The Road to Happiness

The Road to Happiness

Want to find more happiness? Add more challenge to your life. There’s something that I’ve come to learn from my sustainability journey: challenge always appears hard, but the result is always more happiness. When you challenge yourself to do something, it’s likely to be something you aspire to; a change to take you a step closer to who you want […]

Don’t Live ECO for the planet. Live ECO for you.

Don’t Live ECO for the planet. Live ECO for you.

For some of us, we consider ourselves to be ‘eco-warriors’, fighting for the good of the planet; standing up for nature and an earth that can’t defend itself. But most of us don’t consider the planet when we make our everyday decisions. And that’s fine! For the vast majority of people, we’re interesting in living a life that is happy, […]

Why You Shouldn’t Listen to Me

Why You Shouldn’t Listen to Me

No Eco-Tips, Please. I recently read a report of a study that was done at Georgia State University that said that when confronted with the ideas of climate change and “eco-friendly tips” or “environmentally-friendly living advice”, more people were turned off and less likely to make changes to the way they live. And I can understand why.  Most websites advocating […]

5 Things You Can Do to Live ECO on Lockdown

5 Things You Can Do to Live ECO on Lockdown

Being environmentally-friendly during a time when it’s hard to get out of your house to visit the environment can be tricky, but it’s not impossible! Most of the impact we have on the world comes from the choices that we make in the home. So today I wanted to bring up a few things that you can do to help […]

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