Zero waste travel is a strange beast. The carbon footprint of the flight itself is so damaging that its basically the antithesis of living a sustainable lifestyle, and the beautiful irony was that my most recent trip to the US was to present my research in sustainable design at a conference. Ha! Walking the talk […]
I knew that New York would take my breath away, not in the same way LA did, with smog, but with its breathtaking views and epic art and design culture. I was wrong, not entirely, those things were breathtaking, but it was the piles of trash on the streets that really took my breath away! […]
It’s been over 9 months since we last put our bin out, so why the hell do I feel so guilty?! This year our bin has been home to rubbish that I’d collected around the neighbourhood, but that wasn’t why I put it out. I started spring cleaning a couple of weeks ago, and I […]
In an effort to avoid plastic I find myself in the possession of a large sack o’ rice. And in hindsight I realise that I’m not equipped for storing such a large quantity of rice. (Full disclosure, it sat on our kitchen bench for two weeks before I worked out where to stash it!) Now […]
Oh no I cracked one of our kombucha bottles 🙁 I was diligently cleaning them between batches and went from hot to cold water too quickly – serves me right for being impatient I guess.Usually broken glass has to go into landfill, but since the bottle is still intact its not destined for the bin […]
