So many times we walk along beaches and river banks and see tangled clumps of old fishing line, lead sinkers attached.  People are just now beginning to be aware that the lead is a hazard and the line will tangle around the necks, feet and wings of birds, be ingested by larger fish and generally cause havoc. Read the full story

I have been to some disgusting places in my life.  Some of the beaches in Thailand would easily win the award for the Dirtiest place in the world. Read the full story

It seems to me that the horrors man has wreaked on the environment are, largely, rooted in ‘bad habits’.  Read the full story

This bit of “grandmother knowledge” is a great alternative to the nontoxic cleaners and can all be made from kitchen-cabinet ingredients!

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Here is some food for thought – refrigerator manufacturers are actually designing new fridges knowing that most people only clean their fridges once a year! Time to fess up people – how often do you clean your fridge? Read the full story

Come on everybody, today is Clean Up Australia Day! The perfect opportunity to get out there in your community and help keep Australia beautiful. Tell us what you have planned for today! Read the full story

Don’t forget that on March 7th Clean Up Australia Day is on! Read the full story

Drawer liners are way too expensive to buy and wear out fast.  But they are a great insect repellent and will discourage egg laying in silverfish and moths if you have lavender or cedar in the perfume. Don’t put real perfume in there as it goes stale quite fast and you will smell like an old aunty! Read the full story

Regular maintenance for appliances around the home and office can not only save you money, but will extend the life of them and cut down the huge piles of ‘dead’ machines in tips.  The recycling of these is by no means an exact art and so it is way better to mend things than to get on that treadmill of buy, break, replace. Read the full story

The ti-tree plant is not related to the Bushells and other type of cuppa plant which is Camellia sinensis (aka Thea sinensis).  This is the one they pick leaves from and turn them into black, green, oolong and white tea. Read the full story

Epsom Salts, the common name for Magnesium Sulfate are a chemical compound containing Magnesium and Sulfate in a crystallised or powdered form. It has numerous uses from personal hygiene and bathing, colon cleansing to sprinkling round plants to adjust the chemical balance.   The high magnesium content within Epsom Salts helps to draw acids through the skin when added to a warm bath. Read the full story

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! Read the full story

It is great to see the New York Times doing an article on rethinking laundry in their country. It covers very similar themes that we have talked about here as well – hanging laundry to dry in the sun should be your first choice with the clothes dryer being the last possible choice. It just makes good sense! Read the full story

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