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  • Conscious Consuming,  New Habits

    Refuse – Top of the Waste Pyramid

    REFUSE is at the top of the Waste Reducing Principles and, I’ve realised, for good reason. The more I look at ways to reduce our carbon footprint, the more I realise that the secret to eliminating many waste streams and…

  • 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…

  • Conscious Consuming,  Reducing Waste

    A More Sustainable Back to School

    Too soon to be talking about back to school? Maybe. At the time of writing this, school has not yet officially finished for the year. We’re all still looking forward to the long summer break, free from the early morning…

  • Conscious Consuming,  Reducing Waste

    Lower Waste School Stationery

    It is school stationery list time and, if you are becoming a more conscious consumer, you are probably looking for lower waste school stationery options. The school stationery list has been a thorn in my side ever since my children…

  • Conscious Consuming,  Reducing Waste

    Greener Gift Giving

    I touched on greener gift giving in my lower footprint Christmas post but it is a big and important topic. It also has relevance not just at Christmas but throughout the whole year. It deserves a post of its own.…

  • A lower footprint Christmas decoration
    Conscious Consuming,  Reducing Waste

    A lower footprint Christmas

    Christmas and the holidays around it are not typically a low impact season. Moderation is not a word usually used in relation to the silly season! No one wants Scrooge or the Grinch around at Christmas time but for any…

  • mismatched jars on pantry shelf
    Conscious Consuming,  Reducing Waste

    Use what you have

    The idea to ‘use what you have’ is not new but it is difficult to break free from the consumerist principles of our society even when we are trying to live a lower waste life. Even those with anti-consumerist values…

  • Conscious Consuming,  Reducing Waste

    Waste Reducing Principles

    What are waste reducing principles? Well, they are the actions we can take to divert our household (or office or business or factory…) waste away from landfill. One of our family footprint goals for 2019 is to reduce as much…

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We particularly acknowledge the Ngunnawal people, on whose land our family lives. May we tread a little lighter.
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