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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...

Wow, what a fantastic day we had at the Vegan Food Fair! We met so many caring, aware, animal and earth loving people, all there to try new products and...

I was asked the other day by a very frustrated mother about how to get rid of head lice. It’s a question I often get from parents who don’t want...

With billions of straws polluting shorelines around the world we’re very pleased to be stocking these re-usable, recyclable and renewable bamboo drinking straws. You can purchase our Bamboo Drinking Straws...

I found this interesting article on water pollution in China. The air pollution in cities like Beijing gets a lot of media attention here in New Zealand, but I was...

There was a story in the Australian Women’s Weekly about a family whose rubbish filled a small jar after a year which I found very inspiring. I’m still not plastic-free...

Personally, I like drinking out of a straw, it just makes the drink more fun. But few of us realise that those straws are tremendous source of pollution; with the...

Are you still buying water in a bottle? Following on from the UK’s sugar tax, perhaps there should now be some bans placed on bottled water sales. Some cities in...

Finally, after much debate a sugar tax of 25p (53c) a litre has been placed on soda drinks in the UK. Here in New Zealand, we drink 85 million litres...

Homemade Baby Wipes ½ cup pure filtered water with no chemicals or chlorine 1 tbsp rosewater 1 tbsp witchhazel Pour a little of the mixture into the bottom of a...

I’ll be honest with you, working in an office as I do for half the month seriously stresses me out. I can’t see outside, and I find that after a...

I have some very good news for you this week because Wendyl’s has new owners. Please meet Triona Daly (pictured) who will be running the business with her partner Grant...

More and more people are turning to organic and natural products, we are becoming so much more aware of what goes in and around our bodies. This week Jenny McDee...

I love using the old labels you get in the cellophane jam jar covers we have all bought for years. I went online to try and buy some more with...