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Five Easy Ways to Reduce your Energy Bills
The cost of living crisis is having an impact on nearly everybody across the world. Last year in the UK, electricity prices rose by 65% and gas prices by an astonishing 129%. And while we don’t know for sure, it looks like prices may increase by another 20% in April. One of my passions…
4 Tips For Choosing The Right Greenhouse For Your Garden
Gardening is a great way to get back in touch with nature, and having your own greenhouse can be the perfect addition to any garden. Not only does it provide you with an ideal environment for growing plants of all types and sizes, but it also allows you to extend your gardening season by…
Your Business: How To Minimise Pain, Maximise Profits
You’re signing up for an adventurous ride when you start a business. After all, there’s no such thing as guaranteed success. Even the most successful businesses hit road bumps from time to time. Yet, while there’s no way to entirely prevent pain points in business, there are certain things you can do that’ll help…
What Does It Mean To Live Off The Grid?
Living off the grid is an increasingly popular lifestyle choice for people looking to simplify their lives and reduce their reliance on traditional energy sources. It involves cutting ties with local utility companies, relying solely on renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power, and generally reducing one’s ecological footprint. In this article,…
Moving Home? Sell Your Property Quickly With These Top Tips
It’s easy to feel stressed or overwhelmed when moving home. Not only is the process time-consuming, but there’s also a lot of paperwork and technicalities to deal with. For example, before moving home you have to sell your current property – something which many homeowners struggle with. For example, “a whopping 31% of all…
Managing Your Mental Health: How to Cope
We live in a stressful world, and many people find that life is only getting harder as time goes on. It’s understandable, therefore, that you might find yourself battling with your mental health just as much as your physical health. Anxiety disorders alone impact over 40 million adults in the US, and these figures…
Creating an Outdoor Area on a Budget
Spending time outdoors is a great way to relax, enjoy the fresh air and connect to nature. Being out in nature has been shown to help improve mental and physical health. With all the events of the past couple of years, immersing yourself in nature is more important than every before. It helps to…
Three No Brainer Ways to Make your Business More Sustainable
When I’m not busy blogging, I’m a consultant for businesses who want to be more sustainable. While my focus is on helping them reduce waste, I also look at their overall ‘green’ credentials and assist them in achieving their CSR goals. Every business or organisation is completely unique, but I thought it might be helpful…
3 Ways to Reduce Waste and Increase Recycling in Your Business
When it comes to being a business owner, one of the most powerful things you can do is to make a positive impact. And with more and more customers and employees demanding that businesses take a stance on protecting the environment, one of the best ways to go about this is through sustainability. While a…
5 Ways to Stop Being Self-Conscious
If you’ve been struggling with feeling self-conscious, you’ll know how difficult it can be. At it’s worst, it can be paralysing and prevent you attaining some of the things you should be capable of achieving in life. This can manifest in you not taking on new challenges, being unprepared to step outside your comfort zone…
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Happy Imbolc!
I’m finding myself thinking more and more about our lives in modern Western Culture. With an emphasis on consuming, filling our time…
Sustainable, natural, organic, fair trade and ethical toys for young children
The oral stage. You gotta love it. Everything they see, our little darlings put straight into their mouths. Over the years I…
Top ten frugal tips for a self sufficient lifestyle
With hybrid cars, under floor heating, solar panels and geothermal pumps, you could be forgiven for thinking that going green is an…