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I Tried A Shampoo Bar, Why You Should Switch To Shampoo Bars To!

With all that is going on in the world, if you haven't heard about zero waste, minimalism, reducing plastic waste, or at least what is happening with Climate change then you must be living with no internet somewhere! What all these lifestyle changes have in common is the preservation of the environment by reducing our waste. One simple way to reduce your waste is to switch to alternatives, which...
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Is Going Zero Waste Too Hard? We All Just Need To Start With A Little

Have you ever really consciously thought about how much waste you produce? Most people haven't. Just take a random thing such as buying mouth wash for instance. You go to the store and buy your Listerine mouthwash today. About two months (or less) later its finished, and you throw the empty bottle in the bin and off to the store you go for another bottle. Do the math and you will see just how...
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The Low Down On Using Menstrual Cups! By Gittemary Johansen

Gittemary Johansen takes us through "8 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Menstrual Cups!" In case you are thinking of starting to reduce your waste or even reducing your waste a bit more and maybe trying out a Menstrual Cup, Gittemary Johansen has 8 things to tell you that she wished someone had told her before she used one. Hopefully her tips can be quite useful and steer you in the...
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DIY Zero Waste Body Butter, Face Creams, And Under Arm Deodorant Recipes

Often people get intimidated by people who speak about reducing their waste and living a more 'minimalist lifestyle'. What you must understand though, is that all it takes is a very small change to start, you don't have to be implementing and worrying about reducing every tiny bit of waste in your life, initially. It all comes with practice and time and through that we can all do our bit. The...
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All Natural Shampoo Bars/Soap Bars Made By Puresimple Right Here In Cape Town

In a previous post, I posted a short video of some of the cosmetic things (like face cream and under arm deodorant) that I make myself. Something else that I always wanted to make myself, was soap, and shampoo, but making soap with a texture similar to conventional soap is not so simple. Luckily I stumbled upon Puresimple's website and immediately sent them an email to inquire and learn more....
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Simply DIY, Make Your Own 0 Waste Minimalist Face Wash, Scrub And Mouth Wash!

Let's get straight to it, these are very simple to make and they are so effective. They reduce a whole lot of plastic waste and decrease your dependence on commercial cosmetic brands, so be sure to give them a try! Just One simple Ingredient Zero Waste Facewash? If you have tried every face wash out there, being sold on all the marketing give this a try! So simple and so easy to use, and it...
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Simple, Efficient And Practical Tips To Save And Preserve Precious Water!

With the severe drought and water crisis that came over Cape Town recently, we should all become aware about preserving precious worldly resources such as water. When you actually think about it and monitor these sort of things daily, which we use and take for granted, only then do you realize just how much we use and waste unnecessarily. It really puts things into perspective. The great news...

Two Adults, Two Kids, Zero Waste | By The OG Zero Waster, Bea Johnson

Bea Johnson lives a zero waste lifestyle, minimizing the amount of waste she and her family put out there. It is a great way to reduce buying and disposing of unnecessary things and in turn tremendously helps out the environment. She is one of the first people to bring a 'zero waste' lifestyle into the main stream and she does such a wonderful job! She shares some incredible tips in the video...
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The Best Way To Use Up Veggies And Fruit And Not throw Them Away!

Do you ever go to the grocery store and sometimes end up buying a whole trolley full of fresh fruit and vegetables because you couldn't make up your mind on what fruit you actually wanted so you just took a bit of everything?  Then you get home and after a week or so most of it has not been eaten and is starting to go off.  So you end up throwing most of it away.  Well here’s an extremely...
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A Look Into How Plastic Is Ruining The Environment, Animals… And Ourselves!

I think we all know that plastic is bad for the environment and that plastic sticks around forever, and does not decompose, but most of us really have no idea just how harsh the reality of it is. We think that when we take out our trash, it magically disappears and is disposed of, when in reality it just sits in landfills and eventually can make its way to the oceans where marine life can get...