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 was asked the other day, "Why is landfill a bad thing?" At first I thought this was some kind of rhetorical or 'devil's advocate' question. I'm pretty sure now that it was asked in all seriousness. So, I thought, if one person had that question, many others must...
I am in a war against unsolicited mail. Naturally, we have a NO JUNK MAIL sticker on our letterbox so we don't have to deal with supermarket catalogues, take-away menus and the like. Real estate agents still seem to think their 'property evaluation offers' are not...
Our solar power was installed on 27 May 2020. Shortly after we were able to disconnect completely from natural gas as heating was our only gas appliance. A year on, I thought I'd talk a little about our experience. Our System ECG Electrical in Canberra installed quite...
Often, it seems to me, convenience hurts the environment. Specifically, I'm thinking about convenient services offered to deal with things such as our waste. Bear with me here. Let me explain further. Bulky Waste Collections Recently my local government announced it...
Have you had any family footprint project fails? I hope I don't paint a picture on this blog that our own family footprint project has been free of mishaps and mistakes. Do you love those Pinterest Fail memes as much as I do? Well, I thought I'd share some of our own...
Are you ready to reduce your carbon footprint to the next level? Have you taken some first steps to reduce the ecological footprint of your household and now you're looking for some next steps to take? Here I list some next-level things to do. Don't forget to go back...