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Eco Renovation – Tentative First Steps

May 21st, 2010

Its long been a dream to get stuck into an eco-renovation. In reality it is a bit mind boggling especially when you have no experience of design, building or architecture.

A key concern is the cost of going green. Everyone knows that creating a sustainable home will lead to long term cost savings (we are talking pocket here as well as environment). But this has to be weighed up against how long you will live in the house and how much the bank manager will lend you. I’ve been doodling some ideas for weeks now, and its time to get serious. So I took myself off to the Sydney Home Show for some eco-renovation inspiration.

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Tags: Eco-home Eco-renovation

Eco Beauty Product Trial – Haircare

May 20th, 2010

With all the marketing its difficult to determine exactly how natural some ‘natural’ beauty products really are. And how do you rationalise the environmental costs associated with transporting these ‘natural’ or ‘eco’ products vast distances? Balancing performance with environmental credentials is not easy. That is why Unico hair products are unique. As well as containing natural ingredients, these products are Australian made and owned, and have been designed with the unique requirements of our harsh Australian climate in mind. We’ve got a selection of Unico’s shampoos and conditioners for our panel to try out.

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Tags: Eco beauty Eco consumer

Aveeno Trial Panel Feedback

March 19th, 2010

I was so excited to be chosen to take part in the Aveeno trial! This trial came at the perfect time for me, as I am currently going through the process “greening” my life and home, including my skincare routine, so I was keen to try the Aveeno Active Naturals range. Find out what else Amelia had to say about her experience on the product trial panel.

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Tags: Eco beauty Eco consumer

Aveeno Trial Results

March 4th, 2010

The Green Beings panel has just completed the two week trial of Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Moisturising Lotion and Positively Radiant. Being a beauty product aimed at moisturising and evening skin tone, it requires you to spend some time in front of the mirror to try to see if it has benefited your skin. It means getting acquainted with new wrinkles, or as I prefer to call them ‘life experience features’. Anyway, we had some fantastic feedback from our pampered panel. So find out how they got on.

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Tags: Eco beauty

Eco Innovators – Cushie Tushies

December 16th, 2009

Modern cloth nappies are fantastic, I’m a big fan. What makes these so good is that they are ‘one size fits all’ which means you don’t have to replace them as your baby grows, keeping the costs down. Like all businesses this one started out small, with the founder Shell Fowler initially making her nappies for friends and family, and then the word spread. Here we find out how two passionate Australian mums came up with the idea for these modern cloth eco-nappies and why they got into the baby bum business.

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Tags: Eco Baby eco threads nappies

National Vegetarian Week – Ness’s Diary

October 7th, 2009

National vegetarian week kicked off on 28th September, but I started on 6th October…better late than never hey? Ok, so I’m feeling slightly guilty about re-scheduling my vego week… but it was for a worthy cause in the name of an unrestricted dining and shopping spree as I was visiting my li’l sister.
All that wining and dining has actually worked to my advantage, as I began this week seriously craving veggies!

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Tags: food

National Vegetarian Week – Duncan’s Diary

October 1st, 2009

We’ve just had visitors staying with us from overseas. Obviously we wanted them to experience the full Aussie lifestyle, so the barbecue has been blazing away for a fortnight with a full farm of sausages and hamburgers washed down with plenty of Shiraz. I think I am more than ready to give up meat for just one, little week!

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Tags: food

Go Green Baby

October 1st, 2009

I recently had a baby and made the decision to try and minimise the impacts of the new addition to the family. I knew nothing about babies and even less about what they needed, but after a whole three months of being a new parent I think I have finally got to grips with it. If you find yourself in the same boat I hope this might come in handy.