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Plastic-Free July (and every month)
Why Avoid Plastic? Avoiding plastic has always been something high on my agenda. When I was a teen and a twenty-something, it was about protecting the environment - not creating waste, minimising the creating of single-use items, and protecting our beautiful planet...
Featured Businesses
Discover Our Featured Businesses Just recently, I ran a competition in my free Facebook group - Healthy (and Safe) Living. The prize was worth almost $2800!!! Each of the following businesses donated a product or service that formed this massive prize - Which was won...
Time for New Habits
The end of the year is a time when we look to create new habits. We reflect back on the year that we have had. And decide what we would like to do differently. Do you do that? I do. I love this practice and tend to do it way more often. Here’s are 5 new habits that...
Spiders: Managing them Naturally
Spiders… Cockroaches… Beetles & Bugs Spiders, cockroaches, beetles and bugs can give even the toughest person a bit of a shock. I am a massive insect lover, but I can get spooked sometimes. One night, I crawled into bed. Closed the mosquito net and snuggled down...
Time Indoors – Is it Affecting Your Health?
Spending more time indoors, you may discover that your place is not supporting your health. Did you know that on average Australians generally spending 90+% of their time indoors? This can include home, work, in vehicles and places of worship. Whether it be a change...
Environmental Stressors Can Cause Blindness??
Environmental Stressors Can Cause Blindness?? Say what? Environmental stressors can cause blindness???? Yup. Let me illustrate this with a story about Billie. Billie (not her real name) is a young Mum who is super keen to ensure her bubba is safe. She’d heard about 5G...
Managing Mould
Managing #mould. It’s everywhere, so how? Managing mould doesn’t have to be an uphill battle. Managing Mould At Your Place Since mould is a moisture issue, we are going to focus on moisture. Moisture can come from weather-events, building-related issues and occupant...
Air Quality – Understanding the Information
With the bushfires that destroyed so much of Australia in the summer of 2020, air quality became a bit of an obsession - and rightly so with all the smoke that our fires have produced spreading globally. There are apps and websites and indexes… There is PM2.5, PM10,...
Smart Meters – What Can Be Done?
Smart meters have been rolled out in many parts of the country, have you got one? Given I am so immersed in this kind of technology, I am always surprised when someone hasn’t even heard of them. 🙂 So, let's start with what they are. What are Smart Meters? A smart...
House Hunting?
Moving (and house hunting) is a highly stressful time... Add to the mix the need to avoid environmental stressors, keep to a tight budget and manage with low tolerance - house hunting becomes almost impossible. Sound familiar? I get it - not only have I been there...
Lead Poisoning Prevention
Lead Poisoning Prevention Lead exposure and poisoning can occur in three different ways – primary, secondary and tertiary. The primary way, is through direct exposure – eating paint chips, accidentally swallowing a lead sinker, consuming water or food that has been...
Is My House Making Me Sick? Pt2
Is My House Making Me Sick? PART 2 >> Is My House Making Me Sick? Part 1 is here << 3. Sleep… in peace! There is a lot of emerging research that shows device use interferes with our sleep, and that blue light can damage our eyes. The mental stimulation...
Is My House Making Me Sick? Pt 1
Is my house making me sick? PART 1 You’re not quite on your game. Your health has declined – your energy is low, you feel “off”, when you wake up you definitely don’t feel vibrant and refreshed any more. Each day has become a struggle and even a morning coffee doesn’t...
Wi-Fi Free Tips to Avoid Wireless Technology
“We’re Wifi-Free At Night,” they said… Recently I assessed a home where the parents very proudly told me that each and every night, they are wifi-free. What they did was to log into their router and turn off the wifi on their router *every* night. They did this every...
The Benefits of an Outdoor Workplace
Outdoor Workplaces An outdoor workplace may sound odd – perhaps you imagine a landscaper, gardener or builder being people who have outdoor workplaces. But most of us can move our workplaces to the outdoors. It’s easier than you think, and well worth the benefits to...