Waste free laundry
Waste free laundry; crazy? Yep it’s totally a thing. I’m totally make it a thing and I’m loving it!! So what am I on about? Just think plastic pegs, plastic wash baskets, plastic containers with chemicals…
Category Archives: green cleaning
Beco potty giveaway
Having kids creates waste but it doesn’t have to. Getting your kids out of nappies and into undies can help reduce your waste a lot. With John I didn’t push him to toilet train at…
Repainting a metal bookcase
I had this colourful old metal bookcase from when I was a student (I think I paid about $40 for it 10 years ago). It served me well in my student days and beyond. So…
Go Green Expo ticket giveaway
This coming weekend (Saturday 5 April and Sunday 6 April 2014) is the Go Green Expo in Auckland, New Zealand. I went to and spoke at the Go Green Expo in Wellington last year and…
FMTV
My favourite movie Food Matters has got even more exciting!! They now have a TV website called FMTV {affiliated link} where you can join for a month or a year and have access to over…
Lemon water drink
Lemons yummy yummy yummy lemons. Pretty much every backyard in New Zealand has a lemon tree just not ours. Luckily one of my girlfriend has a wonderful beautiful lemon tree that I love and she…
Ditch the chemicals
Welcome to week one of Green Urban Livings Autumn challenge. Week one is all about ditching the chemicals! There are plenty of ways you can ditch the chemicals in your life. So I thought I’d…
2013 what a year
Wow it’s been a busy one. 2012 was a good year but wow 2013 has been amazing. I thought I’d do a month by month break down of the big events or my favoruite posts…
Family photos late 2013
I love taking photos (I can’t wait to get a fancy new camera!) and love having family photos taken. The kids are little for such a short time and so I love to capture them…
Cleaning without extra chemicals
With cooking comes mess that requires cleaning up. Cleaning up doesn’t have to mean chemicals and extra products. We made a little mess when we made pizza sauce and buckwheat pizzas on the hob and…