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CBD oil for insomnia – it works for me.
Insomnia I don’t sleep well. I live in the middle of a noisy city and shouts and sirens wake me up in the night. More recently, because I am …
Don’t chuck out all your stuff because of bloody Marie Kondo
rant starts here…. Bloody Marie Kondo. I’ve read her books, folded t-shirts so I can’t tell which ones they are and I’ve tried, really tried to watch her recent series …
How to Keep your Kids Clutter Free
In a nutshell – keeping the clutter down when you have children around can be really hard. Here are a few tips to keep things under control. I am the …
How to have an eco-friendly, low waste and frugal Christmas
In the brilliant less-stuff Facebook group, Laura mentioned upcycling broken old artificial Christmas trees by wrapping individual branches with twinkly lights to make garlands. This sparked off a whole load …
Making your home cosy with IKEA Live LAGOM
As part of the IKEA Live LAGOM Community, I get invited to loads of great workshops. There is no need to feel left out though, IKEA run workshops for everyone …
Why I hate Christmas, and what I’m doing about it
One of my earliest memories was of unwrapping a little record player. I must have been about two years old and I was totally confused by it. I soon worked …
LiveLAGOM, working with IKEA to be more sustainable
Two years ago, I nearly deleted an email titled ‘congratulations’ from IKEA. I’m so glad I didn’t because it was an invitation to become part of IKEA’s Live LAGOM community …
Declutter your yarn stash and help breastfeeding mums
This is a call out from less-stuff Facebook group member Shel Banks who needs knitted or crocheted boobs to use as a teaching aid. Shel says: If anyone fancies making …
Frugal Family Takeover 2 – Money & Mental Health
How having a budget can make you happier… I have worked with all sorts of people, with an array of financial realities. I can testify that money in itself does …
Frugal Family Take Over 1 – 6 Things You Can Do To Save The World
Claire Who? Hello! I’m Claire and I run The Frugal Family, the aim is to help families to save money, but at the same time save the world – you …
Free emotional support posters with tear off strips
Last month the lovely Anna in our Facebook group posted a link to an emotional support poster that had tear off strips. Each strip had words of comfort and support …
Why failing is impossible
Next week I have to give a presentation at college. The subject is ‘Failure in Design’. Since we have been told not to discount any of our ideas as rubbish …
Are you super self critical and does it stop you getting on?
I went to the doctor recently to get a check up. I’m really tired, waking up every few hours and struggling to get anything finished. Is probably just the menopause …
Why you can’t declutter and what is stopping you
You are keeping things because you think you should We will never forget our loved ones although it makes us feel more connected to own something they once had. If …
The #inflatableamnesty can go global! This is how to save paddling pools from landfill!
A new life for all those old inflatables A while ago I wrote about how happy my little tote bag made me. It was originally a bouncy castle, and the …
Not all plastic is rubbish!
There is a lot in the news now about reducing plastic. Terrifying pictures of beaches strewn with litter and animals killed by plastic are all over my Twitter feed. People …
Solving a litter problem with compassion – “Show Stapleton Road Some Love”
I live near a very long street which has a long term problem of fly tipping and littering. Our local magazine, Up our Street called me in to do some …
Authentic Box – Eco Friendly subscription for your home
This month Authentic House have sent me one of their subscription boxes to review. I had no idea what was going to be in it and if you watch the …
Life events can leave us ‘frozen’. How I started to unblock and declutter.
This is a guest post by Teri and I’m really honoured to have it on Less-stuff. We have tried to make this article accessible for people with cognitive impairment. You …
Less-stuff gets some #bloggerlove
The lovely Em, from This is Ems World has been featuring all sorts of bloggers in her #bloggerlove series. The idea is to showcase bloggers from different niches and …
What happens to plastic after you throw it away?
This is a guest post by Nathalia Fisher and Luke Douglas-Home from www.clearpublicspace.org who run the worldwide campaign `#StirCrazy’. #StirCrazy says – there is no situation in which a plastic stirrer is …
Halfway through #PlasticFreeJuly 2018, the going is tough but there are silver linings
If I had money and time in abundance, then being plastic free would be a doddle. I’d spend lovely days sourcing ethically produced Kilner jars and pottering around zero waste …
The Introducing Box, an ethical, creative subscription box.
The Introducing Box is a subscription service that sends out an interesting selection of artists work every month. They sent me June’s box to have a look at and I’m …
Sourcing Your Food in a Sustainable Way: Guest Post from Green & Growing
Sustainable agriculture is important because utilizing farming techniques that help protect our environment as well as community, animals and the public is what will help keep our current system going …
Plastic Free July 2018 – Day 1 – Plastic Audit #pfjuk
I’m totally unprepared! I’ve been so busy writing the Sustainable Summer book and the free Plastic Free July course with Claire from The Frugal Family that I’ve done no …
Find the Perfect Plastic Free July Challenge in this Roundup
If you want to reduce the amount of plastic you use, July is the month for it. Plastic Free July started 6 years ago in Perth and has spread across …
Become plastic free the easy way with this free course
Last July I wrote about my attempts to be plastic free. It was part of a global challenge called #plasticfreejuly. I’ll be honest with you, it wasn’t easy. Although I …
How to get rid of toxic friends: Guest Post from www.howtomakefriends.co.uk
Hey I’m Gemma, blogger at www.howtomakefriends.co.uk. I’m on a mission to cure loneliness amongst women and to empower you to build self-worth, spark up your social life and ultimately help …
Organic Shop Haircare Review
I’m a firm believer in the idea that small changes for the better get you there in the end. Although I’d love to be zero waste with my hair I …
No Straw Day June 5th 2018
Billions of plastic straws are used once and thrown away every day, enough to fill 1000 school buses every 24 hours! Heal our World helps anyone make a difference by coordinating …
A green and ethical alternative to sending greeting cards
Birthdays, Christmas, Easter, Weddings, Births…. all these things are made nicer when we know that our loved ones are thinking of us. The traditional way is to send a greeting …
3 free and easy ways to stop using so much plastic
Refil your bottle – cost £0 Your single use plastic water bottle can generally be refilled at least 10 times. If you want something sturdier on a budget I like …
May 2018 – life audit
What I’ve been doing and enjoying this month. A record to keep me on track of what I’ve done and what I want to do. Learning: Advanced driving took over …
Ethical Fashion Shopping at Clarks Village in Somerset
What is ethical shopping? Ethical shopping can include a whole variety of things. It is very personal what matters to you. For me, I want to be sure that the …
Stop food waste beautifully and organically with BeeBee Wraps
One of the most popular posts on less-stuff is the tutorial for reusable wax food wraps. They are brilliant alternatives to cling film and super fast to make. My wax …
Keeping Tupperware and plastic containers under control
You know when you open a cupboard and an explosion of plastic comes tumbling out? Tupperware type containers seem to breed if not kept in check occasionally and they can …
How to upcycle old fabric into a gorgeous solid storage cube
One of the best things about being part of a community of any sort, is when people share amazing ideas. Shirley Blair Procter is in the Ikea Live Lagom group …
It is cheaper to cook chickpeas from scratch than buy tinned
Cooking organic chickpeas from scratch costs less per 100g than buying non organic chickpeas in a tin, unless they are on special offer, in which case you save a …
Hiring a Bristol Yo Bike – is it cheaper than the gym?
This is about my first adventure with a Yo Bike. I do own a pushbike. It was my present to myself on my 40th birthday and it was built by …
Eco To Go Reusable Rice Husk Coffee Cup Review
I’ve been on the lookout for a re-usable coffee cup for a while now. I work from home so I try to get out of the house for a walk …