Following on from one of my previous blogs, Make Do and Mend, I’ve been making a big effort not to buy any new clothes (apart from underwear!). I've never hesitated about the kids wearing secondhand clothes - they grow so quickly that it makes much more sense financially and I regularly swap kids clothes with … Continue reading Say No To New →

One of the first and easiest things we did when starting to be more eco friendly was swapping to bamboo toothbrushes. Our local supermarket used to sell the Humble Brush so that’s what I tried first. Initially the texture of the bamboo felt a bit odd but it didn’t take long to get used to … Continue reading Eco Friendly Tooth Care →

Over the weekend I was chatting to several friends who said how much they’ve been enjoying reading the blog (thank you 😀) and would like to start doing more. So with that in mind, along with my children’s school promoting the Plastic Free Lent challenge, I thought I’d share a few ideas for getting started. … Continue reading How To Get Started →

As The Husband wrote in one of his posts we’ve been trying to minimise our belongings and taking more consideration before we buy things. As part of this new mind set I’ve been trying hard to reuse things we already have, mend things and repurpose existing things. I’ve been very fortunate that a friend has … Continue reading Make Do and Mend →

The Husband and I love curry so occasionally we treat ourselves to a takeaway from our local Indian restaurant. The takeaway comes mainly in foil trays delivered in a paper bag so it’s generally fairly good on the plastic free front, it’s not quite so good on our wallets (or waistline) though so I tend … Continue reading Friday Night is (Plastic Free) Curry Night →

One of our first steps in our mission to cut down on plastic was to replace bottles of shampoo with shampoo bars. I have to say I’m that I was weirdly quite excited about this. As someone with thick and naturally very curly hair, I’m always looking for something that will give me glossy curls … Continue reading Shampoo Bars →

The weekly food shopping is a frustrating experience when trying to be both ethical and environmentally aware. Not only is it extremely difficult to avoid single-use plastic items, but in order to do so we have to shop in many places to get the items we want. We go to our local market for our … Continue reading Lidl Frustrating →

Thanks for joining us! We have launched this blog to help families make easy (and some not-so-easy) changes to their lives that can have a positive impact on the planet. We have always been environmentally aware, but became active environmentalists after viewing A Plastic Ocean in about 1BA (that's Before Attenborough). That, coupled with our efforts … Continue reading The Journey Begins →