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.

a lemon in a bowl going into a microwave

The Easiest Way To Clean a Microwave

Posted on May 1, 2022October 19, 2024 by Emma Reed

Cleaning your home or appliances shouldn’t ever be tough work or involve lots of harmful chemicals. Having swapped to all natural cleaning a few years ago, I have discovered that we only need a handful of safe and eco-friendly products to do almost every cleaning job going and here I am going to share THE easiest way to clean a microwave. I promise you will never look back.

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The Environmental Benefits of Buying Antique Jewellery

Posted on April 8, 2022October 19, 2024 by Emma Reed

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When we talk about living more sustainably our heads often go to reducing plastic, switching to reusables, walking more, flying less and so on but one really impactful way of doing more for the environment is opting to shop vintage over new. There are many fantastic secondhand options available to us these days from charity shops to antique stores, online shops and apps, all of which allow items to continue to be used and cherished. I am sure that many of you already know the benefits of shopping for clothing in this way but have you ever considered the environmental benefits of buying antique jewellery? Let’s take a look at some of those here…

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Reducing Your Waste – A Few Simple Steps

Posted on March 31, 2022January 28, 2025 by Emma Reed

Reducing household waste is such an important factor in becoming more environmentally friendly. Whether your rubbish goes to a landfill in your own country, is shipped off to another country or is incinerated, none are good options for our planet. My trigger for changing our lifestyle was hearing that disposable nappies can take 500 years to breakdown and that even then, they are never fully gone. When we throw away, there isn’t really an away, it’s just away from our homes and when we start to really look at what the items we use are made of, it most definitely opens your eyes.

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How to Encourage Sustainability In the Neighbourhood

Posted on March 30, 2022October 24, 2024 by Emma Reed

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Once you’ve mastered the ways to become more eco-friendly as a parent, you can start thinking about the bigger picture. The best place to start is by considering your local community, and there are many ways you can encourage your neighbours and local businesses to think about how their actions can impact the environment. If you want to get an idea of how to encourage sustainability in the neighbourhood (and even beyond), here are some tips to help.

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What Ingredients Do You Need To Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products?

Posted on March 29, 2022October 20, 2024 by Emma Reed

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Whenever I start talking about making my own eco-friendly cleaning products I am usually met with two feelings – That sounds complicated and that must be so time-consuming. I completely understand that because I felt the same way when I first started looking into doing this but now I know what each product does, I know how well they work and where I can use them and because I have created eco-cleaning graphics that I can quickly refer to, I find this way of cleaning extremely fun and satisfying. So here are the ingredients you need to make eco-friendly cleaning products and why…

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The BEST Eco-Friendly Homemade Toilet Cleaner You Will Try

Posted on March 29, 2022October 20, 2024 by Emma Reed

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Cleaning a toilet the eco-friendly way can have its challenges. If you are anything like past me, you have probably always grabbed that bottle of bleach to get that clean look/sparkle/fresh smell but it really isn’t doing everything you think it is PLUS it is terrible for the environment. It took me a while to realise but once I knew, I made the changes I needed in order to make my home more eco-friendly. Trouble was, I couldn’t find a product that gave me the clean my toilet needed (not with 2 young boys in the house!). So, I started to look into making my own products. One fun product I made, which you may have seen on my blog before, are toilet bombs. They combine the power of citric acid and bicarb to create an easy to use fizzing “bomb” that will do all the hard work for you. Now, I do love these but they do take some time and practise to make and as a busy Mum, I don’t have much time! So, I needed to come up with something else. Something quick, something easy, something that worked just as well… I came up with something that in fact worked better! My eco-friendly homemade toilet cleaner and this is how you make it:

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What an Ethical Approach to Family Travel Should Look Like

Posted on March 21, 2022November 4, 2024 by Emma Reed

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Today, more and more people are looking to travel in a way that’s ethical and eco-friendly. But what should that look like when you’re taking a trip overseas with your family? Wanting to travel ethically and actually doing it are two very different things, and if you’re not sure where to start, this ecotourist guide below should be able to provide you with the information you need, so read on now.

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