Adventures in learning how to treat our Earth more gently and our bodies well, while still enjoying a life filled with good things.


XOCOCO fair trade and organic coffee and hot chocolate - part 2

Here’s part 2 of the interview with Marcus from XOCOCO, where we talk about organic food and discuss in more detail how fair trade works.
If you’re in the area, make sure you go and sample Marcus’s amazing organic and fair trade coffees and hot chocolates.  If not, then visit the XOCOCO website (and make sure [...]


XOCOCO fair trade and organic coffee and hot chocolate - part 1

I had the pleasure of interviewing Marcus, proprietor of XOCOCO (pronounced sho-co-co, or kiss-hug-co-co) and maker of the best hot chocolate I’ve ever tasted. He makes his awesome organic coffees and hot chocolates from fair trade coffee and cocoa beans.
He runs his stall at the markets on Blamey Street at Kelvin Grove, an inner city [...]


Do you wipe with virgin trees?

Another video blog entry. Do you use toilet paper made from virgin trees or do you buy toilet paper made from recycled paper? Let me know in the comments which one and why. (If your sound is turned right up you might hear my boy in the background, laughing at me.)


Lemon Ink recycled bags

The environmentalist inside me feels a small surge of joy when I see that there are so many options available for reusable shopping bags. One of my personal favourites is Envirosax. But what about bags actually made from recycled products? Lemon Ink makes such a bag, made almost completely from recycled materials.

I was fortunate enough [...]