Cutting down the amount of plastic in your everyday life can be challenging. Though it's easy for most people to ditch plastic straws and single-use carrier bags, a common pain point is toiletries. From shampoo and conditioner to toothpaste and deodorants, just about all the products we use to stay smelling fresh and looking good … Continue reading The best eco-friendly makeup removers and moisturisers
When it comes to adding greenery to your home and garden, the debate about whether it's okay to use artificial foliage has been in the air for quite some time. Many people swear by so-called fauxliage, while others say they’d never dream of spending their cash on anything but the real deal. In part, that's … Continue reading Foliage vs Fauxliage: Is it okay to fake it?
Trying to live a more ethical, sustainable lifestyle can get pretty frustrating. It sometimes feels like for every problem you identify, and find a workaround for, you’ll realise there are five other parts of your life where something isn’t right. You cut out single-use plastics like straws and carrier bags, but then you start to … Continue reading How to make your everyday lifestyle greener
Have you all survived Black Friday and Cyber Monday? I sure hope so. Because today is #GivingTuesday and that's not a way of saying "give away the stuff you bought in the weekend sales and then start shopping all over again." Giving Tuesday is about giving something back, and to mark this year's hashtag frenzy, … Continue reading #DontWasteChristmas
Yes, I did make the title rhyme on purpose. Plastic waste is getting a lot of attention at the moment, because us humans are making so goddarn much of it. It's clogging up rivers and oceans, it's killing sealife and it's just generally ruining a whole bunch of things at an alarming rate. Like, the … Continue reading Ocean Plastic: An Infographic