I have a tendancy to be very space frugal – I loathe clutter! Therefore by my own obsession I have limited handbags (sad I know). I own 3 handbags; 1 black small clutch given by friends, 1 large style bag given for a birthday gift and the 3rd is more of a satchel, and as you can guess, it was given as a present! But I think this bag might change it all for me – The Miche Bag Continue Reading

Play dough is fantastic for kids to play with and to use their imagination. It really does keep little hands busy. Continue Reading

Ever really read those redundant and annoying little stickers on fruit and vegetables and try to work out just how far away from your kitchen your tasty treat or clever garnish had been grown?  In fact, even this exercise is difficult as seldom is the produce labeled with geographical data, just a brand-name.  Every additional step away from your garden that it’s taken to deliver a meal to you is an additional pile of carbon shot upwards to widen that hole in the ozone layer, to heat up our already over-heated world. Continue Reading

If you have a spacious backyard you may like to build an actual greenhouse which will create a reliable microclimate for propagation, nurturing tender and out of season plants. Continue Reading

This article is for the ladies mainly! I am not one to discriminate against men, but let’s just assume Continue Reading

Are you a bar of soap kind of person or a body wash type of person?
Growing up my family were soap people. My mother refused to spend any money on body wash and she hated the packaging and thought that us kids would just waste it. She was probably right!
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I just caught the tail-end of a television programme in which a man was showing how he had tapped into geothermal energy to power his house.  He said that all he had to do was drill low enough to draw up the heat and that the infrastructure would pay for itself within five years.  Continue Reading

It seems that most of the clothing that needs ironing is made of natural fibres such as pure cotton and linen but are there any alternatives to the weekly basket of crushed clothing?  After all, you can’t work in a real office (as opposed to a virtual one like mine) in pyjamas, un-ironed shirts and bathers, can you?? Continue Reading

I am the proud companion to 2 very cute and loved Burmese cats – I say companion since they really are the masters of the domain! Continue Reading

I don’t know about you but I know that I am somewhat of a miser! Yes, I don’t mind admitting I am one for frugal living and find great solace in nabbing bargain or reusing what I have until it is in tatters. Deep down we all like to save a penny here and there, but have you ever thought about how you can cut costs at your own funeral!

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Yes - Buy Nothing Day is coming up again on November 28 (or November 27 for our USA visitors).  This is a great time to practice a little restraint Continue Reading

I was introduced to the wonders of vinegar when I first moved out of home. I hadn’t hit the shops yet to purchase all the new wonderful things I would need to clean my new home, so luckily my mother arrived with a bottle of white vinegar and some cloths in hand to start the cleaning! Continue Reading

A brand new event from PopTech,  the renowned network of innovators of future sustainable ideas has been announced! Continue Reading

Leaving in a few days for a trip of a lifetime to Nepal and India, I have had an awakening.  I realised I would finally be free of the dreaded (but much loved and needed) Lonely Planet Guide book! And really, can you blame me – the guidebook for India is about the same weight as my backpack!! Continue Reading

Have you thought about making your own beer and other fizzy beverages?  I had massive success with making ginger beer and my father in law made beer for a short time (but didn’t have the space to store the stuff when he downsized).  The carbon savings in making your own beverages are enormous.  Drinks cartage and bottle wastage are the two greatest scandals of the food industry.  But you can avoid this with care. Continue Reading

Do you have a glut of tomatoes and no idea what to do with them all? Well try some of these out!

If you have freezer space, just throw them in the freezer.  When you take them out to use them, the skins will just slip straight off before they totally defrost.  Mainly useful for soups and stews this way though. Continue Reading

I no longer have my super duper Kenwood Chef and want to consider the environment by not buying another.  Plus the purse of course!  So here is the first in a series we will bring you of alternatives to that expensive and power hungry gadget you thought you couldn’t live without. Continue Reading

White oil, Winter oil or Dormant oil is a substance most gardeners use.  You will notice that on the nursery-bought jar, there’s not even a poison caution.  This is because it fits within the realm of  an organic method of controlling pests that can strip a garden bare in no time flat. Continue Reading