30 ways to make a difference

  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...

Mending clothes is a valuable life skill. It renews worn clothes and adds new life to old or outgrown items. Based on the Japanese art of Sashiko, Visible mending is a grass-roots movement that patches and embroiders clothes, in a sustainable, ethical and creative way. It is one arm of the slow fashion movement that resists the ecological toll of fast fashion by reusing, renewing and recycling; and choosing natural fibres and dyes to live more sustainably. #visibleMending #sashiko #slowFashion

 Making cleaning rags out of old unused clothing items is a quick and easy way  to repurpose something you might otherwise throw away and end up in landfill.  We hope you found this little video a helpful tool in creating your own cleaning rags.  If you arn't sure your t-shirts are ready to be downgraded to the cleaning cupboard just yet,  why not have a look at our post on mending and give them a new lease on life intead? 

  A new initiative means that recycling can now turn you a profit! Rinse out your approved cans and bottles and cash them in at a returns centre. Not only do you earn 10cents per item but the earth will thank you too! Find out more at the containers for change website and remember to put all other recycllables in your recycle bin!