Tagged With: Talking Rubbish
How To Reduce Your Waste During a Camping Adventure – and Beyond
“There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away it must go somewhere”. Annie Leonard Here are three easy steps our family took, during a recent challenge, to reduce waste during our off-grid camping adventure – read complete piece hosted on Biome Eco Stores
Local UAE School Shares How To Hold a Successful Beach Clean Up
“Do Something Now. If not you, who? If not here, where? If not now, when?” Theodore Roosevelt When a school community realise the tide is constantly delivering a large quantity of plastic pollution to their end of the ocean channel they organise not just one, but two successful Beach Cleans. Their primary focus being to remove the … Continue reading
Lunch Box Essentials to Simplify Your Life, Save You Money and Change The World!
“Buy less, choose well, make it last” Vivienne Westwood Tried and tested lunch box essentials and zero waste choices for back to school families, conscious travellers and people on the go! In this article, you will find product reviews, convenient links, recipe suggestions and a crafty #DIY to help get you well on the way … Continue reading
Plastic Free July 2015 Round-Up: Opportunities. Challenges. Solutions.
“Think about it…why would you make something that you are going to use for a few minutes out of a material that’s basically going to last forever. What’s up with that?” Jeb Berrier, Bagit Movie Last month, during Plastic Free July, the Health and Wellbeing Committee at my son’s Primary School offered me the opportunity … Continue reading
The Great Divide – 5 Ways to Sort and Conquer Recycling
“Why would you make something that you are going to use for a few minutes out of a material that’s basically going to last forever.” Jeb Berrier, BagIt movie The 10 – 16 November is Planet Ark’s National Recycling Week. This campaign is the inspiration behind last weeks post, which was full of ideas highlighting Simple Constructive … Continue reading
Simple Constructive Ways to ‘Recycle’ Unwanted Items and Help Others
“Everyone can do simple things to make a difference and every little bit really does count”. Stella McCartney There is a growing movement of individuals and organisations who are doing a brilliant job of educating and providing us with simple, yet constructive ways to recycle unwanted items and have a positive impact on other peoples lives. One such … Continue reading
The Not-So-Perfect Plastic Free July Moments and How To Do Better
“We don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions doing it imperfectly.” Zero Waste Chef Hi, my name is Shea, I have used single-use plastic AND it’s PLASTIC FREE JULY ☹️ PHEW – what a relief to get that off my chest! Concerts are my undoing as they generally … 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
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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