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Eco Alternatives to Wrapping Paper

  We love to find quick and easy eco friendly alternatives and the Furoshiki method of cloth wrapping is a perfect example of that! This Japanese cloth wrapping tecnique is wonderful for using up old scarves or scraps of material you have around the house. Wrapping paper is often single use and difficult to recycle or degrade because  of some of the materials used to make it. This includes glitter or the plastic lining much wrapping paper utilises. Cloth on the other hand can be used time and time again. Other alternatives include re using old brown paper bags or making use of  old gift boxes or shoe boxes. Old jam jars or tins are great for  gifting homemade cookies or other goods and  little cloth tote bags are a fantastic alternative to gift bags which are also usually lined with pesky plastic! There are so many ways to get creative with alternative gifting options that don't require wrapping at all! Why not visit our earlier post on gifting expereinces inste...

Turn off the lights

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Around 11 per cent of your energy bill is for lighting. Switching to LED lightbulbs and turning off the lights when you leave a room makes your home more energy efficient – because when you consume less power, you reduce the amount of pollution generated by power plants. This in turn directly helps the environment .   #SwitchforNature #switchoff

Use the Sun to Dry Your Clothes

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    Save electricity by drying your clothes outside instead of in the dryer. Invest in a clothes airer so if the weather is not great you can still hang them up inside or on a balcony. Less money, less energy. Better for the environment. Your clothes will last longer Top 10 Reasons to Line Dry

Shower With A Friend and Save Water!

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  Water is such a finite resource. We can all do little things to save it where we can. Take shorter showers.  Aim for a 4 minute shower.  Find a 4 minute song and shower to that! Find a friend and shower together.  Save cooking water to put on plants. Turn the tap off when brushing teeth. Use water saver sprinklers and hoses. Find more water saving tips here. #SaveWater #ShorterShowers #30WaysToMakeADifference #Environment #ClimateChange #HealthyHabits #ShareThisPost