Well it has been a little while since I have done a love list! In between moving to Brisbane and settling my kids in at new schools and uni and working on my charity project and updating the website (do you like the new design and logo??), it’s all been a little crazy around here at NNAM….
Smart swaps for single use plastic
Smart swaps for single use plastic Plastic really has crept into every area of our life. It can be quite overwhelming and hard to know to where to even start. My advice is to make small swaps and just do what you can. It’s not about being perfect – it’s about making an effort. Take a look…
22 Things to Make out of Plastic Milk Bottles
22 Things to Make out of Plastic Milk Bottles Have you ever stopped to think how many plastic milk bottles get thrown into landfill each year? I know we can recycle them, but what about upcycling them into something useful or something beautiful? I’ve got 22 things to make out of plastic milk bottles. Be inspired…
10 Ways to Reduce Plastic in your Life
10 Ways to Reduce Plastic in your Life So why would you avoid single use plastic? Well, the main issues are: * plastic hangs around in landfills for a very long time * recycling plastic is inefficient and expensive * it affects the environment, particularly marine life * manufacturing of plastic makes a huge, negative impact on…
Compost-A-Pak Review and Giveaway
Environmentally-friendly living is one area that we are still trying to find our way with. We are far from perfect, but we do try. I want to be an eco-warrior but sometimes life just gets in the way! The recent Plastic Free July campaign made us look at our plastic useage and try to cut…
Six ways to reduce your plastic consumption
Six ways to reduce your plastic consumption It’s the single use disposable plastics that we can all try harder to refuse and replace with something else. We implement small steps at a time and get into the habit before taking on something else. This seems to be more sustainable for us than trying to change…
My life without plastic wrap
My life without plastic wrap As a family trying to live a healthier and more eco-friendly life, one of our new years’s resolutions was to give up plastic wrap. Once the last roll was used up after Christmas, I made the decision not to purchase a new roll. We had to start getting creative and…
Goodbye Plastic, Hello Glass!
Goodbye Plastic, Hello Glass! Over the last few years, I have been gradually culling all the plastic storage containers around our kitchen and replacing them with glass. Not just for health reasons, but for environmentally-friendly reasons. Did you know that plastic can contain small molecules that can tranfer into food it is in contact with? Some plastics are endocrine…
Mesh bags = less plastic!
One of our goals, as a family, is to live in an environmentally friendly way. We find that we have to take baby steps – changing one little thing at a time. Otherwise, it’s just overwhelming! Our latest eco-friendly swap has been to use mesh bags instead of plastic for our fruit and veges that we buy at the supermarket. I have…