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Disposable clothing  at landfill In this world of instant gratification, ‘disposable fashion’ is on the rise. Increasing quantities of discarded clothing being sent to landfill becomes problematic. More and more pieces and garments that are manufactured quickly and cheaply to keep up with catwalk trends. More styles mean more purchases and that leads straight to more waste created. The clothing is not made well enough in the first place to allow repairing it to be and option, and it is sold cheap enough to encourage customers to just buy another in the new pattern or colour of the trend. Once the trend is over, these garments are ended in landfill site globally due to the poor quality.   Unlike world class quality of garments that can handed down to next generations disposable clothing is damaging to our environment and the economy. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 1.5 million tons of textile waste was generated in 2013, of which 12.8 million tons were ...

How do you fancy saving yourself time and money? Doing less laundry? Reclaiming lost space in your over-stuffed closets, all while making an important contribution to the environment? It may sound too good to be true but it’s possible and the key is in these two little words: capsule wardrobe. We all can truly benefit from owning and purchasing less clothes. How many items of clothing do we really need? Most of the time we purchased sale items impulsively, we never get a chance to wear and still have the tags on them. When we sight them in the store window, wow, they looked irresistible yet in reality it’s our comfortable old faithful we always turn to. Our closet may full yet still everyday stare into it feeling uninspired. It is better having a mini capsule wardrobe made up of 30-40 the versatile pieces we actually LOVE to wear. Depending on individual o ccupation, lifestyle and to some degree season will influence. All clothes, shoes and outerwear count including pajama...

Mobile phone recycling is one of the necessary practice to save the planet and also to generate money in the process while keeping up with the technology. Electronic waste became major environmental issues nowadays with technologies growth. Improper disposal of phones fills out the landfills and continue harming the planet and putting lives in danger. Smartphones are here to stay, they’re simply part of our lives, so learning about the importance of proper disposal and recycling of these devices brings us one step closer to the utopia we all dream of living in. They are awesome and connect us in ways we never imagined 30 years ago. However, many of us are blissfully ignorant of the negative ecological impact of these lovely mass they produced. Every youngster anywhere in the world including myself replaces a phone almost every 18 months. Thus, mobile phones hardly have a life-cycle of 2 years and of course most of us wants the latest smart phone. With extensive use of mobile...

Home milk delivery is no longer a thing of the past. Many people don’t realize that there are dairies that participate in delivery programs all over the continent, and now it’s easier than ever to find them. Choose  home delivery of milk in glass bottles  and enjoy daily dose of calcium delivered directly to doorsteps without the hassle or the inconvenience of locating an organic milk supplier in the area. Imagine waking up in the morning, just open door for fresh, high quality milk. Enjoy breakfast knowing that the action is supporting the community and the environment at the same time, and that’s definitely the best way to start our day. When we use glass bottle milk delivery, we are buying milk that comes from local farms. This means our milk will be fresher, better tasting, and higher quality than anything we buy from a grocery store. The glass does not alter the taste of the milk and keeps it colder, making it enjoyable from the first drop...

When we look around us and far fewer people are negotiating unwieldy newspapers opting instead to read their news via a smartphone or tablet. Get off the train and the sea of commuters are much more likely to flow through the barriers with the swipe of a smart-card while electronic check-in at airport becomes popular. Even in offices paperless meetings are conducted in digital rooms that provide tools and online document repositories to simulate face to face meetings through different computer devices. With this in mind, here are some insights on how paperless meetings can help the office and environment, remote access provides green accessibility. Imagine you’re stuck in traffic and you have a meeting in five minutes. The meeting is paper-based and restricted to participants only with no secretaries; therefore you have to be there to participate. If the meeting was paperless, then the administrators could’ve set a digital meeting room and you could’ve joined remotely. Paper...

Eco friendly fashion known as sustainable fashion or ethical fashion are often used interchangeably should first and foremost be about reducing fashion consumption. Reducing our own footprint starts by being mindful of consumption and waste. This ultimately means buying less and purchasing only what we need. When a garment is damaged, many think nothing more of chucking it out and replacing it with something new. However many items can be repaired easily for example sew back a new button when it’s missing. We can mend a seam that is coming apart and darn a sock or sweater. As Australia is the second most wasteful society with  650 kg of waste per person  sent to landfill each year, we need to start changing the mindset of throwing fashion items away which can be repair, recycle and repurpose. Instead of throwing items that we no longer need in the trash, we can recycle those. There are two ways to do this, we can either donate items to a charity or opportunity shop as the...