ByGuest Posts
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…
ByCatherine Green
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…
ByRobyn Harris
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,…
ByDebs Atkinson
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…
ByDebs Atkinson
We had finished pointing most of the outside of the building so next on the list was beginning to sort out “the room next door”. This was part of the cottage but had not had anything done to it. There was a gap between the habitable part of the cottage and “the room next door”…
ByDebs Atkinson
In the early part of 2010 I went to Sri Lanka and began working at an animal rescue centre there. Tom and I first met when he arrived as a volunteer towards the end of that year. We got on brilliantly and realised how much we had in common right from the start. One of…