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Sharing stories that strengthen our commitment to nature, community, and a healthier planet.
Meet The Share Shop: A Newcastle Library of Things
I would love you to meet The Share Shop: A Newcastle Library of Things to borrow. The Share Shop is [...]
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DIY Christmas Bon Bons with Good Gifts
Christmas Bon Bons are a traditional Christmas favourite. But the little trinkets inside the commercial factory-made Christmas crackers are our [...]
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5 Tips for Loving Your Trusty Natural Deodorant Paste
If you’ve recently ditched your traditional antiperspirant deodorant and switched to natural deodorant, here are 5 tips for loving your [...]
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Ways to Use Surplus Homegrown Lemons
It’s early August, and our lemon tree is bursting with lemons! We have a whole tree’s worth of large, free-from-pesticides [...]
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Be Kind to Ourselves with Sustainable Gift Giving at Christmas
Cheap costs and neverending availability of stuff to buy at Christmas feels more like a sales and marketing pitch of [...]
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Visible Mending Books to Help Start Repairing your Clothes
Have you stopped wearing the clothes you love because of a pesky hole, slight tear or dreadful stain? If we [...]
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Socks are Miscellaneous Textile Waste
Instigated by an inbox message, I discovered that socks are miscellaneous textile waste that add to the little book of [...]
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Why Local Businesses Love Being a Local Business
In the after-hours cosiness of Estabar – opposite Newcastle beach – a small bunch of our community listened to an [...]
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Hot Tips for Op Shopping Mindfully
It’s tempting to go to the op shop with the urge to buy everything just because it’s cheap or one-of-a-kind. [...]
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Why I Created these Handmade Unique Christmas Bon Bons
Christmas Day for us is about sharing a baked meal with family and friends. Before we tuck into this delicious [...]
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The Naturally Fresh Feeling of Line Drying Clothes
Growing up in the burbs of Sydney, Mum always hung the washing on the original metal Hills Hoist clothesline. On [...]
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Bring Your Own Sustainable Habits to Your Overseas Family Holidays – Part 3
If we could predict how our ingrained daily sustainable habits would work in another country, travelling would be a breeze. [...]
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Take 3 for The Sea Inaugural CEO Cleanup
Taking part in the Take 3 for the Sea inaugural CEO cleanup event on the Central Coast of NSW was [...]
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Water is More than a Daily Resource
My lifelong relationship with water is more than just being a useful and valuable daily resource. The connection strengthens my [...]
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Embracing Slow, Simpler & More Sustainable Living
ReNewy Living supports your journey to embrace living a life more slowly, simpler living and more sustainable living. But what [...]
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The Scary Truth About Plastic
The Real Horror at Halloween This is a guest post written by Charlie Thompson from The Clean Collective. Some links [...]
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Green Simple Swaps – Alternatives to Cling Wrap
Along your journey towards a more low impact lifestyle, finding quality reusable options similar to your current products means you’re [...]
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Going Low Tox was Linda’s Moment of Truth
Going Low Tox was Linda’s Moment of Truth I would love you to meet Linda… I met Linda through our early [...]
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5 Ways to Reduce Your Need to Buy
The convenience of buying stuff now has moved stealthily into our everyday living psyche. Our “throw away buy new and [...]
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6 Ways to Create a New Normal for Grocery Shopping
It’s early 2020, and the global pandemic COVID-19 virus has shaken up our everyday living. One of the most significant [...]
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