What To Do When Faced With A ‘Just What You Need’ Impulse Buy

Long compression skiing underwear: woman in purple, man in black

Image: from Aldi Australian catalogue for 16-22 May 2018

Day 47 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living.   Today I faced a real challenge: I was in Aldi and there, right in front of me to buy ‘on impulse’ was ‘just what I need’: a pair of long compression pants for a mere fraction of what they cost in sports stores. Continue reading →

Why Accept All The Plastic Packaging With Your Bread?

Bread in plastic

Day 49 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living.

When you buy bread, does it come wrapped in a plastic bag?

For most of us, these days the answer is yes.

Unfortunately, those plastic bread bags are contributing to three big problems: Continue reading →

BYO Containers For Less Waste And Pollution

sacks of dried beans & grains

Image: Daniel_Nebreda, Pixabay

Day 42 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living – using BYO containers.

How often do you bring your own (BYO) container?

Have a look at what goes into your ‘rubbish’ bin.  Chances are that an awful lot of it is plastic packaging from food and other groceries.

How big is the problem – and what can you do about it? Continue reading →

Carbon Fast – My Challenge Buying Less Stuff

I’m now nearly half-way through my carbon fast.Ladies shoe sole with big hole in heel - vertical

Emissions from my travel are still very low.

I only used my petrol-driven car once last week – when my bus did not arrive in time for me to meet a friend to join them in their Nissan Leaf electric car (powered by renewable energy) for an evening meeting.   I was very disappointed at not being able to Continue reading →

Terrific Transport For Serious Shopping

These CAN go together. 🙂

‘Really?!,’ you say, ‘Everyone knows that Christmas and sales shopping can be an absolute nightmare, especially the traffic and carparks.’

Have you ever stopped to ask yourself WHY? Continue reading →