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Swap Party

Swap Party

Today is World Environment Day and we went to a Swap Party. They can be found all over Sydney at the moment and the concept is easy. You bring some clothes (or other stuff), you receive a token for each of your items and swap them for stuff other people brought. It is similar to [...]

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Chemical free living – start cleaning now

Do you have all the products you need to start your chemical free cleaning journey? If so let’s mix them up. If not check my shopping list. It is best to keep your new cleaning products in some kind of bottle/container. If you can, reuse old containers, e.g. old spray bottles or buy reusable bottles [...]

Posted in cleaning | Tagged avoiding, bathroom, benchtop, bicarb, borax, cleaning, Essential oils, high chair, kitchen, lemon, lounge. dining, Microfibre, no chemicals, reusing, salt, sink, tile, toilet, tub, washing soda, White vinegar | Leave a response

How sustainable is your high chair?

How sustainable is your high chair?

When you have a baby you purchase products you have never even thought about buying before. A car seat, pram, cot, change table is just what you start with. With the variety of different brands and models it is hard enough to make a decision. If you want to make an ecofriendly decision it gets [...]

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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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Christmas tree?

Christmas tree?

On my way back from work I came across a massive christmas tree in The Rocks (Sydney). I had to look twice to realise that it was made out of bicycles. Clever idea of recycling and creating something amazing. I started thinking about our christmas tree. My parents are going to be with us this [...]

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