Finding the new in the everyday
It's hard to be sustainable all the time. I'm always conscious of reducing my food waste (one-third of all food produced for human consumption is wasted every year), I prefer travelling by train (when travelling was a thing I could do), and I take care of and love the clothes I have rather than keep… Continue reading Upcycling
Whether you've seen the latest David Attenborough documentary on Netflix or not, the fact that the natural world is suffering is inescapable. Climate change is a real and immediate threat – the wildfires in Australia and the US this year have been catastrophic – and it's not going away. There is a global target of… Continue reading Day 294 – Planted a Tree
At the beginning of this year, I made the intention of reducing my plastic use and my carbon-footprint in general. I reduced my wardrobe down to 33 items, haven't bought any new clothes so far (both things I am still happily doing), and try to reduce food waste wherever possible. Plastic is, unfortunately, unavoidable most… Continue reading Day 244 – Beeswax Wraps
Zhug does not have the most appetising name and I'm not even 100% sure how to pronounce it, but it has been on my 'to make' list for a long time. Zhug (or zhoug) is a spicy green sauce from Yemen and is normally used over meats and vegetables. I love Middle Eastern food perhaps… Continue reading Day 111 – Made Zhug
Since I made my (very useful) natural cleaner with leftover citrus peels, I've kept an ever-growing stash in the freezer. I like to eliminate as much food waste as I can (I also keep vegetable offcuts to make vegetable stock), but with everything going on, I was running out of space in my freezer. The… Continue reading Day 76 – Air Freshener
The old saying goes that when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Well, this weekend life gave me oranges, so I made marmalade. A few weeks ago I tried the Too Good To Go app, and have had nothing but good results saving food from being wasted since. Yesterday I noticed my local organic supermarket… Continue reading Day 47 – Marmalade
After last weeks plans to make lip balm went awry, my friend came over today and we decided to finally give it a try. When I was researching how to make the lip balms, I realised that we could also make lotion bars (a solid bar of lotion that melts into the skin, nourishing the… Continue reading Day 41 – Balms and lotions
A lazy, rainy Sunday is a perfect time for making something. Lucky for me, I have a whole list of new things to make, top of the list being to make a cover for the lamp I got from the flea market a few weeks ago. The lamp in case you didn't catch it. I… Continue reading Day 33 – Lampshade cover
Yesterday I mentioned about food waste, and what I'm trying to do to reduce it in my house. It's not easy and I'm certainly no angel, but I reckon it's better to do something when I can rather than nothing at all. So today, I used my leftover citrus bits (orange rinds, squeezed lemon halves,… Continue reading Day 31 – Natural cleaner
In my on-going efforts to be more sustainable, one big focus for me this year is to produce less food waste. I make a meal plan and shopping list every week, use the freezer to save most things, and turn my stale bread into breadcrumbs, but I can, like many people, be guilty of finding… Continue reading Day 30 – Too Good To Go
New Day, New Thing 