Kitchen Herb Windowsill Garden Kit - Review
For the black thumbs or green thumb challenged, this Kitchen Herb Windowsill Garden Kit is a great way to start growing your own fresh herbs
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with Amy French
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Find simple and practical ways to reduce waste and live a more sustainable, eco-friendly lifestyle.
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Amy French
6 min read
Make Your Hotel Stay Zero Waste (ish)
Travelling zero waste is a little tricky, but there are some simple ways to make your hotel stay low or zero waste and ecofriendly. From wha
Amy French
6 min read
How To Fight Food Waste: War On Food Waste
Household Food Waste is a big deal and most of us throw at least some food out each week which costs us a lot of money and negatively impact
Amy French
3 min read
DIY Natural Moth Balls with Essential Oils
Non toxic, natural moth balls and moth repellents are easy to make yourself using cedar wood and essential oils. This mini tutorial will sho
Amy French
8 min read
How To Reduce Bathroom Waste
Bathrooms can be a huge source of waste in the home creating trash that fills up your recycling or landfill bin. This post will take you th
Amy French
4 min read
Easy Ways To Use Food Scraps
Looking for some easy ways to rescue your food, or use up some common food scraps? It's easier than you think and here are a few simple
Amy French
7 min read
Zero Waste Takeaway Food
Zero waste takeaway food may not always be possible, but there are plenty of ways to do takeout with less waste. Here are some great tips on
Amy French
6 min read
Zero Waste Father's Day Ideas - Ecofriendly Gifts For Dad
Fathers day is fast approaching and we are already being bombarded with advertising advising us what we should buy. In this post, I'll s
Amy French
7 min read
How To Make Zero Waste Soup
Soup is the perfect way to cook zero waste and I'm sharing my secret methods of using scraps and potential food waste to make delicious
Amy French
8 min read
Waste Free Drinks On The Go
Getting takeaway drinks on the go can derail your efforts to be ecofriendly and leave you with a pile of trash. Whether it's coffee, smo
Amy French
3 min read
Plastic Free Bubble Baths
Looking for plastic free bubble bath? Here is a plastic free and zero waste option for bubble baths for kids and adults. Lush bubble bars c
Amy French
8 min read
How To Recycle Better, No Matter Where You Live
Knowing what you can recycle and how is going to make a big difference to your landfill and trash. Some materials are commonly accepted by k
Amy French
3 min read
How To Recycle Coffee Cups in Australia
Think you can't recycle coffee cups? Then think again, Coffee Cup recycling stations are popping up around Australia so if you find your
Amy French
4 min read
War on Waste Challenge - Start Here
Start a Zero Waste challenge with a difference. Forget about trying to fit your waste into a trash jar and start focusing on things that ma
Liv (The Cheeky Mommy)
6 min read
9 Easy Ways To Reduce Plastic Use
The global effects of the overuse of plastic is on everyone’s mind. If we want our grandchildren to grow up with same beautiful planet we cu
Amy French
4 min read
Film Review: Being The Change, A New Kind Of Climate Documentary
Being The Change - A new kind of Climate Documentary was released in April this year, so I was super excited to get my hands on it. Many of
Amy French
5 min read
How to Stop Wasting Bread Crust
Many kids hate crust and some adults too. Whether it's the end of the bread or sandwich crust, both are a common source of food waste th
Amy French
5 min read
Citrus Infused Vinegar and How To Use It
Citrus Infused vinegar is one of the best natural cleaners that you can make yourself and can replace many chemical cleaners in your home. I
Amy French
4 min read
Best of The Blog - Top 10 Posts
It's been almost a year since I began this site and today I thought I would share the most popular posts over this time. So, here is a l
Amy French
5 min read
How To Fix Crystallised Honey (7 Options)
Here are 7 great ways to deal with crystallised honey rather than throw it out.
There is no need to EVER throw away honey, and you can brin
Amy French
8 min read
Book Review : A Zero Waste Life in 30 Days
The new book A Zero Waste Life in 30 Days written by Anita Vandyke hit the shelves this month and I couldn't resist getting hold of a co
Amy French
3 min read
Simple Compost Tea for the Garden
Making compost tea from kitchen food scraps is a great way to feed your garden, especially if you don't have a home compost system. This
Amy French
2 min read
Homemade Minty Lemon Toothpaste Recipe
This is a natural, simple to make, lemon and mint toothpaste recipe with an organic coconut oil and bicarb soda base, and NO artificial swee
Amy French
4 min read
7 Eco-Friendly Tips that Save Time
Don't have time to be eco-friendly and care for the planet?
Then you NEED these 7 Eco-friendly tips that WILL actually save you time, re
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