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Household
Recycling electrical goods – why, where and how
Next to my daughter and the cat, some of the things I love most have plugs on the end of them. I find vacuuming soothing and I couldn't go to an important meeting without getting out my hair straighteners. I love my digital radio and I ...
fashion
Makeover your summer wardrobe without spending a penny!
Yay! It finally looks like summer might be here, but what have you got to wear? If you're anything like us you're probably having a mild panic. Where are your summer clothes? Will they still fit? Can you wear them for yet another ...
fashion
Project! – Make this great tote bag
Thanks to Make it and Mend it fan Jen Woolcock for sharing this easy to make tote bag with us. It's not only really cute but you can use up your old fabric or grab a remnant and then use your fabulous and totally unique tote bag to nip ...
People
Living the good life in Uruguay
"You're moving WHERE?" “To Uruguay”, we said. “A little country nestled between the giants of Argentina and Brazil, in South America” my husband and I told our family and friends in the USA in the summer of 2007. A year ...
Garden
Getting your garden ready for summer
Yay! It certainly looks like Spring is sprung. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the trees are covered in a beautiful green haze. It must be time to get out into that garden and start getting ready for summer. The only ...
People
Holding a Swap party
We've written before about clothes swapping parties or 'Swishing', but it doesn't have to be just clothes. If you really want to put the brakes on your own personal conspicuous consumption, but still need some things - maybe your family ...
fashion
The beginners guide to swishing and clothes swapping
Going to a swishing part for the first time? Here's Penny Golightly's guide to some of the main formats. Like-for-like swapshops At these events you all keep your garments or accessories with you and look around to see what other ...
Garden
What about a wormery?
The Waste and Resources Action Programme (Wrap) recently undertook a study which shows UK households throw away about a third of the food they buy. Roughly half of the 6.7 million tonnes of food thrown in the bin each year is edible and ...
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