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One Ingredient Ice Cream Recipe – No, I am not lying!

One Ingredient Ice Cream Recipe – No, I am not lying!

I love ice cream. My favourite flavours are vanilla (has to include real vanilla beans), chocolate, and anything with peanut butter . So when I saw this recipe online I really did think “Um no. That is NOT ice cream”, but trust me this is delicious so don’t knock it till you try it! Read the full story

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Homemade Playdough with Natural Dyes

Homemade Playdough with Natural Dyes

We have talked about how to make playdough before but it was Kate’s wonderful recipes for natural dye to add to your homemade playdough that I just HAD to share with you! Read the full story

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Noise pollution jeopardizes health of people, animals and environment

Noise pollution jeopardizes health of people, animals and environment

Loud, sharp or constant noise in the workplace, home or leisure areas can cause hearing impairment, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, annoyance and aggression, sleep disturbance, and a lowering of learning capability which can be measured in school results. Read the full story

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Need a bed? Make a Hammock.

Need a bed? Make a Hammock.

MAKE YOUR OWN COMFY HAMMOCK Read the full story

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Australia and Green Education

Australia and Green Education

Australia has been praised for its commitment to green education in Copenhagen today (last year’s Hopenhagen Conference) (Friday 11 Dec, 2009). Read the full story

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Kids Konserve waste-free lunch kits

Kids Konserve waste-free lunch kits

Get back to basics with Kids Konserve version of the good ol’ brown paper bag.  Read the full story

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Recycle your broken crayons into new ones!

Recycle your broken crayons into new ones!

So you have hundreds of bits of broken crayons everywhere and the kids are asking for new ones! What to do!? Well you can easily and simply make them some new ones! Read the full story

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Bringing Kids into the Green Debate.

Bringing Kids into the Green Debate.

It’s never too early to start making your children excited about the possibilities of changing to a greener life.  In fact, all over the world, they seem to be better at it than adults.  Read the full story

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School Lunch Cautions

School Lunch Cautions

School lunch time was for me, back in the olden days, an awful time. Freezer blocks hadn’t been invented. I grappled with the nausea from rancid butter and bread curled up at the corners for a long time and used to feed my lunch to the chooks when I got home. Read the full story

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40 Fabulous School Lunch Ideas.

40 Fabulous School Lunch Ideas.

So school is starting up again and you need some new school lunch box ideas! Well we are here to help! Read the full story

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My favourite frozen summer treats

My favourite frozen summer treats

Summer is upon us here in Australia – which can mean anything from sweltering dry heat with electrical storms to balmy humid days with sudden monsoonal downpours!

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Grow your own tiny, edible plants all year round.

Grow your own tiny, edible plants all year round.

Mustard and cress critters -This is a terrific activity for children and there is almost no limit to the things you can embellish with green ‘hair’ that you then can snip and add to your sandwiches and salads. Read the full story

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Home Made Play Dough

Home Made Play Dough

Play dough is fantastic for kids to play with and to use their imagination. It really does keep little hands busy. Read the full story

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Green lover’s BFF

Green lover’s BFF

What is the green best friend forever?  Bicarbonate of  Soda, Bi-carb soda  or Carb soda as it is mostly known,  a fizzing white powder.

It has so many uses around the home and is cheap, especially if you buy it in bulk from say, a swimming pool chemicals provider or your dry goods bulk store.   Love the stuff! Read the full story

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