Can We Afford to be Plastic Free?
I’ve been scouring the supermarket aisles to find everyday items that aren’t packaged in plastic – and I found quite a few. But is buying plastic free an affordable option? Read more to find out.
I’ve been scouring the supermarket aisles to find everyday items that aren’t packaged in plastic – and I found quite a few. But is buying plastic free an affordable option? Read more to find out.
If throwing yourself head first into canyons doesn’t suit you or your bank account, don’t worry. There’s still plenty to do in Queenstown.
This activity is not for the faint of heart or, as it turns out, for the 40-something year old mum of three who is still recovering from a knee reconstruction.
Once you’ve come clean, how do you stop them spoiling the magic for their younger siblings?
Believe me when I say the novelty of eating popcorn – never mind making it at 7am – wears off pretty quickly.
I’ve decided to back up the rubbish truck and start thinking about the waste I’m creating before I create it. How? By doing something called ‘precycling’.
Organise the entire trip to suit yourself. It doesn’t matter what you plan or how much fun you think it’s going to be for them, it’ll suck. You’ll suck.
So here’s what’s going to happen next. I won’t be rescuing my family any more. Not out of spite. Not to get back at them. But to teach them how to rescue themselves.
After a quick safety briefing and yet another reassurance for the Tweenagers that despite the dark clouds surrounding us it was very unlikely we would all be wiped out by a rogue bolt of lightning, we headed down a dark and forboding forest path into the heart of the Domain.
When I was offered the opportunity to be a cool, take-your-kids-to-a-music-festival Mum for a weekend, I jumped at the chance. After all, how hard could it be?