Consider this – a stand of teak trees only takes between fifteen and twenty years to grow to a harvestable age in tropical climates, and there are great benefits along the way.  Continue Reading

We are all becoming aware of the need to go green. We are recycling our newspapers and switching out light bulbs to compact fluorescent light bulbs. Perhaps you want to go even more green, and looking at your budget, you are wondering about more ways to go green and reduce your overall Carbon Footprint. Your family can save hundreds, even thousands of dollars each year by using some of these tips and still be in your budget. Continue Reading

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.  Continue Reading

No worries may soon die out as an Aussie saying.  It seems that throughout the world there is a high level of anxiety about the environment and that the present generation of children have nightmares and worries not in the world fifty years ago. Continue Reading

The food you buy could be pushing Orangutans to extinction! Palm oil is found in approx 40% of the food products on our shelves & its destroying the Orangutan’s habitat at an alarming rate. Continue Reading

Around a week ago, my dear husband installed a Shattafa.  This is a hand-held bidet, a hose connected to the cistern inlet pipe pumping fresh water, when you need it, to perform the task of toilet paper, to clean your bits after a toilet visit.  You then just use a sheet or two of paper to dry off your sparkling rear end!  The spray also can be used to purge baby nappies before you drop them into the soaking/sterilising bucket. Continue Reading

Lately, there have been many explosions around our area and some locals have told me that they are a form of rain-making, as we are in the dry season right now. Continue Reading

A disclaimer: I am not a scientist.  However, I have observed many Permaculture farms & gardens & heard much discussion on this logical system that I am rather committed to the idea. Continue Reading

Paper usage in the toilet is one of the last frontiers of conservation. 40% of all toilet rolls sold in the UK – and 98% in America – are made from paper derived from virgin forests.  Continue Reading

Gorillas are on the brink of extinction. They’re calling on YOU to donate your phone today!

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