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How To Make A Natural Weedkiller

Weedkillers always worry me. Not only do we have kids, we also have pets and I never know how toxic they are to wildlife and insects either. So I decided to do some googling and came across a few recipes for making your own natural weedkiller. Most involved white vinegar and salt but in massive amounts which would make far too much for the average UK garden owner (let’s face it most new homes have a garden the size of a postage stamp!) I gave it a try, after a few hours we already saw results, so here is what we did…

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23 Simple Ways To Reduce Your Household Waste

Reducing our household waste has been an ongoing process for the last 2 years and even though it all comes with research and learning curves we are finally making a huge dent in how many bin liners leave our home for landfill. Our best ever was one bin bag in one week and that’s a family of 4 with one child still in nappies, a dog and a cat!! Yes, it is doable and no it doesn’t have to be hard and I want to share exactly how everybody could make changes within their own lives and lifestyles to work towards a more environmentally friendly future for all of us. Here are 23 simple ways to reduce your household waste…

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Review | Leaf and Root Luxury Eco-Friendly Cosmetics

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Being more eco-friendly doesn’t stop with ditching those plastic bags or using natural cleaners, for me it is a lifestyle change which means finding businesses and solutions for all areas. I want to be able to say that I am doing the absolute best that I can, I want to know that my carbon footprint is being significantly reduced and feel happy that I am keeping my waste to a minimum. And once you start looking for products you will be pleasantly surprised by how many are available to us, it’s just the case of changing how we shop (not everything needs to come from the supermarket!) Toiletries, cosmetics and other self-care items all tend to come to us wrapped in plastic, contain a variety of perfumes and chemicals and are often tested on animals before coming to us. All of which we all want stopping but the only way to achieve this is by showing these companies that we no longer want products like these and the best course of action is to shop elsewhere and to shop eco. 

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Getting gifts is not only a nice thing to do for others, but can also make us feel good as well. We likely need to get gifts for all different types of people in our lives, from those who are incredibly difficult to buy for, to hobbyists with a very obvious passion.

While getting gifts for a hobbyist might seem easy as you can accurately predict what they like, this isn’t always the case. See, if a person is a big-time hobbyist, there is a good chance that they already have just about everything they could in regards to their hobby. Thankfully, there are still some great gift ideas you can get for the hobbyist in your life, and this article is here to help.

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One of the great things about being in a relationship, especially if you both lack the enthusiasm to kick start your new healthy lifestyle is that you can support one another when making changes to your health and lifestyle. Your partnership can be vital to succeeding as you develop your drive– you could almost become one another’s personal trainer! Hey, and if you really enjoy helping others to workout you could even think about training to be a personal trainer yourself. This is a very rewarding job and would be a flexible and fun career change. You can learn more about personal trainer certification on the NETA website. With a little effort and a push through that wall, you can encourage your partner to do better and in turn, this will also drive you on too.

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How Semi-Vegetarianism Can Help To Save Our Planet

Saving the planet is most certainly at the forefront of a lot more people’s minds and as we all learn new ways to adapt, find new ways to reuse items, work on reducing our waste I know that most of us are still asking ‘is this enough?’ It can be hard to answer this because it isn’t something we can all measure and what isn’t much to one person may be a big change to another. I am all for the message that if everybody made one simple sustainable change in their lives it will have a big impact. But whilst we are focussing on plastic and rubbish, single-use items and litter picking, what about the bigger picture? Your carbon footprint.

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