Reading Time: 7 minutesAre you looking round your house and feel it needs a complete overhaul? Or, have you found your ‘forever’ house, but, it needs a lot of work? You may think it’ll break the bank, but frugal and zero waste house renovation tactics might be the answer. Not only that, but these tend to be ways […]
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Greetings Cards from Repurposed Materials: Five ways
Reading Time: 5 minutesMaking your own greetings cards can be fun, creative, and a way to send cards that strike a cord with your friend or family’s likes and tastes. Here are five ways to make greetings cards from repurposed materials. Your card making can be sustainable and will cost very few pence/cents. These are not exactly high […]
Cow and Corn: Ancient Food and Climate Change
Reading Time: 2 minutesCow and corn: a vital food producing, soil-saving combination over large parts of the region where I live. And indeed, all over the world. We’ve come down from the hill to plains. This is a story of ancient food that lives under the ground; of poop and soil. What can we learn from Saxon peasants, […]
Imaginary Homestead: Can We Grow What We Eat?
Reading Time: 9 minutesCan we grow what we eat? Or, more importantly, can we grow what we think we should eat? What should we eat? Should we eat just some meat? No meat – go vegan? Is dairy bad? Uh oh, does that mean cheese is out then? These are the questions that I think many people are […]
A Sustainable Diet Is a PlaceBasedDiet
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt‘s been said that we’re the only species on earth that doesn’t know what to eat. When it comes to eating to save the planet, we hear so much conflicting advice. It can be hard to know what to do. So what is a sustainable diet, and can we do? This is a preview of […]
A new Zero Waste Shop in Worcester: Why Bulk Bins?
Reading Time: 7 minutesI’ve been looking for bulk bin buying options to avoid plastic waste when food shopping for a while now, but my nearest stores have been around 30 miles away. However, we now have a zero waste shop in Worcester, where I live, called Pack It In Zero Waste Living. Marvellous! It opened on Saturday in the […]
