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Nothing New

Nothing New

What would you say if someone asked you to buy nothing new for a whole month? “Lunatic”, I said. How do you reckon does it feel to consume more consciously for 4 weeks? Thinking of what you need and why you need it? Avoiding new products as much as possible? At that point I started [...]

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Kids clothes delivery

Kids clothes delivery

Every parent of kids 0 – 4,5,6 years … (when do they stop growing?) have the same problem. We can’t buy clothes as quickly as the kids grow out of them. Especially when they are really small. An American mum-to-be had the perfect idea, she started “Plum“, an online venture for baby clothes delivery. This [...]

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Recycled Toy Sculptures

Recycled Toy Sculptures

Kids have a lot of toys. What do you do with them when the little ones grow older and don’t want their toys anymore? You can hand them down to lovely friends. You can donate them to charity. You can stell them. You hopefullly don’t put them in the bin. Or you make art out [...]

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Plastic Bag Knitting

Plastic Bag Knitting

I can’t knit. That’s not true, I used to knit when I was … younger? Normally you start knitting when you get older. Well, I am different. So, I can’t knit. Little M is too little to knit and I am not sure he would enjoy knitting anyway. But I’d really love to have such [...]

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Plastic bottle committment – update

It has been over 3 months now that we are going plastic drinking bottle free. And it is really going well. We have not bought one single plastic drinking bottle in this time. Instead we opt for glass, liquid paper cardboard or aluminum and recycle them all. Or use a refillable bottle. I am particularly [...]

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