My raw granola experiment When I saw a photo on Facebook of some delicious raw granola that Hannah (from A Foodly Affair) made, I was instantly reminded of the super delicious raw granola from Samudr...
Worrying about where my baby is going to sleep has been top of my mind lately. I thought buying the secondhand cot from a friend was the hard part done, but I was wrong. It started with the cot mattr...
This is so simple you’ll wonder why you didn’t think of it first. I don’t actually know who thought of it first, but in my world my Pop thought of it and installed one at my Gran...
When you ‘need’ something what is the first thing you do? Just go out and buy it? I’m pretty sure that’s what alot of people do. I like to think of it as “no conscious b...
Everybody kept asking me what ‘theme’ I was going for in the nursery. Theme? Does “no theme” count? I decided early on that I was going to make the nursery flexible for a grow...
My spare room has become a nursery. I haven’t gone crazy making changes – the wall colour remains, the wood floors remain (I won’t be installing carpet), the white venetians remain ...
Baked saffron pancakes with forest berries from www.greenkitchenstories.com Blah I kinda hate Mothers Day. It used to be a cute day as a kid where you’d make your Mum a macaroni necklace, cook ...
I’m about to become a fulltime mother and housekeeper. This means that jobs that used to be done on weekends as a joint effort and only when we had the time…. has now become my sole respo...
Previously discussed: The first trimester. The reason for this post is for those women out there who are wanting to have a somewhat ‘eco pregnancy’. When I first found out I was having a baby I strug...
I was probably being a big pain in the ass when I specified in my gift registry that I would prefer eco friendly gifts for my babyshower. I felt very strange ‘asking’ for presents as it w...
I don’t know many people who LOVE renovating. Sure, it sounds like fun and can be in the beginning but ultimately you hit your first snag and you end up despising your renovation – until ...
It’s been a bit quiet around Eco Empire lately – that’s because my partner and I are trying to finalise the renovations to our 1950′s house (which we bought off the original o...
I don’t know why, but it feels very powerful and motivating when a bunch of women get together for a good cause – so I was pretty keen to join the 1 Million Women campaign which is all ab...
What can we do with all these mismatched plates? With a babyshower coming up I really wanted cake stands for all the food, but didn’t think it was worth the cost of buying brand new cake stands...
Previously: I discussed my experiences with exposures to toxins and how I now live my life as organic, natural and toxic free as possible. Ladies, have you ever thought about what you put on your fa...
There’s nothing better than getaway weddings – the kind that ‘forces’ you to travel to lovely locations. This past weekend I was ‘forced’ to spend four days in Eag...
This is a staple favourite in my house – because it’s easy and quick to make (roughly the time it will take to boil the pasta) and because it’s so simply delicious! This is the kind...
I came across this great video from TED about a documentary filmmaker Penelope Jagessar Chaffer’s curiosity with the toxins exposed to unborn babies. With the help of scientist Tyrone Hayes, they dis...
Valentines Day, albeit a great excuse to do something romantic with your loved one, has also become one of the most commercialised and NON-eco days of the year with pointless and unnecessary gift buy...
I love my neighbourhood. Victoria Park is an old suburb in Perth with a pretty good sense of community. It started becoming even greater with the addition of an awesome cafe with great coffee, a book...
Have you ever considered exactly what you’re putting on your nails when you paint them? It didn’t really occur to me until a few years ago when I spotted the Zoya nailpolish brand in a lo...
Accessories are a girl’s best friend because they can dress up a boring outfit (or better yet, ‘update’ the same outfit you’ve been wearing on rotation!) and you can then get ...
Happy Australia Day! "Down South" - a Western Australian holiday term for heading to the south western corner of the country. Today is a great day to reflect on how beautiful our country is...
In the last year or so I’ve gone from doing all my shopping at the large chain supermarkets to then shopping at the local independently owned markets and now I’ve discovered the local far...
Buying presents can be really hard, unnecessary or outside the budget. There’s nothing worse than the guilt of wanting to buy a present but not knowing what to buy and then just buying somethin...
Discovering you’re pregnant can be a very exciting time, but also daunting because you’re suddenly more aware of all the things you’re putting in or on your body, and what kind of environment you’re ...
My vegetable garden is in bloom at the moment, with my greatest yields being chard (a leafy green high in vitamins A, K & C and rich in minerals, dietary fiber and protein – although it can...
image from www.livingsmart.org.au If you’ve made (or wanted to make) a resolution to be more green in 2012, but you’re not sure how to do it, then why not do a Living Smart course!? The L...
2011 was the year I achieved a few resolutions by the way of the 3Things Project by Oxfam, one of them being to become an Ethical Fashionista. This involved upcycling and recycling clothes. During th...
Are you planning on making any new year resolutions for 2012? How about making sure you have some sustainable resolutions in there! Here are my new year resolutions: 1. To (finally) get rainwater tan...
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