Pig Tits & Parsley Sauce

We were going to blog about the baby but we use no products on him and cloth nappies and it is easy and cheap and he is lovely and smells yummy – so nothing to blog about really!!!

This page is not all about babies and nappies but it is interesting that I took cloth (eco) nappies to an expo yesterday and people treated them like some sort of fascinating new invention. The cloth nappies we are using (most of them hand-me -downs) are similar to disposables in style, you just wash them [...]

Danni and Si’s baby born on Wednesday. Trying cloth eco nappies, and no branded baby products. We are going to clean him with sweet almond oil, baking soda baths, shampoo etc. All his gear and clothes are 2nd hand. Wooden hand made toys. Hope to prove that babies don’t need to be an expensive environmental [...]

Ouch! We are feeling the pinch and struggling to make ends meet on our self imposed $75 a week grocery budget. Last year, when GST went up to 15% I expected to feel the impact, but seeing we mainly buy staple ingredients items like flour, sugar, chickpeas etc the increase seemed to pass us by. [...]

Really starting to notice the $75 has to stretch thinner each week as the cost of living soars. The GST increase is starting to bite into even the most basic foods. Thank goodness we have broken the cycle of buying expensive, unhealthy pre-packaged food. My motto for living on a strictly limited budget is to [...]

We have a bottle of shampoo in the bathroom given to us by a friend who refuses to believe we prefer to wash our hair with baking soda. As a novelty (as I haven’t used shampoo for 2 years) I lathered up. How slimy and strange the once familiar foam felt and how overpowering seemed [...]

Nearly two years ago we made the decision to limit the groceries to $100 a week and stick to it. Even though our family-size has increased by one adult person, we managed to cut that budget again to $75. The outcome is we are eating more fruit and vegetables and way less processed food. Wastage [...]

Developed countries waste from one third to half of all the food produced. That is not only unsustainable and an insult to the farmer who produced the food in the first place but ultimately will bring the world as we know it to its knees. The next war will be hungry people fighting over scarce [...]

Making Non-Corporate Choices America’s pre-eminent consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader frequently talks about the last two generations growing up “corporate” in their attitudes and lifestyle choices. An important aspect of growing up “corporate” is automatically giving into constant pressure from the corporate media to see ourselves as “consumers” rather than citizens – [...]

Here’s a list of the presentations I can do for clubs, schools, community groups and individuals. Both Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt Councils have hosted me to Wellington for a Cleaning Products Demonstration which enabled over 1000 people in those communities to see and hear how they can save money while reducing their household waste [...]