Animal conservation is a hot topic these days. There’s no doubt about it, environmental and human influences have had a horrific impact on the world’s wildlife population. And if we don’t start to conserve wildlife now, it may soon be…
A lot of people seem to think that if you want to be frugal, you have to give up all the joyous things in your life and just focus on saving money. But it doesn’t need to be that way…
A piece of plastic less than five millimetres across is a piece of microplastic and the average person is creating and worse, consuming, millions possibly billions of these pieces of plastic everyday. We don’t know the full list of health…
Did you know that every year people gather to celebrate World Environment Day? And that it has been going on since 1974 when it was first carried out in Spokane in the United States? But what exactly is World Environment…
Food waste doesn’t have to be a bad thing. In a world where everyone has food security and where food production is not in itself wasteful we could all compost much of our food waste and use it to produce…
Frugality and minimalism aren’t as different as you might think but there are some distinct differences between the lifestyles too. So, let’s take a look at each concept in depth. Then we’ll examine how they differ. And of course, most…
Learning the skills to build a sustainable homestead is challenging on a good day. It can get overwhelming real fast. The good news is that the magic of the interweb streams knowledge into our homes in real time around the…
If you’ve ever been scuba diving then you’re probably familiar with the neoprene wetsuits that divers wear. Neoprene fabric, however, has much more diverse uses than just wetsuits. But is it eco-friendly? It’s worth a close look at neoprene rubber…
If there’s one thing that the sustainability industry loves to do it’s introduce standards and acronyms for those standards. You’ll see GOTS written on a lot of packaging but what does that mean? Is it a sign of manufacturers being…
The core principles of the gaia theory contend that everything in the global ecosystem is inter-connected. In that way, when damage is done to one part of that ecosystem, it is done to all parts of it. This is why…
Nashville is a vibrant and exciting destination with some of the best thrifting opportunities in the country. We love a bargain in the country-capital of the nation and we think you will too. So enjoy our list of the best…
New York’s most hip and happening borough is definitely Brooklyn. And it’s one of our favorite places to go thrifting when we’re in the Big Apple. With that in mind we thought we’d share our favorite stores for thrifting so…