Healthy Living Guide - Eco Friendly Articles
We have been a voice for eco living since 2009 when our online store was established. We sold $50,000 worth of stainless steel water bottles in January 2010 and it has been interesting to watch the trends evolve over the last decade. Back then, we were one of the first stores to sell reusable produce bags for your fruit & veg at the supermarket. We would sell a few each month. Once the War On Waste aired on the ABC in 2017, we were selling thousands of them and couldn’t get our hands on enough stock. Now you can buy them at the supermarket and Harris Farm.
We have watched natural deodorants migrate from roll-ons to pastes in tins to sticks in cardboard tubes that fully compost at the end of life. We have seen companies who make stainless steel straws in plastic hang sell packaging change their packaging because you, the consumer, spoke up and said it wasn’t acceptable and we passed every single message on, and they changed.
I was interviewed for the book Quitting Plastic in 2018 when the mainstream was ready to help embrace the change, and it has truly exploded since then. Our main message is simple, make small changes where you can. Don’t beat yourself up if you’re not perfect. I am always reminded of the quote by zero waste chef Anne Marie Bonneau:-
“We don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly.”
Latest Articles
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Just kick your waste habit, not your coffee habit
In a world that's seemingly filled with disposable coffee pods and single use coffee cups, innovative brands are coming up with solutions to keep that coffee habit alive and to just allow you to kick your waste habit -
Introducing the Raine Beau Bento Box
New in store today, this may just be the most versatile bento box in the store. Let me explain why. It's larger than most kids bento boxes We have actually said goodbye to a couple of bento styles -
New! Pink bento box from Really Useful Stuff
The Bento Box range from Really Useful Stuff is a bpa free multi-compartment bento box. The lid of the bento is designed to hug each compartment making them leakproof for yoghurts and dips, just not liquid. The inner -
Supersize Me - a guide to choosing a large water bottle
Choosing a water bottle might not be as simple as you think. You need to choose the size, what it's made from, is it insulated, what type of lid you want, can I tolerate plastic touching my water -
Meet the reusables - Six simple swaps for a plastic free life
Reuse trumps recycle. Recycling is great, but it's always the better option if you can use something over and over again. With the temporary pausing of the Redcycle recycling service, it's more important than ever to think about -
4 reasons to use natural zinc this summer
UPDATE: we no longer stock this brand, but we have other zinc creams and zinc sticks available in store. Sun & Earth is a natural zinc cream is thicker than mineral sunscreen and a throw back to years -
18 ways to use Dr Bronner's Castile Soap
Dr Bronner's is a staple in most natural beauty cabinets. They are a multi-tasking organic skin care staple and their products are formulated with organic and fair trade ingredients, the brand has been around since 1858 and the -
Introducing Cupy - Australia's first collapsible barista sized reusable coffee cup
This is Cupy, Australia's first collapsible, barista sized, reusable coffee cup. I wanted to introduce the Cupy and explain why we chose it for the store, as it's not recyclable at end of life. Please indulge my long -
ABC's War On Waste Episode Three - damn coffee cups and fast fashion
With the shell shock well and truly set in, I sat down ready to write down my stats for this week's episode. The two main features were disposable coffee cups and fast fashion. I already knew about the -
ABC's War On Waste Episode Two - recycling
After being shell shocked from episode one, I was a little more prepared for week two. This episode focused on plastic in the ocean and recycling and I learnt a thing or two about the plastic bag bans -
ABC's War On Waste Episode One - the horrifying stats
Last night I started watching War On Waste on the ABC, and the numbers were just staggering. It's the first time I have seen that many Austalian statistics on waste in one place at the same time. I -
Lunchbots Thermals new design now in 3 sizes
The largest size insulated food jar from Lunchbots has had a design overhaul to match the design of the two smaller food jars. These food jars were the first in our store to have a completely stainless steel
