Author: Emma Reed

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9 Things We Need To Be Focussing On If We Suspect A Company Of Greenwashing

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Greenwashing, this is my biggest bugbear right now. I have written about this before here but if you aren’t familiar with the term here is the definition:

What Is Greenwashing?

“Greenwashing is when a company or organization spends more time and money on marketing themselves as environmentally friendly than on minimizing their environmental impact. It is a deceitful advertising gimmick intended to mislead consumers who prefer to buy goods and services from environmentally conscious brands“

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How To Dry Cloth Nappies In The Winter

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The summer is over and the chillier days are now upon us which can only mean one thing— cloth nappies are harder to dry!! This is when a lot of cloth parents begin to worry, when they may start to run out due to lack of space for drying and when cloth can become overwhelming. It is so different to using cloth in the summer so how can you dry cloth nappies in the winter?

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How And Why Home Yoga Has Been Such A Benefit To Me

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Just before we went into lockdown, I’d been considering taking up a yoga class. Having had back problems for years now and feeling exasperated by the differing opinions of chiropractors, I felt I needed to do something myself. But just as I was doing some searches of local classes, everything shut down due to covid and I was left really disheartened. But then I discovered Yoga with Adriene online and I began to attempt and actually really enjoy learning yoga at home. If you haven’t heard of Adriene, she is a truly fantastic yoga teacher. Not only is her voice calming and reassuring but she has a video for almost every possible ache, pain, bodily issue you have plus she has them at differing levels. It feels as though she really guides you through your yoga journey by offering alternative moves, telling you to ease off if needs be, explaining what your body should be feeling and what to do if it just doesn’t feel quite right to you. I have found her online sessions to be something I look forward to doing and now I try to regularly get yoga into my week. Home yoga has brought quite a few benefits to me which I thought I would quickly share with you today.

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With all of the technology and indoor entertainment our children have available to them, encouraging them to enjoy the great outdoors can be a challenge. A great way to get them connected to their natural surroundings is to get them into hiking. Taking your kids out on various hikes will teach them how to develop a lifelong relationship with the outdoors and nature. As their parent, you will need to teach them how to hike safely and you will need to make sure they are prepared for their adventure.

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Revamping your bedroom can make a huge difference to your overall wellbeing and quality of life. After all, we spend eight hours in our bedrooms sleeping every night, so it makes sense that you should have a calming sanctuary that you can relax in. If your bedroom is looking worse for wear, the decor is looking shabby and it’s full of clutter, this can actually affect your quality of sleep and in turn, have an effect on your quality of life in the daytime. For a bedroom that you can’t wait to go home to at night and sleep in, make these four things a priority.

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