3 eco-friendly cleaning hacks

You guys will know I’m trying super hard to shop less, be sustainable with my style, make eco-friendly changes around the home and generally try and be kinder to the environment and I think I’m doing my bit.

  • Rarely buy single use plastic bottles or lunch-related items (I’m down to about 1-2 a month when I forget a.k.a drop my lunch or don’t have anything to hand if I’m travelling around)
  • Always take my ‘Swell’ metal reusable bottle out and about and to work
  • Try to use my reusable coffee cup when I can, I even have a spare one in my desk at work for whenever the caffeine craving strikes
  • Buying a lot more second hand clothes and generally not shopping that much at all. I actually have guilt when I go into shops and really spend so much less on new clothes and accessories than I ever have before!
  • Use brown paper packaging or reuse packaging from previous deliveries for eBay and Depop sales.
  • Use silicone baking sheets instead of foil to produce less waste
  • Recycle as much as physically poss in our area!

I still have so many things that I want to change and adapt too and the next thing on my list is eco-friendly cleaning products. The guys over at Pattersons have sponsored this post and provided a really cool list of three eco friendly cleaning hacks below. I mean, it’s not spring but there’s not a seasonal limit on changing up your eco friendly habits, right? Read More

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5 easy ways to be more eco friendly

Being eco-friendly, friendlier to the environment and more sustainable in our every day life is something we’ve been trying to improve as a household for months now. I’ve found a few tips, tricks and products that have really been helping us keep on top of this and wanted to share some of my favourites. Read More

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3 ways to have more sustainable style

Eeeek, I think we all saw Fashion’s Dirty Secret on BBC last week and were all suitably shocked. I had never heard of the Aral Sea, nor did I realise that the jeans I’ve been buying could have contributed to the complete lack of water that has plagued the poor towns and villages around this area. This paired with the horrific polluted waters from the factories of our well known high street brands was almost too much to watch. I won’t go into every detail of the show in this post because you probably watched it but we all know that fast fashion seriously has something to answer for when it comes to the environment. Read More

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5 Green Lifestyle Changes To Embrace

Living in a green and clean way is often easier said than done. There are some practical steps you can take to get there.

1. Upgrade Insulation

The amount of power you use to heat your home will have a big impact on the size of your carbon footprint. But you can use a lot less power by upgrading the insulation in your home. Homes that are fitted with poor insulation waste heat by letting it out because heat will always escape if it can. The only way to combat this problem is to upgrade the insulation; there’s nothing else that has the same effect. Talk to a local company that can have a look at your current insulation arrangement and see how it can be improved. Read More

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