Earth and Body Friendly

I’ve not used traditional deodorant from the shops for years. In fact, for quite a while, I didn’t use any kind of deodorant at all. But I didn’t smell terrible.
Avoid chemicals and aluminium
I avoid traditional deodorants because of the all the chemicals contained in them. Antiperspirants often contain aluminium, which may or may not (depending [...]

This is a product only for women, but men, don’t discount it completely. You may know of a woman who could do with making her periods easier and more environmentally friendly.
Many years ago, when I first heard of menstrual cups via a link from a friend online, I’ll admit that I was actually kind of [...]

Avoiding plastic in unlikely places
I don’t use much plastic in my house. I tend not to buy it and I try to avoid it where possible. For instance, a roll of cling wrap will last me several years. One place which had never really occured to me to avoid plastic, though, is my toothbrush. Perhaps [...]

There’s no denying that drinking fresh juice is good for you. And it’s big business. Just look at the many fresh juice shops opening up in shopping centres all over the place. But it’s not cheap to buy fresh juice. That said, it’s not even all that much cheaper to make your own if you’re [...]

Excess packaging is something that bothers me. (Especially so after readingGarbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash, by Elizabeth Royte.) Some products have more packaging than product. Not all products are so encumbered with packaging, yet some we might have to buy a lot of in a lifetime and there doesn’t seem to be [...]

Increasingly, there are more and more options out there for reusable shopping bags. I’ve personally tried four different types, but in my search for the perfect bag, Envirosax makes it to the top of my list.
I already own at least a dozen Envirosax bags, including one for kids (or perhaps the young-at-heart) which I bought [...]

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 [...]