Old is the New New this October, with Salvos Stores’ first ever Buy Nothing New Month. Get on board for more money in your pockets, time on your hands and a lighter carbon footprint. Read the full story

How much space do you really need? In a world with a growing population and economies that consume resources faster that they can regenerate, we need to find a balance in living spaces. We must rethink the benefits of small spaces for our planet and our future generations. Read the full story

I have been doing a little bit of googling around and found a company called OneFreeBike. This company offers cyclists a free bike for a year, with the catch being that it has advertising on it. Read the full story

We have just planted a large, clumping bamboo in a huge replica of the common or garden terra cotta pot by our neighbour’s fence.  Read the full story

Back in the 1970s one of our friends told us that Jojoba Oil was the next big thing. He was interested because he is involved in movements to save whales and stop their oil being harvested Read the full story

We have a family wedding coming up towards the end of the year and the suit I had made is way too big as I have lost weight (in a good way).  Too bad for that lovely silk suit I had hand tailored for me in Kuala Lumpur! Read the full story

One of the good things about traveling is that it alerts you to the ways of life of  others. Read the full story

I think that, given the nature of nail polish, it may be impossible to track down a completely green one. After all, it is enamel paint containing a raft of chemicals, some, like formaldehyde, having been banned in Australia as carcinogenic. Read the full story

I just watched an hour David Suzuki programme (‘The Nature of Things’ ep. ‘American Savannah’  available to Aussie TV on SBS) on the world’s lawn obsession and it was an eye-opener. Read the full story

Just because you are green doesn’t mean you have to look like a hairy hippie from the 1970s!  Hair removal actually can help eliminate bacteria from your skin and stops B.O.. Read the full story

MAKE YOUR OWN COMFY HAMMOCK Read the full story

I have been watching The Uniform Project as it shows the world that wearing the same thing day in and day out doesn’t have to be boring! Read the full story

Upcycling left over wetsuit material to make a laptop sleeve? Tell me more! Read the full story

If you have ever thought about keeping chickens but, somewhere deep down inside, you didn’t want to since you never like how a hen house looked? Well now you have no more excuses! Frederik Roijé’s Breed Retreat is an architectural delight. Read the full story