How to process homegrown olives: making your own delicious green & black table olives
My olive tree fruited this year for the first time. Earlier this week I noticed the olives were…
DIY handmade cleaning cloth
Learning to knit is proving to be a very practical activity at our house. My daughter’s first completed…
Plastic-free shopping – how to avoid coming home with a bagful of unnecessary plastic.
When reducing plastic waste is a core goal while out shopping for household needs, there are so many…
Healthy Future for Children – Nature Kids design an ecovillage
Children designed and made an ecovillage at Crystal Waters Permaculture Village this Saturday. They immersed themselves in design thinking…
Pop-up Carport Cafe – cultivating community conversation & conservation through youth social enterprise
All afternoon people from around our ecovillage community and beyond were dropping by our carport to visit Maia’s…
A simple children’s party plan for healthy food and minimal waste
Birthday parties are usually rife with waste – cleaning up a mountain of things like disposable plates, cups,…
How can I reduce plastic use and waste?
Exploring ways to eliminate plastic dependence means rethinking the ways we have done many things in our daily…
Nature play makes children smarter, calmer, more creative, and less distracted.
Around the world, people are realising how important it is for children to play outside and in nature.…
Up-cycling plant pots and homeschool photography
Sitting in a local cafe yesterday, my eyes were drawn to the interesting potted plants on the tables…
Quick and Easy Healthy Choc-Banana Cake
Homeschooling for 2016 started today. One of our first projects was to create some thank you and celebratory…