest community-based environmental event? The founder, Ian Kiernan, is an ‘average Australian bloke’, builder by trade and passionate solo yachtsman. It was during the 1987 BOC Challenge Solo Round-the-World Yacht Race, Ian witnessed first hand the effect our pollution is having in oceans … Continue reading
Day #1 of Successful Plastic Bag-Free Shopping – Check!
All this research is inarguably pointing to ridding our home of plastic bags so it is time to tackle plastic bag-free shopping! Today is shopping day, so I have pulled out the reusable shopping bags from the back of the pantry and set off to buy our fruit and veg and conquer plastic bag-free shopping. … Continue reading
The Great Plastic Bag Stocktake
The plastic bag stocktake was undertaken the day I came home from the supermarket with these packaged tomatoes! I was busted by my husband as I was unpacking my groceries earlier this week. “I can’t believe you bought tomatoes in all that plastic packaging?” Gulp…
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