Building A Backyard Homestead: 13 Ideas For Living Small & (Self) Sustainably
Looking to embrace a simpler, self-sufficient lifestyle? Dig into these backyard homestead ideas. After all, there’s no place like home(stead)…
Sustainable & Ethical Living
Here we cover topics focused on sustainable living including carbon reduction, kids & babies, food choices, low impact cleaning, better homewares & furniture, holidays and of course, pets.
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Learning
What does it actually mean to live more sustainably? What can we (as regular people) do to make an impact (however small)? We dig into these important questions here. See all in sustainable living education 📗
What Is Sustainable Living?
Eco-friendly, Non-toxic Kitchen & Cleaning
We spend so much time preparing food and hanging out in the kitchen and to a less thrilling extent, cleaning! Oh golly, aren’t there a lot of things to consider here: sustainability, toxicity and health, ethics, waste… the list goes on. We’re here to help with low impact products and ideas for the kitchen and your eco cleaning routine. See all in kitchen & cleaning 🍳
9 Reusable Paper Towels Helping You Ditch The Disposables
Single-use habits can be hard to break but with the best reusable paper towels it’s one easy eco-swap that can soak up a lot of waste…
Better Furniture & Homewares
Ahhh home, the best space of all! Except that waste and overconsumption can flourish here without a watchful, conscious hand guiding the way. We share products and ideas for the home that are a little better than traditional options (assuming you’ve exhausted all secondhand options first of course). See all in furniture & homewares 🏠
sustainable Kids, Babies & Eco-Parenting
They are our little preciouses, the inheritors of past generations’ mistakes and the future of mankind #nopressure… Say hello to the tricky combination of #ecoanxiety x #parentguilt. That’s a long way of saying that this section should help with some of your baby and kids’ needs (where new is the only option). See all in kids and babies 🧒🏽
7 Organic Baby Skin Care Products For Pampering & Protecting Your Little One
Holidays, Parties & Better Gifting
Waste less by gifting thoughtful, more fit-for-purpose gifts that will actually be loved or used (and not left to gather dust on a shelf or in a drawer). We share our best eco gifting picks for each season and our guides on throwing low waste parties and holiday celebrations 🎁
Gardening & Sustainable Food
What we choose to eat makes a difference. Where we get our food from makes a difference. How much we eat and waste makes a difference. We all have a lot of power to reduce greenhouse gases by growing our own and making low impact choices. Here we share our guides on food growing, composting and better food options. See all in gardening & food 🍽️🌿
What Not To Compost: 33 Things You Shouldn’t Put In Your Compost Bin
Better shopping
Want to buy better products for yourself, your family and the planet but find the search exhausting and overwhelming? With so many views on what “sustainable”, “eco-friendly”, “non-toxic” and “ethical” even are, it can be a little much! Here we share ideas for shopping better and list our favorite retailers who do the hard work for you by stocking a wide range of ethical and sustainable products 🛒
Low Impact pets
For many of us, fur babies are non-negotiables when it comes to living family life to its absolute fullest. So how do we make sure we minimize their impact on the planet? Here we share our product and parenting guides for our fuzzy, wuzzy buddies 🐕🐱
