Pancake day is fast approaching. You can buy pre-made pancakes, but they are so easy and simple to make that there is no need to buy them. Plus when you make them yourself, you control the ingredients and the packaging. I love this vegan pancake recipe because it is so delicious, has minimal packaging and is sugar free! Please note, this post contains affiliate links. It won’t cost you anything extra to use the links and opinions are all my own. Vegan pancake recipe ingredients: 120 g (or 1 cup) of self raising flour 1 banana (the riper it is, the sweeter the pancakes will be) 250 ml (or 1 cu ..read more

YouTube is a great place to find inspiration on living a vegan life. From recipes to product reviews, to tips, here are 7 great vegan YouTubers which are well worth checking out Vegan YouTubers that are budget friendly Rachel Ama Over half a million YouTube subscribers watch Rachel share her journey of living a vegan life, her vegan recipes and food reviews. I love her enthusiasm. She shares some amazing looking Carribean recipes. Rachel has a series of £1 easy vegan student meals. She also has another series where non vegans try vegan food, which is a great one to watch if you are a meatlover ..read more

Do you find it frustrating advent calendars create so much waste? Why not make your own reusable LEGO advent calendar instead! I know it’s a bit late for this year, but it’s something to think about for next year. This is a guest blog post by Nick Bright from Brighton Bricks. They encourage kids and adults to play through LEGO challenges and events for all ages. You can find out more details via brightonbricks.com, or you can find them on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram When I was a kid, my Dad made me a clock advent calendar out of matchboxes. It was so much better than any shop bought advent ..read more

Early on in my blogging days, I tried really hard to go shampoo and conditioner free and did lots of different experiments. I wish I had known about Friendly soap back then, as it would have made things a whole lot easier! But I didn’t and I had a lot of adventures attempting to go shampoo and conditioner free. I also experimented with different alternatives to shower gel. Please note: I received soap to review and this blog post contains affiliate links. Opinions are all my own and I was a customer of Friendly before getting in touch with them to ask for some soap to review. Ways that I tried ..read more

Christmas can be a really expensive time of year. But by making these simple swaps you can have a luxurious Christmas on a budget. At the end of it all there will be a lot less to throw in the bin, which is much better for the environment. Note: this blog post contains affiliate links. All opinions are my own and it won’t cost you anything extra to use them. It will help to support the blog though. Thanks! Also look out for the giveaway I am currently running at the bottom of this post. I have some reusable Christmas crackers and some reusable gift wrap to give away. Join my Zero Waste Christm ..read more

Most wrapping paper can’t be recycled, as it often has foil layers or glitter added (which is plastic). After a few moments of joy it ends up in the bin. Happily there are eco friendly wrapping paper swaps we can make which are just as fun and attractive. Many of them won’t cost you anything and they are more considerate to the planet. Note: This blog post contains affiliate links and I was sent some Wrag Wrap to review/ giveaway. Eco friendly wrapping paper alternatives course and the #CutTheWrap Challenge Last year I set the challenge to not use any single use wrapping paper over the festive ..read more

Finding the right gift for the man in your life can be hard. Especially when trying to be zero waste, vegan and/ or sustainable. Well, look no further! I’ve put together a list of eco friendly gifts for men. This blog post contains affiliate links. Buying stuff through the links won’t cost you any extra, but will help to support the blog. All opinions are my own. Thanks! This post was originally written a few years ago but has been updated for 2020. 1. A thermal imaging camera is fun and practical eco friendly gift for him If he’s into gadgets and money saving, he will love this. The FLI ..read more

Do you want to buy sustainable gifts for your friends, family, kids teachers and basically everyone you need to buy a gift for? Well look no further because I have a great round up of gift ideas for you! Before we get started I want to dive into what makes a gift sustainable or eco friendly. How can you spot a sustainable or eco friendly gift? The terms sustainable and eco-friendly are quite vague and could cover a variety of qualities. So I’m going to break down into bite sized chunks, what I think makes a gift sustainable. 1. Is the sustainable gift wanted? Before worrying about the eco cred ..read more

How Bad Are Bananas – The Carbon Footprint of Everything, is a book written by Mike Berners-Lee. It was first published 10 years ago and has been recently updated to take into account the latest facts and figures. Note: This blog post contains affiliate links. All opinions are my own and it won’t cost you anything extra to shop through them. I received a copy of the book to review. The book summarises the carbon costs of various activities and sorts them into sections by the weight of carbon emissions. At the low end of the scale are things like texting and emailing. At the higher end are volc ..read more

Marco Tedesco is a polar scientist, who has written a new book just out today. It is called Ice: Tales from a Disappearing World. In the book, you spend a day with him and his colleagues on the ice sheet in Greenland. Along the way he includes snippets of Inuit culture, female and black ice explorers. Plus we learn surprising facts about creatures past and present living in these areas. You zoom in and out from the difficulties of getting dressed and eating in such cold conditions, to the blindingness of the light reflected from the ice, to the science behind the melting ice. There is a sense ..read more