Presents that save you money are not just for Christmas! I’ve compiled a list of gift ideas that will make a big difference to the pocket of the recipient. All the Amazon links are affiliate ones, so I get a bit of money if you buy after clicking a link. If you are a smaller business and sell anything that …
Ethical gift ideas for under a tenner
In my hunt for the perfect present I’m grouping together a list of ethical gifts that are under £10 (or $10 depending on where you are in the world!). I don’t get any freebies or money for advertising these products unless I mention that in the description. If you have a product you want to add to the list, please …
Unusual Zero Waste Present Ideas
It is not easy to find presents for people sometimes, especially people like me who don’t want clutter! I’ve compiled a list of gifts that are zero waste or will help you reduce your environmental impact in some way. Unless stated, these are not paid for links, I am not benefitting from advertising the products on this page. If you …
Why I’m going zero waste this Christmas
Christmas is a time of giving but I don’t want to give burdens. I especially don’t want to burden the planet up with more stuff that goes to landfill. So this year, I’m attempting a fully zero waste Christmas. My relationship with Christmas is pretty complex, basically I hate it. I love getting people presents but not when a seasonal …
Why I pay for things I can get for free and what I do if I can’t pay
There is a lot of free stuff around, especially on the internet. This article explains why it makes me happy to pay for things when I don’t technically need to. What do I get for free I design websites on a platform called WordPress which is a huge database driven by things called plugins. Plugins do everything from annoying pop …
3 things to buy that stop you wasting food and money
Wasted food is money thrown away. There are three things I use almost daily that make wasting food more difficult: Hand blender With the ability to mush up food comes the power to turn leftovers into deliciousness. Roast extra veg and just add water before you whizz it up into amazing soup. Brown bananas make the healthiest ice cream and …
10 Easy ways to save money on food
Years ago I was teaching craft in an area that had a lot of poverty. We had funding through the Workers Education Authority to deliver classes that would improve mental health. The class before mine was about saving money on food. I didn’t go to the class but I was told everyone walked out because the first thing the teacher …
How boycotting a brand can make life easier
Cutting down the amount of choice you have when you go shopping can make life much easier. This is not a judgmental or campaigning post, it is about choices and picking your own battle. Why I boycott Nestle When I was in my 20’s I was lucky enough to travel around South East Asia. I had the most extraordinary time …
Random acts of zero waste kindness
I’ve been feeling a bit flat recently. I’m working hard and getting nowhere, and the car is about to snuff it. I was unrealistically hoping my most recent book would hit the best sellers list and I could give up the day job. Keeping control of clutter is easy enough but supporting hundreds of others to do it takes energy …
Remember to use up food before it goes off with these free printable food waste stickers
This little freebie has 3 different signs you can use in your fridge or cupboards to tell people when food needs using up. There are variations in colour and black and white in case you don’t have a colour printer. Get your free Food-Waste-Stickers here the PDF will open in a new window.
Zero Waste Week 2017 – budget ways to be zero waste
At the end of just 5 days of Zero Waste Week I have 2 bags of rubbish. One is a plastic bag full of wet newspaper from the cats litter trays. The other is a smaller bag of stuff I cannot recycle. The main problem I have is the thinner type of plastic, cellophane and the packaging that spinach comes …
Zero Waste Week 17 Day 5 – Making useful stuff out of the useless
In a nutshell – it is Zero Waste Week 2017 and I’m trying out ways of extending the life of old things. This week I turned a useless duvet into 16 useful things. I’ve been making Morsbags for a while now but the bag of clean rags going into the recycling was bothering me a bit. Zero Waste Week was …