Healthy Living Guide - Eco Friendly Articles
We have been a voice for eco living since 2009 when our online store was established. We sold $50,000 worth of stainless steel water bottles in January 2010 and it has been interesting to watch the trends evolve over the last decade. Back then, we were one of the first stores to sell reusable produce bags for your fruit & veg at the supermarket. We would sell a few each month. Once the War On Waste aired on the ABC in 2017, we were selling thousands of them and couldn’t get our hands on enough stock. Now you can buy them at the supermarket and Harris Farm.
We have watched natural deodorants migrate from roll-ons to pastes in tins to sticks in cardboard tubes that fully compost at the end of life. We have seen companies who make stainless steel straws in plastic hang sell packaging change their packaging because you, the consumer, spoke up and said it wasn’t acceptable and we passed every single message on, and they changed.
I was interviewed for the book Quitting Plastic in 2018 when the mainstream was ready to help embrace the change, and it has truly exploded since then. Our main message is simple, make small changes where you can. Don’t beat yourself up if you’re not perfect. I am always reminded of the quote by zero waste chef Anne Marie Bonneau:-
“We don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly.”
Latest Articles
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3 ways to cover your food without using cling wrap
Having trouble kissing Cling Film goodbye? In most homes, it's one thing that people find hard to give up when choosing to attempt the plastic free challenge, but it's not as difficult as you might think. There's three -
10 Highest Rated Water Bottles
The Huffington Post released an article called 10 of the highest-rated bpa free water bottles on Amazon. It is referring to the US Amazon and several bottles not available in Australia. Despite that, 3 of the top 10 -
Just kick your waste habit, not your coffee habit
In a world that's seemingly filled with disposable coffee pods and single use coffee cups, innovative brands are coming up with solutions to keep that coffee habit alive and to just allow you to kick your waste habit -
New Cheeki lunch boxes - stainless steel AND leakproof options
NEW Cheeki LEAKPROOF stainless steel lunch boxes with stainless steel lids (and a silicone seal inside). We managed to snare these prototypes and ran them through our photo studio a few weeks ago so you could get the -
4 things to try this new year
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Introducing the Raine Beau Bento Box
New in store today, this may just be the most versatile bento box in the store. Let me explain why. It's larger than most kids bento boxes We have actually said goodbye to a couple of bento styles -
Is a glass lunch box right for you?
In our mission to beat the #waronwaste and create nude lunches, being able to purchase a lunch box once and use it for a few years is high on the list for many people. Doing this with a -
Hannahpad - what people are saying...
Since it has been a good few months now since we started stocking Hannahpads in our store, we thought it might be a great time to compile some feedback and reviews for those who want more info on -
RUS Bento Boxes back in stock - with a new pouch option.
Really Useful Stuff are a new Australian brand dedicated to producing helpful and useful products around food preparation and food storage. We started our range with their bento lunch box solutions in two different configurations and four colours.The -
Car diffusers from Aroma Jewels
A lot of our essential oil loving customers are fairly good with knowing what the options are when diffusing in their home. The doTERRA diffuser is hugely popular at an entry level price point and then we have -
New! Pink bento box from Really Useful Stuff
The Bento Box range from Really Useful Stuff is a bpa free multi-compartment bento box. The lid of the bento is designed to hug each compartment making them leakproof for yoghurts and dips, just not liquid. The inner -
Supersize Me - a guide to choosing a large water bottle
Choosing a water bottle might not be as simple as you think. You need to choose the size, what it's made from, is it insulated, what type of lid you want, can I tolerate plastic touching my water
