Category: Environment
Microbeads to plastic free products This week we look at microbeads, something which is in a lot of products we use every day, products which end up washed down the sink and into our water systems. I’ll start with a definition: “Microbeads are manufactured…
Category: EnvironmentTags: 52 weeks, climate change, conservation, eco, eco friendly, eco-exchange, Environment, green, green living, microbeads, ocean, plastic, pollution, sea life
Regular bulbs to LED bulbs When considering this week’s topic I thought, “I’m pretty sure I already have energy saving light bulbs.” I then had a look around the house to confirm. Yes some of the bulbs are LED but actually there’s a few…
Category: Environment, UncategorizedTags: 52 weeks, carbon footprint, climate change, earth, eco, eco friendly, eco-exchange, Environment, green, green family, green living, led bulbs, lighting, saving energy
New household products to recycled products Whilst making a journey towards greener living we’ve found that we reflect on everything we buy. From picking up loose vegetable rather than plastic ones to changing the products we use which you can see across previous articles….
Category: EnvironmentTags: carbon footprint, climate change, conservation, eco, eco friendly, eco-exchange, ecoforce products, Environment, green family, household products, plastic, recycle, recycled products
Posted on June 10, 2017
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Long showers to timed showers An average shower uses 7.75 litres per minute with power showers using 17 litres per minute. According to waterwise the average shower is about 8 minutes. This is about accurate for us. When I thought about it I realised…
Category: Environment, UncategorizedTags: amnesty international, climate change, conservation, eco, eco friendly, eco-exchange, Environment, green, saving water, shower timer, showers, waterwise
Careless travelling to careful travelling As the holiday season approaches this week we’re looking at ways you can travel more mindfully of the environment. This is a vast topic so we’ve made it simple; here’s our ten tips for reducing your impact of the…
Category: EnvironmentTags: carbon footprint, climate change, conserve water, coral friendly suncream, eco travelling, Environment, environmental tips, environmental tips for families, family holiday, flying abroad, green travel, mindful travelling, ten tips for travel, travelling with kids
Shop bought to home grown After last week’s stat filled article we’ve decided to keep it short and sweet. With everything that has happened this week we want to share with you something light hearted that you can do together as a family. It’s lovely…
Category: EnvironmentTags: bees and butterflies, cherry tree, eco-exchange, entertaining a toddler, Environment, family activity, family fun, fruit, gardening, grow your own food, herbs, home grown, strawberries, vegetables
Meat to Meat Free In honour of vegetarian week we’d like to delve into the reasons as to why one should consider reducing their meat intake, or stop all together. “A meat-eater’s diet requires 17 times more land, 14 times more water and 10…
Category: Environment, UncategorizedTags: climate change, ecology, ecosystems, Environment, fishing, plant based diet, science, sylvia earle, united nations food programme, vegan, vegetarian
Plastic bottles to reusable bottles This week we’re going back to the basics of environmentalism. We all know that plastic is bad for the environment from drilling of oil to plastic production to and end product that doesn’t biodegrade for hundreds of years. We…
Category: EnvironmentTags: chillys bottles, clinate change, ecoexchange, Environment, family environmentalism, green living, greenpeace, plastic, plastic bottles, reduce reuse recycle, weekly challenge
Posted on May 6, 2017
by alfrescofamily
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Milk production is not good for the environment or for your health. Find out how to help both of these problems by turning away from the dairy industry and towards plant based eco friendly and health friendly options…
Category: EnvironmentTags: almond milk, coconut milk, cows milk, dairy, dairy free, dairy industry, eco friendly, health, health advice, hemp milk, milk, oat milk, rice milk, vegan
Posted on April 29, 2017
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Cling film to Bees Wrap Time flies doesn’t it? Week five already in our eco-exchange challenge and we’ve changed our toothbrushes, washing detergent, water supply for the garden and what we do with our food waste. Now we’ve turned our attention to products we use…
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