Metal, metal metal you rock!
Metal is an amazing plastic alternative and is fantastic at helping you reduce your waste. I always chose metal, wood, glass or cloth over plastic. Every time! Here are my metal alternatives often they are…
Category Archives: green living
How to make kefir milk from kefir grains
I’m very new to kefir milk and other probiotic foods/ drinks but it is so easy and super healthy that I wanted to share how to make it with you all. Firstly, some of you…
Stencilling on a metal bookcase
I stenciled woop woop there I said and did it! How very changing rooms 1990 of me! I think I even bought the stencil back in the 90s! I painted Gabriel’s metal bookcase completely white…
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…
Bathtime
When bathing or showering your children no doubt you’ll use some kind of product in the bathwater and on your kids to get them nice and clean (let’s face it kids can get super dirty!).…
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…
Gabriel’s tree mural
I am very proud to share the tree mural I painted for Gabriel’s room. I just love it and even though it was a HUGE amount of work. I do SOSOSOSO LOVE it. I’m also…
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…
Green your disposables
Disposable nappies create a huge amount of waste in the world not to mention cost you a lot of money. Which is why I’ve always been a cloth loving crazy lady. But I have had…
Children’s chores?
I believe children are a part of a family and that the are not THE family. I was brought up that us children come along with what the family was doing and that the world…