Building Your Eco-Friendly Container Home

The traditional construction industry is one of the largest users of energy, material resources, and water.  For this reason, there is growing interest in building options that are simple and sustainable.  Homes and offices built from shipping containers offer an eco-friendly option.  Sustainability ultimately involves enhancing the quality of life and supporting people to live…

One Small Family Doing Our Bit

As I said in the title, we are just one small family, from a small town, doing our bit for the environment. My husband is a Chartered Waste Manager and his profession is all about environmental waste management. He quite literally lives and breathes it (he specialises in compost production). For our part, my children…

What Is This Thing Called ‘Rewilding’?

…and what, if anything, does it have to do with me? According to Rewilding Britain: Rewilding is the large-scale restoration of ecosystems where nature can take care of itself. It seeks to reinstate natural processes and, where appropriate, missing species – allowing them to shape the landscape and the habitats within.  To me, though, rewilding…

The Journey

Exploring ways to align with authenticity, integrity and congruence This journey of Life is such an interesting thing, isn’t it?!  Full of twists and turns that bring lots of opportunities for growth and change. Some time ago, I would have described things differently!  I would have said that Life was full of ups and downs,…

All This Space!

The main room in the cottage used to be a kitchen/lounge where we also had our desks, it was a little cramped but a huge difference from living in the caravan so all this space seemed amazing! However, we needed to move the kitchen into the new room to free up more space for our…

Would You Recognize The Signs Of Aluminium Toxicity?

Aluminium is one of the most common heavy metals in our environment. It is found in a wide variety of materials and objects from common household products through to medical vaccinations. Like all of the heavy metals, aluminium exposure is cumulative and, over time, toxicity levels are reached within the body. When this occurs there…