Eco-Friendly Family Life
It’s time for another chat about a very important topic which is extremely close to my heart: Mental health.
I’ve spoken about my own mental health situation on my blog and YouTube channel before (If you haven’t seen that post you can catch up on it here). But today is more about you guys.
This coming week, the 14th to the 20th of May, is Mental Health Awareness Week here in the United Kingdom, where I live.
Continue reading “Mental Health Awareness Week: Five things to do if you’re struggling”
Like many other South-West UK zero-wasters, I was delighted to hear about the opening of Zero Green in Bristol recently.
The gorgeous and green shop was opened by two passionate women, Lidia and Stacey, who said:
“Zero Green came about for two reasons; firstly, we were both becoming frustrated about how much packaging there is on everyday items and our understanding of how much damage plastic, and specifically single use plastic, was doing to our planet. Secondly, we realised that if we wanted to see something done about it we would have to do it ourselves!
Continue reading “Low Impact shopping at Bristol’s first Zero Waste store”
I’ve been living in the UK for eight months now, and it’s safe to say that I’ve been missing my family, friends, and home quite a bit during that time.
So Dan and I decided to have a little bit of fun and arrive in Australia for my Gran’s 80th Birthday a week earlier than we’d told my family we’d be arriving – getting there just in time to celebrate my Mum’s birthday too!
Watch the video above to see how it all went down ❤︎
I’ve been dying my hair chocolate brown with a packet dye for around seven years now, but with my transition towards a more zero waste/low impact lifestyle, I decided this habit had to come to an end.
The chemicals in the conventional hair dye, the plastic packaging, and the resources wasted to create what is, essentially, a product for my vanity, was not worth it anymore, in my humble opinion.
So I stopped dying my hair approximately five or six months ago, when I figured my roots were a colour I could deal with and would let grow out.
However, now that the colour in my hair has faded, I’ve been left with a brassy, almost red, browny colour that does not cause me to look in the mirror and think happy thoughts.
I’m sorry, earth, but I just couldn’t deal with it.
So I looked for a solution.
Continue reading “Giving Zero Waste Hair Dye a Shot with LUSH Henna”
Germany is a country well known for its beer, so what better what to enjoy a weekend in the nation by spending some time indulging in local beer at brewhouses?
Dan and I spent a weekend in Cologne recently, a city neither of us had travelled to before.
One of the popular features of Cologne, the fourth most populated German city, is the stunning architecture scattered across the Rhine River-split city, so it’s not all just beers and banter!
One of the things I most love about living in the UK is the amount of vegan options and food festivals that exist.
There seems to be a plethora of choice, so many celebrations available, and an abundance of accessibility for vegos here, compared to that of my previous home in regional Australia.
So, of course, I’m lapping it up and embracing all the veg-friendly events and food choices I can whilst I’m living here in England.
Back in February the Cardiff Viva! Vegan Festival was held, and since 1. Cardiff is just a short train journey away from Bristol, where I live, and 2. I’ve never actually been to a vegan festival before, OF COURSE I had to attend.
Continue reading “Cardiff Viva! Vegan Festival: A treat to my tastebuds!”
Iceland is a notoriously expensive country to visit.
Due to the higher wages and therefore higher living costs, the prices of food, activities and accommodation can be quite a shock to travellers arriving in the Scandinavian country.
Recently my boyfriend Dan and I travelled to Iceland (If you haven’t seen all my videos and blog posts about that trip, you can find them here) and luckily we prepared ourselves beforehand for the financial heart attack that Iceland would be to our bank accounts.
Continue reading “Top 5 money saving tips for travelling to Iceland”
Ah, coffee pods. Another “marvellous modern invention”, of which the world has begun to realise may be more of a detriment than an advantage.
The single-use coffee pod was invented in the early 1990s, and at present it is believed that Australians are using approximately three million coffee pods a day.
Millions of households in Australia own a pod machine, with the pod market set to overtake the whole coffee bean market in a short period of time.
Coffee pods were something I hadn’t given much thought to until recently, as I’d never used them much before, apart from the odd occasion at a hotel buffet breakfast when it was the only option.
But recently they’ve begun to grind my gears.
Packing for a destination, with only a carry on bag, in the dead of winter may seem a bit overwhelming to some.
But I’m here to tell you it’s an easy feat.
You see, I headed to Iceland at the beginning of February for a six day adventure, and only took one small bag with me.
So how did I do it?
Let me show you what I packed:
Continue reading “Packing for Iceland in Winter with just One Carry On Bag”
This week, you have the opportunity – placed right in front of you, on a silver platter, without even moving from your comfortable spot on the lounge – to make a difference for our earth.
Earth Hour is set to take place between 8.30-9.30pm (local time) this Saturday, March 24.
If you haven’t heard of Earth Hour before, it is an initiative set up by the WWF. The first ever Earth Hour occurred in Sydney in 2007, and spread around the world in the following years.
Continue reading “How and why you should get involved in Earth Hour 2018”