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Many of you have probably read my book Supermarket Companion which is a guide to food labels, codes, and pretty much everything we need to be aware of lurking in...

It was refreshing to find this post championing walking. Not just walking, but walking without the need for special pants, or futuristic shoes, or step-counting-heart-monitoring-sweat-analysing-wristbands. It was a lovely reminder...

Apple cider vinegar is a fantastic natural product which is not only great to have in our food but also has benefits for our beauty regime. Hair rinse. Infuse some...

With winter here, colds and flu are everywhere. Pearl has been busy studying for exams and has come down with a cold. My cure-all for colds is always Vitamin C....

You’ll find a lot of the following tips in my Recipes for a Cleaner Life and Home Companion books, but I found this nicely compiled collection of single-ingredient beauty tricks...

I know I post a lot of articles about solar energy and the milestones being achieved in solar energy around the world, but I think it’s both an important and...

We all know that exercise is good for us. And with what seems like a constant barrage of news stories telling us that basically everything in our lives is giving...

We’re pretty lucky to be able to have our gall bladders removed when they’re causing problems, but our liver and kidneys are two organs that aren’t dealt with so easily...

So it turns out that NZ Fisheries have been under-reporting the amount of fish caught in New Zealand waters for about 6 decades. According to a study conducted by three...

Lavender has been one of my favourite essential oil scents ever since I became interested in them back in the 90s. I love using it in baths, on linen, in...

Here’s a less-than-uplifting story about the uprooting effects climate change is likely to have on millions of people throughout the Middle East and North Africa. I find it unbelievable that...

While browsing my favourite blogs this week, I found this great recipe for soft pretzels that I’m going to try over winter. Until a few years ago, I’d never tried...

I’ve always loved chamomile tea to help me relax and as a caffeine free alternative to regular tea at nighttime, but I didn’t realise chamomile had all these other helpful...

The United States has reached 1 million solar energy installations nationwide. It’s taken 40 years, but it’s predicted that with the leaps and bounds being made in solar technology and...

I’m all about animals this week as I was really moved by the recent rescue of 33 lions from various circuses in South America. Some of them have no teeth,...

Most of us don’t have the ability to save circus lions, but we do have the ability to use our consumer power for good. Recently SAFE exposed the egg industry’s...

Here’s a great video I found this week about sustainable cities and buildings. It’s a TED talk, which are always interesting, but the presentation is about the sustainability movement in...

I know a lot of people probably suffer an allergic reaction to the the word “diet”. With all the ridiculous fad-diets that seem to pop in and out of existence,...

I’ve been spending a bit of time in New York lately and one thing that amazes me is the size of the portions they eat here. You order a simple...

Here’s an article that caught my attention this week. It’s about a river in Australia that caught on fire when Australian Greens MP, Jeremy Buckingham, held a lighter above it....

I’m not a fan of many milk alternatives, but I find that almond milk is particularly good with certain things. Enough about me, though. I know many of you are...