Sustainable Living

Sustainable living is all about reducing our impact on the environment whilst still having fun! Here, you’ll find lots of tried and tested hints and tips including how you can reduce waste, the low-down on recycling, easy things you can do to cut down on plastic, how to start or improve your organic garden and information about shopping for Fairtrade products.

There are so many easy things you can do to live in a more sustainable way as you go about your everyday tasks. Once you’ve dived in and made a few simple changes you’ll find forming new habits is even easier and you may even get addicted to sustainable living!!

Dr Libby’s Women’s Wellness Wisdom: A Book Review

Many of you will be familiar with Dr Libby Weaver, but she's not only the friendly face of Sleepyhead Beds!! She is a best-selling author (9 of her books hav...
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10 Tips for a more Sustainable Christmas

Christmas is a magical time for most of us. We get to celebrate, indulge, give and receive gifts, spend time with family and friends and generally be jolly....
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Parsley Pesto

If you've got a parsley 'bush' in your garden or just an abundance of the stuff, then this is a great way to use some of it up. It's easy and quick to make,...
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Go Microbead Free

So we all know how awful microbeads are right...?? They are still found in many facescrubs, exfoliators, toothpastes and cleansers that you will see on the s...
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Soap nuts: a Nut that is also a Soap..???

The family business, SoapnutsNZ, started off as a small project for Serge. Soap nuts had been a reliable fixture in their laundry back in Switzerland, mainly...
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The Lowdown on the Bunch at Munch

So, Munch. As the name of this company implies...they are pretty focussed on food. They do everything to do with food...although, not actual food!! Their rea...
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Spruce up your kitchen with a SPRUCE…!!

I had a lovely chat with Emma from The Green Collective recently about their new addition...the SPRUCE Dishcloth. I was curious to know the reasons for addin...
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Organic cotton….

Why we should be wearing organic as well as eating it. Well…if you thought organic gardening was great and buying organic veggies is the way to go, you’r...
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