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How to Compost Loofah at Home: 3 Easy Power Steps
Easily compost natural loofahs at home! These biodegradable, plant-based scrubbers decompose in 1-2 months. Just chop your used loofah and add it to the compost bin. A great eco-friendly alternative to plastic sponges. Replace regularly for hygiene.
5/6/2025
Compost Uses: How to Use Finished and Unfinished Compost in Your Garden
This comprehensive guide explores how to identify when compost is finished and ready to use, plus practical applications for both finished and unfinished compost in your garden. Learn about using compost as mulch, soil amendment, and tea, with seasonal guidance and solutions for common questions. The final installment in our Home Composting Series.
4/8/2025
Compostable Products: What Actually Breaks Down (And What Doesn't)
Confused about which "compostable" products actually break down in your home compost? This comprehensive guide clarifies the crucial differences between home and industrial composting, explains biodegradable vs. compostable materials, and provides a detailed breakdown of products that will—and won't—decompose in your backyard bin. Learn how to spot misleading environmental claims and discover truly compostable alternatives for a more sustainable lifestyle.
4/1/2025
Composting Success: Key Factors, Common Problems and Solutions
Having trouble with your compost? This guide covers the four essential factors affecting decomposition—temperature, moisture, aeration, and particle size—and provides practical solutions for common issues like odors, pests, and slow decomposition. Learn seasonal composting techniques and specialized troubleshooting for different composting methods.
3/24/2025
Choosing the Right Composting Method for Your Lifestyle
This comprehensive guide compares different home composting methods including traditional cold composting, hot composting, insulated bin composting, vermicomposting with worms, bokashi systems, and electric composters. Find the perfect composting solution whether you have a small apartment, limited patio space, suburban yard, or rural property. Based on personal experience, the author provides practical advice for choosing a composting method that fits your lifestyle, space constraints, and waste management goals.
3/19/2025
The Science of Home Composting: How Organic Waste Becomes Garden Gold
Explore the science of home composting, from the hidden microbiome that powers decomposition to the perfect balance of browns and greens. Learn why your compost pile is like a pet needing care, and how it transforms kitchen waste into nutrient-rich soil for your garden.
3/16/2025
Plastic Trilogy
This comprehensive trilogy explores the global plastic crisis: from the chemistry and environmental impact of plastics, through their historical development from innovative solution to ubiquitous problem, to practical solutions spanning individual actions, community initiatives, government policies, and technological innovations that offer hope for reducing plastic pollution worldwide.
3/12/2025
Beyond the Buzzwords: Understanding Degradable, Decomposable, Biodegradable, and Compostable
Confused by eco-friendly labels like "degradable," "biodegradable," and "compostable"? This guide explains what these terms really mean, how they differ, and why it matters for sustainable choices. Learn to spot misleading claims and make informed decisions for a greener planet.
3/9/2025
Waypoints: The Green Compass Spring 2025
Echoing Green Earth founder Drake shares updates on the company’s evolving sustainability strategy. By addressing supply chain waste, plastic packaging challenges, and logistics delays, the company prioritizes impact over perfection. Meanwhile, it expands educational efforts to empower conscious consumers and drive meaningful change toward a more sustainable future.
3/5/2025
Rediscover Nature's Kitchen
Before plastic, kitchens relied on wood, bamboo, and coconut shells—natural, sustainable materials crafted for durability. From wooden spoons to leaf plates, these time-tested tools offer eco-friendly alternatives. Explore how traditional wisdom can reduce waste and bring sustainability back to modern kitchens.
2/27/2025
Pedro: The Greyhound Who Inspired Our Sustainable Pet Product Ideas
Meet Pedro, our adopted racing greyhound who inspired our journey into eco-friendly pet products. Discover surprising facts about greyhounds and follow our sustainable solution for better dog beds. From pet parent challenges to environmental concerns, learn how we're revolutionizing pet accessories with sustainability in mind.
1/28/2025
Gamify Composting - Becoming The Black Gold Tycoon
Tired of complicated composting guides? Join me in transforming kitchen scraps into garden gold through a fun, game-like adventure! Drawing from my own journey, I've created a unique approach that turns composting into raising a magical pet while building your garden empire. Perfect for composting beginners.
1/21/2025
Reduce Waste at Home through Composting: Why 80% of Your Rubbish Never Needs to Leave Home
Every week, I stand at my compost bin watching steam rise from decomposing kitchen scraps, and I'm reminded of a profound truth: what we call "waste" is often anything but. In this exploration of home composting and natural materials, I'll share how 80% of our household waste could find new purpose—right in our backyards.
12/20/2024
The True Price of Cheap: Our Environmental Debt
When I look at the price gap between sustainable and mass-produced products, I see more than just numbers - I see our shifting relationship with consumption. Through my mother's stories of careful resource use in Taiwan to my own journey of finding creative alternatives today, I've learned that the true cost of cheap isn't measured in money, but in environmental debt. Perhaps it's time we redefined what "expensive" really means.
12/18/2024
Ditch the Plastic - Natural Cleaning Tools from Earth's Fibres
Discover the world of natural cleaning tools, from the intricate structure of luffa to the robust fibres of coconut coir. These time-tested materials offer sustainable alternatives to plastic sponges while connecting us to traditional wisdom. Learn how nature's own designs can effectively clean our homes while respecting the earth's cycles.
12/11/2024
What Does Mindful Consumption Mean to You?
The piece explores the paradox of consumerism, highlighting how the desire for improvement can lead to mindless accumulation of products. It recounts personal experiences with impulse buying and emphasizes the importance of mindful consumption. By reflecting on needs, considering pre-loved items, and making mindful choices, individuals can contribute to sustainability and reduce waste.
12/4/2024
Luffa (Loofa)
Luffa, a versatile member of the cucumber family, bridges my Taiwanese heritage with British gardening. This remarkable plant offers both culinary delights when young and sustainable cleaning solutions when mature. Though challenging to grow in the UK's climate, with proper care and patience, it thrives even in small spaces, bringing tropical charm to urban gardens.
11/29/2024
Eco Rhythm: In-Use-Out
Explore how aligning consumption habits with nature’s cycles can empower us to contribute meaningfully to environmental change. By embracing mindful intake, purposeful use, and thoughtful disposal, we cultivate a mindset that harmonises personal actions with the planet’s rhythms, inspiring greater collective impact through small, intentional steps.
11/25/2024
Regenerate the Christmas Spirit of Gifting
Discover how embracing sustainable gift-giving can rekindle the true spirit of Christmas. Through mindful choices—like seeing traditions through “green glasses” to prioritise eco-friendly presents—we empower ourselves to align with environmental stewardship, driving meaningful change and celebrating the season with purpose, care, and a renewed connection to our planet.
11/23/2024
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