Tag Archives: environment

After a series of devastating bush fires, communities were left with nothing, including the koala communities along the East Coast of Australia. Is it too late to save them? Koala Habitat Loss and Bush Fires Prior to the arrival and settlement of the First Fleet there were believed to be millions of koalas, many were […]

Have you ever dreamed of leaving all your worries behind and escaping to the bush? Well, as it turns out, there’s a lot more to off grid living than meets the eye. The definition of off grid living is: living in a self-sufficient manner without reliance on one or more public utilities. This means using your […]

10% of the world’s ocean is plastic and Australia produces so much we have to ship it to other countries to get rid of. Can you go plastic free for July? Can You Be Part Of the Solution? It can be difficult to absorb the amount of information we are constantly bombarded with each day. […]

Day Zero has been looming over Cape Town but now other cities around the world are quickly running out of water. Global Water Crisis Here in Australia we have been struggling through droughts on and off for a long time, however it hasn’t gotten to point (yet) of disaster like it has in South Africa, […]

Love your morning cup of coffee? Do you love to snack on chocolate or blueberries? Well, all those little luxuries are at risk of disappearing if the bee population continues to decline. Fast Facts: –          Around 5% of bees produce honey but all bees are pollinators of various grains, fruit and vegetables –          There is […]

Everyone knows that rubbish ends up in the ocean, but did you know that there is a patch of garbage twice the size of Texas floating between Hawaii and California? Yup, that’s right. A large collection of mostly plastic items like discarded fishing nets , plastic bottles and polystyrene cups is currently swirling it’s way around […]

How many times have you bought a new top that you didn’t really need? Maybe you liked the way it made you look or perhaps you thought it was a good price, a bargain even! Chances are you didn’t think about where the top was made or what the working conditions of the people responsible […]

A carbon footprint is defined as:  The total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). Basically, everything you do in your day to day life has some sort of impact on the world around you. Whether you hop in your car […]

You’ve probably heard the term Carbon Footprint once or twice. But what is it? Why is it important to us? What are WE supposed to do for it? Well today we’re going to discuss how it is relevant to us, and what it means in our everyday life. So what is it? A carbon footprint […]