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Our Project Focus for 2020

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Use what you have

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Minimising Food Waste at Home

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How to: Reusable Fabric Gift Bags

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  • Organic Waste
    Reducing Waste

    Managing Organic Waste If You Can’t Compost

    How can you manage organic waste if you can’t compost at home? We are fortunate to have a garden and space to deal with our organic waste on-site but what if you live in an apartment? There might be many…

  • Compass showing direction
    Greener Transport,  Our Project,  Reducing Waste

    2021 Focus for Our Project

    After a somewhat mixed year in 2020, what is my key 2021 focus for our family footprint project? As I said last year when I wrote about my goals for the year, while I admire people who can make sweeping…

  • Our Project

    2020 Family Footprint Review

    It’s time for my 2020 Family Footprint Review. December is always a good time for reflection so it’s time to look back on how we went with our family footprint project in the weird year that was 2020. 2020 –…

  • Solar panels to reduce carbon emissions
    New Habits,  Sustainable Swaps

    Maximum Footprint Reduction, Minimal Lifestyle Change

    Are you looking for the maximum footprint reduction with minimal lifestyle change? Although I write about all the little – and big – things individual households can do to reduce their environmental footprint, I recognise that most people are probably…

  • Reducing Waste

    Low Waste Advent Calendar Ideas

    I’ve gathered together some low waste Advent calendar ideas for you to share with your family this year. Counting down to Christmas is a popular family pastime but store-bought Advent calendars tend to be waste heavy. Making your own low-waste…

  • Reusable Fabric Gift Bag Tutorial
    Reducing Waste,  Tutorial

    How to: Reusable Fabric Gift Bags

    Last year I made a number of reusable fabric gift bags to wrap our Christmas gifts, to make our Christmas lower waste. I was prompted to do this when a friend asked me if I would be able to make…

  • Unhelpful Absolute Statements
    Hopefulness,  New Habits

    Unhelpful Absolute Statements

    There are some very unhelpful absolute statements going around. I mean the sort of statements where black is black and white is white and there is nothing in between. The sort of statements that say, “Unless you do this perfectly,…

  • A Life on Our Planet Key Takeaways
    Activism,  Hopefulness,  Our Project

    Key Takeaways from “A Life on Our Planet”

    Have you seen David Attenborough’s new film, “A Life on Our Planet” on Netflix yet? Attenborough calls it his ‘witness statement’ as someone who has seen, close up, the effect of human activity on the climate over his lifetime. He…

  • Tools for Easy Clothing Repairs
    Reducing Waste

    Clothing Repairs You Can Manage Yourself

    When I wrote about dressing sustainably, one tip I gave was about clothing repairs. The longer we use a piece of clothing, the lower its carbon footprint. “Just by doubling the time we use an item of clothing from one…

  • Sustainable clothes on rustic rack
    Conscious Consuming

    Dressing Sustainably: Creating an Eco Wardrobe

    As someone who is eco-conscious, dressing sustainably is something that is on my mind. I have never been much of a ‘shopper’ and buying clothes has never really been something that I’d choose as a pleasant day out. My, let’s…

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Family Footprint Project acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of this land, and pay respect to the Elders past, present and emerging.
We particularly acknowledge the Ngunnawal people, on whose land our family lives. May we tread a little lighter.
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