Healthy Living Guide - Eco Friendly Articles
We have been a voice for eco living since 2009 when our online store was established. We sold $50,000 worth of stainless steel water bottles in January 2010 and it has been interesting to watch the trends evolve over the last decade. Back then, we were one of the first stores to sell reusable produce bags for your fruit & veg at the supermarket. We would sell a few each month. Once the War On Waste aired on the ABC in 2017, we were selling thousands of them and couldn’t get our hands on enough stock. Now you can buy them at the supermarket and Harris Farm.
We have watched natural deodorants migrate from roll-ons to pastes in tins to sticks in cardboard tubes that fully compost at the end of life. We have seen companies who make stainless steel straws in plastic hang sell packaging change their packaging because you, the consumer, spoke up and said it wasn’t acceptable and we passed every single message on, and they changed.
I was interviewed for the book Quitting Plastic in 2018 when the mainstream was ready to help embrace the change, and it has truly exploded since then. Our main message is simple, make small changes where you can. Don’t beat yourself up if you’re not perfect. I am always reminded of the quote by zero waste chef Anne Marie Bonneau:-
“We don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly.”
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NEW: Camelbak Kids Bottle designs
New to our water bottles range this week, we have new designs in the kids Eddy water bottle range from Camelbak. In January 2014, these bottles weren't available for Back To School. This year, we placed a massive -
Camelbak clearance sale - while stocks last
For a strictly limited time only, we're clearing out select colours and styles in the Camelbak range to make room for the 2015 colours and models arriving in to our warehouse next week. The majority of what's on -
FAQ: Insulate your food or drink with no plastic
Today I had a lovely chat with a gentlemen on the phone asking about the best products to insulate a left over casserole for work. Initially he wanted to use a normal container and an insulated bag, but -
A closer look at the Thermos Insulated Snak Jar
We have a wide selection of insulated food jar choices in store, not only from this brand, but from others like Lunchbots and Klean Kanteen too. Every food jar in store has stainless steel on the inside and -
NEW: Glass straw retro fit for Camelbak Eddy glass water bottles
We're pleased to announce the arrival of the Glass Dharma Camelbak Retrofit glass straw kit for the Camelbak Eddy glass water bottles this week. We have had many requests over time for these and we're excited to be -
NEW: Thermos insulated bento box
This week sees the addition of a new product from the Thermos brand in to our store, and it's a one of a kind product in our store, an insulated bento box. And it's really roomy!!! The outside -
Cleaning your ecococoon cap
Ecococoon have a beautifully illustrated range of stainless steel water bottles that come with a unique cocoooncap™. The cap is unique in design, but works in a similar principle to the Camelbak sports bottles (the Podium range) in -
NEW: Beautiful Beaches Glass Water Bottles
This week saw the release of a new size in the Beautiful Beaches glass water bottle. Originally only made in a 750ml size, the bottle also comes in a smaller 570ml as well. There are a couple of -
LunchBots Classic vs Bento stainless steel lunch box size comparison
This year, Lunchbots introduced a larger size in their stainless steel lunch box range, the BENTO series. Before this, one of the most common questions we would get about this range was whether they came in a larger -
NEW: Larger sized Thermos Funtainer
A frequent request we get from customers is whether the Funtainer style water bottle from Thermos comes in a larger size than the 355ml with the kiddie designs or whether the 530ml versions come in anything suitable for -
Camelbak Groove Filter Water Bottle up close
Today we're taking an 'up close and personal' look at the Camelbak Groove water bottle. The unique feature for the Groove that sets it apart from the rest of the Camelbak water bottle range is the inclusion of -
What fits in my Lunchbots insulated lunch bag part 1
For the next instalment in the 'what fits in my insulated lunch bag' series, we're taking a look at the Lunchbots insulated lunch bags. There are two bags in the range, both are grey felt. on the outside