Category Archives: The Green Guide

Tips and tricks for making environmentally friendly swaps today! Let’s try and sum up summer 2023 so far: Central Europe = Very hot, UK = Very wet, Climate = Very unhappy. So the traditional image of going abroad for summer holidays might not be so attractive now, when major destinations are under sweltering heat orContinue reading “Tip No.14 – Staycations”

Tips and tricks for making environmentally friendly swaps today! With lighter evenings and seemingly a few more minutes in the day, it is the time of year to get stuck into a good book. Reading is widely known as a great for both our health and as a low carbon activity, but there are waysContinue reading “The Green Guide Tip NO.13 – I think I read somewhere…”

Tips and tricks for making environmentally friendly swaps today! It’s that time of year where the sun is shining more, things are waking up, and you might have more of an urge to declutter and clean your house. That’s right, it’s spring cleaning season. If this sounds like you, here are some tips to freshenContinue reading “The Green Guide: Tip NO.12 – Sustainable Spring Cleaning”

Tips and tricks for making environmentally friendly swaps today! A new year has begun, and a possible resolution you may have made is to learn something new/ spend less time on screens/ make more. If this is you (and even if it isn’t, it can’t hurt reading on…), here are some tips for becoming aContinue reading “The Green Guide: Tip No.11 – planet conscious crafts & hobbies”

Tips and tricks for making environmentally friendly swaps today! Calling all stationery addicts! Do you rejoice at the feel of a new notebook, have every colour highlighter going or sticker sheets to cover a whole room? Hands up, me included… ✋ Well, there are worse addictions…. But how do you enjoy your stationery while stillContinue reading “The Green Guide: Tip No. 10 – Sustainable Stationery 🖊”

Tips and tricks for making environmentally friendly swaps today! I don’t know about you, but I am partial to food. You too? Glad you’re here. Earlier in this blog I introduced sustainability in the kitchen, but what about what we are actually eating? What snacks are sustainable and what is a dietary and environmental no-no.Continue reading “The Green Guide: Tip NO.9 – You Are What You Eat”

As the days get warmer and the sun comes out, now is the perfect time to remind and reset your sun protection routine, for both your own health and that of the planet. For those people who need to hear it – sun care is so important! I was that kid that hated putting onContinue reading “The Green Guide: Tip NO.8 – Sustainable Sun Care 🌞”

Tips and tricks for making environmentally friendly swaps today! So now we have considered how to make our bathrooms a more environmentally sustainable space, how can we deepen our impact when caring for our hair? Take a look at these….. Drying – this super simple change of habit has drastically changed my routine recently. IfContinue reading “The Green Guide: Tip NO.7 – Good Hair Day 💇‍♀️”

Tips and tricks for making environmentally friendly swaps today! As lockdowns are easing, chances are we are going to be moving around a little more. Can we be more critical of what transport we use and when to reduce our carbon emissions as we travel? Here is a list of when you might consider usingContinue reading “The Green Guide: Tip No.6 – Transport 🚗”

Tips and tricks for making environmentally friendly swaps today! Hands up who has used their mobile phone today? 🙌🏾 Maybe you are reading this on your phone right now?! So how can we create change using the thing we hold in our hands everyday? As many people are aware, phones are a clear example ofContinue reading “The Green Guide: Tip NO.5 – Hanging on the telephone”