4 Easy Sustainable Swaps Miriam PierreJanuary 28, 2020Blog, Low impact family living We wanted to highlight some easy sustainable swaps that we think are simple enough for any parent to be more eco-friendly. 1. Reuseable Cloth Nappies & Wipes With millions of nappies going to to landfill every year, making the switch to reusables can really make a difference. They are not as hard as you think…
4 Tips For Getting Back into Exercise After Having a Baby Miriam PierreFebruary 17, 2020Blog, Low impact family living We got together with Maya Saffron a fitness trainer specialised in postnatal exercise to give you some useful tips to get you kickstarted back into fitness after having a baby. When is ok to go back to exercising after having a baby? Normal birth: if everything went well, as soon as 1-2 weeks C-Section: if…
5 Ways to Make Your Kids Clothes Last Longer Miriam PierreJanuary 30, 2020Blog, Low impact family living We thought we would team up with Marianna Sachse from Jackalo who is our this month's featured maker, to give you some easy tips we can all adopt to help make our clothes last longer. 1.Wash less Between water, detergent, and energy, washing clothes has a big impact on the environment. And, all of that…
Four Tips to Help Minimize Your Waste at Christmas Miriam PierreDecember 17, 2019Low impact family living Christmas is a time to come together and celebrate with your nearest and dearest but it can also be quite a conundrum of what to do or how to recycle your waste. So here are a few helpful tips to curb your "eco anxiety" that we hope will help you declutter post-Christmas and get you…
Ways to Celebrate Your Baby’s First Christmas Miriam PierreNovember 25, 2019Low impact family living Your babys firsts are precious milestones that you want to mark and Christmas is no exception! So we thought we would put together some ideas to help you make this Christmas extra special with perhaps starting family traditions or creating family keepsakes and really giving your family the magic of Christmas this Christmas! 1. Take…
Eco Parenting: Wooden Toys Versus Plastic Toys Heena JadejaNovember 21, 2019Low impact family living Christmas is nearly upon us and many of you will be buying toys for your loved ones, its estimated in the UK the average spending on toys at Christmas is around £86 per child (up to 11yrs) and each child receives an average of eight toys each! (Source: NPD).
2019 Guide to Green Gifting Heena JadejaNovember 15, 2019Low impact family living So much preparation goes into Christmas but the excessive amount of waste it leaves us with is something definitely not worth looking forward to! So, we have some eco-friendly gifting tips that will save you from the most waste-producing part of the season! 1. Buy Organic for Adults Organic gifting is just about taking an…
Sustainable Stocking Filler Ideas 2019 Heena JadejaNovember 13, 2019Low impact family living Stocking fillers are small but an exciting part of every child’s Christmas. If you are tired of the plastic and toxic clutter that comes into the stockings every year and want to go for an eco-friendly, sustainable option, we bet you’ll love our top picks! 1.BANDIT MASK £7.50 Give your children the sustainable superhero mask…
Stylish & Sustainable Gift Wrapping Ideas for 2019 Miriam PierreNovember 12, 2019Low impact family living After spending hours choosing and buying your perfect Christmas gifts then comes the arduous task of wrapping... only then to see it all the paper ripped off in a nanosecond on the big day and then finishes up in the bin! To me the wrapping of a present is all part of the the joy…
Introducing Children to Sustainable Living: 7 Tips Miriam PierreNovember 5, 2019Low impact family living Teaching your children about sustainability can sound like a huge task but it can actually be really fun and great to capture their imagination as well as teaching important lessons about care and love and respect the enivorment and everything in it. We put together 6 tips to help inspire you and your own little…
Our Top 6 Sustainable Living Tips Miriam PierreJune 17, 2019Low impact family living Sustainable Living: We wanted to talk about sustainable living and how we can all help each other with some practical tips and advice. For us, it's all about reducing our carbon footprint by taking a more mindful approach and considering more sustainable methods in transport, energy, consumption, and our diet. My personal top tip: Is…
Our Top 3 Eco Easter Egg Picks Miriam PierreApril 13, 2019Low impact family living Easter is nearly upon us! Its no surprise it's one of the UK 's most popular time's to purchase chocolate - 10% of our annual chocolate spending is done at Easter. With all those eggs comes a lot of packaging too. Last year it was calculated by Wrap a waste advisory organisation that around 3,000 tonnes…