The Eco Journal

With the summer holidays in full swing it's becoming harder to keep the kids entertained whilst keeping the cost down. Our blog this week takes a look at affordable eco friendly kids activities to keep them busy. Leaf printing This...

More often than not we asked to recommend eco friendly alternative products to traditional and convenient items, one of these being tin foil. In years gone by we've gotten used to reaching for the foil when we need to wrap...

Essential oils are widely available and far more popular now than ever, but just what do we know about these brilliant little bottles oil and what makes them so fabulous? We'll get to that but first it's important to remember...

What does living an eco friendly lifestyle actually mean?  When talking about living an eco friendly lifestyle it basically means, making small changes to our everyday lives in order to be less harmful to the environment. Living a greener lifestyle...

What are the eco benefits of composting at home?  It’s easy to imagine huge, smelly heaps of decomposing food scraps and garden waste when you think of compost. Traditionally it would only be keen gardeners and those with allotments that...

 With eco friendly lifestyles and sustainability becoming ever more popular as people become more aware of the issues affecting our planet, the information out there is becoming a lot more readily available, which is great but finding an eco friendly...

7 Alternative Eco-friendly Wrapping Ideas For Stunning and Unique Gifts this Christmas.  Eco-friendly gift wrapping ideas are becoming more and more popular in the UK as more of us strive to live a greener lifestyle all year round. Whilst traditional...

Plastic Free July is a global movement made up of millions of people, like you, to encourage the reduction of single-use plastics. The challenge is to eliminate the use of at least one type of single-use plastic for the month of July....

Why use shampoo bars? Most shampoos these days contain a high amount of synthetic chemicals like SLS and parabens which make the shampoo foam and extend it's shelf life. These cannot be broken down by our bodies and can actually have some...