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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
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
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…
Posted on April 19, 2017
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This Saturday 22nd April is Earth Day, a day in which we need to take action to fight climate change and appreciate the beauty of our planet. The official Earth Day Newtork set out to help make 1 billion acts of green when it started out. It has been…
Category: EnvironmentTags: acts of green, carbon footprint, climate change, earth day, earth day 2017, go green, green family, grow your own food, meat free, palm oil, plastic, save money, tree planting, vegan
Posted on March 29, 2017
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As you may already know we’re keen as a family to live with consideration to the environment. We want to do more than we’re already doing and thought a great way to continue to drive change is to set ourselves a challenge – an…
Category: EnvironmentTags: affordable, affordable green living, challenge, climate change, eco, eco friendly, Environment, family, family green living, family life, global warming, green, green living, household, landfill, nature, planet, plastic, recycle
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