Conscious Christmas Gift Guide for Kids for 2023
According to Catherine Jacoby, Marketing Manager at Toys R Us, there is an interesting toy trend this year. Parents and children are looking for stress-relieving toys that transcend age, like LEGO, role-playing games and dollhouses. Keeping this in mind, as well as the fact that a whopping 80 percent of toys end up in landfills, […]
Some of my favourite sustainable gifts for kids
I am a hopeless romantic when it comes to Christmas. I love giving friends and family gifts. I especially enjoy buying gifts for kids. But if we are being honest, gift-giving has become increasingly difficult for me since we have chosen to live more sustainably. In my quest for a ‘greener’ Christmas this year I […]
Turn your recycling into shares!
Who would have imagined that your recycling could buy you shares? Thanks to a world first partnership between Imagined Earth and EasyEquities you can now turn your recycling into shares! Imagined Earth has several Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs) that reward you for recycling. At this stage they only have RVMs in Johannesburg and Cape Town, […]
Have yourself a plastic-free Christmas
Most holiday decorations are cute for a year or two, and then they end up on our landfills. Homemade decorations are a great alternative to plastic decorations. I have been playing around making a few homemade decorations. Here are my five favorite handmade decorations. They are all low waste, eco-friendly, and they cost little to […]
I’m dreaming of a green Christmas
According to research we produce twice as much waste at Christmas than other times of the year, and most of it is plastic from gift wrapping and packaging. I read somewhere that the Brits go through more than 40 million rolls of (mostly plastic) sticky tape every year and use enough wrapping paper to go […]
