Green Living Down Under
Looking to make a change for the new year? How about try making flavoured waters and fun summer drinks? We all know the bad things about fizzy drinks, Coke, Pepsi, sugary juices and the explosion of drinks filled with guarana and caffeine. So let’s leave those bad guys behind and make our own!
Think about the uses of a coconut and you will regard this tree, that grows like a weed in the tropics, with awe.
In a recently published report, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations stated that tea prices have reached an “unprecedented high.” Traditional import markets in developed countries are almost at full capacity, but markets in tea producing countries, including Kenya and United Republic of Tanzania, are largely untapped.
The World Cup is on at the moment (go Socceroos!) so what better opportunity to try some organic beers! I know that most matches are shown very early in the morning in Australia, so maybe wait for the evening recaps!
Need a quick warm treat to help you deal with those chilly days and nights? Well the lovely Julie from Towards Sustainability has this FANTASTIC home made Chai Syrup! mmmm!
HOOKturn have released a very cool reusable coffee cup. This isn’t the normal coffee cup that people have, the thermos style mug, this look like those lovely little paper coffee cups you get.
Tea as we know it was apparently discovered in around 2737 B.C. when the Chinese Emperor Shennung, drank the result of some tea leaves – unfermented and green – blowing into his cup of hot water.
Some interesting drinks you can make at home very cheaply.
I am posting this in the interests of ‘waste not want not’ as my orchids do NOT need any more ripe bananas and I am sick of banana cake.
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 [...]
