A groovy alternative to plastic toy kitchens for little eco-warriors, these are just the coolest toy kitchens yet. The frizzle sizzle toy stove/cooker (above) and the splish splash sink (below) are made by rafinesse & tristesse from recycled olive oil and other tins. They make stuff for grown-ups too. Take a look at these tin …
I’m particularly obsessed with cardboard boxes at the moment, because I’ve just moved house and the empties are everywhere. Of course I could just take them to the recycling depot down the road, but then I came across this awesome Instructable and just knew that this was what my boxes were destined to be. What …
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While most gardeners will agree that the gardening itself is a major part of the pleasure and that the fruits of your labours aren’t everything, there are those who are so busy that they simply don’t have time to plan a vegetable garden and implement it. Cue the food garden fairies… In England, Living Leaves …
When budgets are tight, it’s important to know which fruit and veg are safe to buy non-organic, and which are the ones that you really should be shelling out the extra for. More and more scientists agree these days that even small doses of pesticides and other chemicals can cause lasting damage to human health, …
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It’s times like these when we remember that it’s actually of huge benefit to ourselves to grow some of our own food. So many of us have forgotten that, because it’s “easier” to just pop to the supermarket when we want fresh herbs, or an apple, or some cabbage for a stew, and let’s face …
“Thousands of South African’s trust Simon Gear’s weather forecast on a daily basis but that’s not the only thing he’s good at. Gear has just written a book called “Going Green” in the hopes of helping ordinary South African’s make their daily lives a little greener.” – Zoopy Good green advice from Simon Gear, I’m …
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If you’re a parent, watch this, you need to be educated. This new film, Consuming Kids, pushes back against the marketing industry that bombards our children with messages about what they “need” from the word go. It’s an unscrupulous industry by all accounts (but we already knew that, didn’t we?) that uses manipulation and sneaky …
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