Category: Eco Living

My eco topics category is my latest addition to my blog. I decided to make changes to my lifestyle in 2018 because I knew we needed to take steps to become more eco-friendly. It began with the change to reusable nappies and wipes and from there I made a promise to continue to try and find other ways to improve our wasteful ways and at the same time offer up tips, advice and hopefully inspire others. 

Making these changes has had such a positive impact on us as a family. We are enjoying finding new ways of doing things, we love talking about it with others and we are saving money too! Such a win! Eco topics are now a huge passion of mine and I hope you will enjoy them as much as we are.

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Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas

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I don’t do your usual gift guides but every now and then I do like to provide my own recommendations based on products I have tried, I regularly use and love. Here are some that you may want to consider as gifts this year that are eco-friendly.

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Review | Wolf & Gypsy Ethical And Sustainable Jewellery

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As a busy parent, jewellery hasn’t featured much in my everyday look for quite a while but now that the youngest is a little bit older I decided that I needed to start taking a little more pride in my appearance and adding some lovely pieces to my daytime wear was at the top of my list. However, I didn’t just want cheap highstreet items, I wanted quality, unique and also a company that is ethical. Wolf & Gypsy can provide this as well as sustainability…

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How To Make A Simple Eco-Friendly Bird Feeder

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When it comes to being eco-friendly, the easier the better is my motto (that and small sustainable steps) plus if you can involve your children, that is also a bonus. Being able to show them how we can make our own items, help to reduce waste and also help nature is vital for the future and I love finding new ideas for us to do together. So, here is a simple eco-friendly bird feeder that even the smallest hands can help with.

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How To Clean Your Washing Machine Naturally

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It may surprise you that a washing machine needs to be cleaned and it may surprise you even more that this should be carried out every single month. In this post I am going to show you how this can be done quickly, easily and with completely natural ingredients.

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When The Clever Cactus asked me to try out and review her eco-friendly reusable kitchen roll I was delighted because for one, I already love her products and secondly because this was one area that I hadn’t yet been able to tackle due to me not being able to persuade my husband to ditch the disposable stuff.

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How Many Cloth Nappies Do I Need?

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When you first start looking into using cloth nappies, it can feel a little overwhelming but one of the most common questions that comes up is how many will I need? There are a few factors that will alter this which I will go into in this post but a quick answer (because you are a busy parent googling for info) is around 20-25 if you are planning on using cloth nappies full time.

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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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