Tag: diy

The Art of Spinning Gold Out Of Straw / Or How Cornucopia [The Horn of Plenty] was revealed to me in a Flash of Lighting & The Practice of Zero Waste

by The Guardians of Gaia, Tales from the edge of The Atlantic, posted in A Green Christmas, Authentic Living, Autumn, Coping with Chronic Illness, D.I.Y, Fairytales, Health, homemade, Mythology, Sustainable living, Transformation

Dear Reader, my apologies for my absence these last few weeks, my husband has been quite unwell and life just snowballed, so its only now that I'm catching my breath. Thanks to The Powers That Be, he is slowly improving. It has been a strange often surreal exhausting time, a haze of disinfectant sprays, wipes, … Continue reading The Art of Spinning Gold Out Of Straw / Or How Cornucopia [The Horn of Plenty] was revealed to me in a Flash of Lighting & The Practice of Zero Waste

Upcycling Juice Boxes, Milk Cartons, Tissue Boxes & Other Common HouseHold Items

Featured by The Guardians of Gaia, Tales from the edge of The Atlantic, posted in Autumn, Children, Crafts for Children, D.I.Y, homemade, Sustainable living, Upcycling

Recently I have been thinking more and more about how I need to do more as regards recycling. Its not just enough anymore to wash my cartons out and sort them for the trash, I want to find ways to reduce the amount of waste I produce and one way of doing that is to … Continue reading Upcycling Juice Boxes, Milk Cartons, Tissue Boxes & Other Common HouseHold Items

Stormy Weather Over Galway: Global Warming, Rising Water Levels & How to Up-cycle All Those Broken Umbrellas

Featured by The Guardians of Gaia, Tales from the edge of The Atlantic, posted in Authentic Living, Autumn, Climate Change, Galway, Global, Global Warming, Ocean, Protect, Rising Water Levels, Sustainable living, The Future, West of Ireland, World Wide

Autumn is officially here, it rains everyday, the air is becoming bitter cold in the mornings and its dark by dinner time. Our winters are marked by ever increasingly fierce storms, such as we have never seen before. These storms uproot, flood and destroy all before them and such storm defences as was in place … Continue reading Stormy Weather Over Galway: Global Warming, Rising Water Levels & How to Up-cycle All Those Broken Umbrellas

Sustainable Storage: What to do with Glass Jars of all Shapes & Sizes

Featured by The Guardians of Gaia, Tales from the edge of The Atlantic, posted in Cooking, D.I.Y, homemade, Mason Jars, Sustainable living

If like me, you might wonder what am I to do with all those old Jam Jars, Sauce Bottles, Wine Bottles, Vinegar bottles and other Glass containers that pile up in your kitchen after using up the contents?? Whatever, you do, don't just toss them in the nearest bottle bank!! Empty glass containers are literally … Continue reading Sustainable Storage: What to do with Glass Jars of all Shapes & Sizes

Soul Space, Transform your Home, Transform Your Life, Creating Your Own Eco – Sanctuary, One Drawer at a Time!

by The Guardians of Gaia, Tales from the edge of The Atlantic, posted in Authentic Living, Beauty, Cooking, D.I.Y, Fair Trade, Feng Shui, Foot Care, Gaia, Health, homemade, Homemade Toothpaste, Sustainable living, William Morris

Since I started taking action to live in a more sustainable eco-friendly manner, I have become astonished at the cumulative, domino effect of change. The more I changed how I lived my life from simple things like buying bamboo toothbrushes instead of plastic to learning new skills from preserving seasonal food to making my own … Continue reading Soul Space, Transform your Home, Transform Your Life, Creating Your Own Eco – Sanctuary, One Drawer at a Time!