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Onya reusable produce bags
Who hates the plastic produce bags provided by supermarkets? They’re usually too small and flimsy to reuse and either end up in clogging your kitchen’s plastic bag collection area or go directly to the local landfill without passing go or collecting $200. But there are alternatives. I recently began using ‘Weigh’, Onya’s reusable produce bags and [...]
Continue reading...Michael Recycle: a book for children about recycling
3. April 2009
“Michael Recycle is a superhero that helps towns to recycle. The story was nice. My favorite part was when they made green toilet paper.” Ernesto, 8. Michael Recycle, written by Ellie Bethel and illustrated by Alexandra Colombo, is about a recycling superhero who helps people clean up their act. The story starts in a town called [...]
Continue reading...Quirky books for kids
1. April 2009
Caren Trafford is a children’s book writer and publisher, whose environmental books have reached over 200,000 children in Australia, New Zealand, Korea, the UK, the US and Canada. They have been translated into Korean, Thai and Indonesian. She visits schools and libraries around the world to talk to students about what they can do to [...]
Continue reading...The eco alternative to tampons
31. March 2009
Once in a while you discover a product that is so amazing you want to sing about it from the mountaintops. The Mooncup is one such product. It is basically a silicon container that is used internally in the place of a tampon (or other menstrual products). When necessary you simply empty it, rinse and [...]
Continue reading...Take Me to the Source
5. January 2009
Take me to the Source – In Search of Water by Rupert Wright The first thing I found out when I opened this book is what it is like to die of thirst. And, as deaths go, it sounds like one of the worst. It starts with thick and foul-tasting saliva, an aching head and neck and [...]
Continue reading...Natural Instinct
5. November 2008
Australian company Natural Instinct offer a range of body care products including shampoo, body wash, and conditioner as well as laundry powder. Their products are free of Sodium Lauryl Sulphate, petroleum, parabens, animal products, fragrances, artificial colors and harmful chemicals and detergents. I loved the detergent, which is scented with pure essential eucalyptus oil [...]
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20. April 2009
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