I am not currently writing for Family Footprint Project as I have returned to university to become a counsellor. I am leaving it up as an archive for now. I hope you find it helpful for working on your own family footprint project.
I have decided that I will buy no new clothes in 2023. Two things recently have motivated me to do this. In January, my friend Lisa had a birthday party where the theme was 'You do you'. I decided to go dressed in 'Op Shop Chic'. Then, earlier this month it was...
Are you stockpiling soft plastics, waiting for soft plastic recycling to resume? I'm afraid you might be waiting a while. With REDCycle facing legal action, it could be a year or more before soft plastic collections resume in Woolies and Coles. In this post, I'd like...
Over the years I've collected a few ideas for DIY activity kits for kids and I thought I'd collect them all together in one spot for both you and me! These make great lower-waste gifts for children's birthdays or Christmas. There are so many plastic-filled craft kits...
Consumerism. Materialism. Wait, aren't they the same thing? I admit, I hadn't really thought about it before reading, "Curing Affluenza: How to Buy Less Stuff and Save the World" by Richard Denniss. I kind of just lumped them into the same bag and didn't really...
Did you know tomorrow is International Repair Day? There are many excellent reasons to repair things and International Repair Day, an initiative of Open Repair Alliance, aims to raise awareness of the value of fixing things. Why Repair? In a society that has become...
Is eco-friendly style an oxymoron? Does being fashionable not require a consumerist mindset? Or is it possible to be stylish and sustainable at the same time? Dressing Sustainably A while ago, I wrote a post about dressing sustainably. I mentioned that, in my effort...