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Read success stories and adventures through Southeast Asia and Australia. Learn how to apply sustainability in your business.Tea, glorious plastic-free, pesticide-free, tea…
Tea, glorious plastic-free, pesticide-free, tea... The search for the perfect tea... One of the first things I learned doing Plastic Free July in 2014 was that tea bags have plastic in them! Whaaaaat???? Further investigation lead me to discover how much pesticide is...
Ethical and Sustainable Activewear, For Real.
Ethical and Sustainable Activewear, for real.Just because it says 'sustainable' doesn't mean it's true I wear my clothes til the end, or I swap them at clothing swaps, so much fun! So when the elastic in my 10-ish year old Lululemon lycra exercise pants gave out...
Why is there plastic in my veggy box?
Why is there plastic in my veggy box? I can explain My veggy delivery is the perfect example of my embracing imperfection model Having got my waste to very near zero in Cambodia, it's been a process to get progress on that here in Australia. It's been 6 months since I...
How to reorganise and keep up with a changing schedule during covid-19
How to reorganise and keep up with a changing schedule during covid-19How I'm keeping up week by weekThis is a diversion from what I usually write about, however this is a massive insight into how I'm coping and continuing to run my business with things changing so...
Why I moved to Australia….
Why I decided to move back to Australia after living the exotic life of an expat in Cambodia. Have you ever lived overseas? Connected with another community? Fallen in love with a place? That was me. But around the 3-year mark (of living there and close to that of...
Children’s Hospital Goes Green to Protect Children and the Planet
Angkor Hospital for Children was founded on the belief that every child has the right to a healthy life. Since 2016 AHC has been committed to making choices that are more environmentally sustainable to honour this belief and be a leader in the community. "We still...
How to make lip balm
Quantity 90mlsTime: 20minWhy you'd want to make thisThis is a very simple recipe that takes hardly any time and will give you a lip balm that is tender and moisturising. Many store bought lip balms contain nasty chemicals and excess packaging, this way you can reuse...
It takes a village…
The 5th Plastic Free July in Cambodia is showing that together we are making a difference. So here's to each and every person who's doing something this month to promote cleaner environment in Cambodia.Something has happened... something beautiful! As I learn more...
Cambodia’s 5th Plastic Free July
Siem Reap is at the centre of an awakening that is taking over Southeast Asia. Marking the 5th anniversary of Plastic Free July in Cambodia, there is an impressive line up of events scheduled to take place. In 2015, around 80 people crammed into Long’s Bar, a small...
One Kayaker and 500km of Cambodian Plastic Waste
Cambodia is a beautiful country, but has a side that I have attempted to bring light to. Not because I necessarily want to, but felt I have to. From Laos, I decided to paddle to Vietnam and document the plastic tide down the Mekong.This was my first ever...
Myanmar hotel chooses planet over plastic
On the 4th and 5th of August (2018), 16 people from Inle Princess Resort sat around a table with Sarah from PFC and discussed plastic issues and analysing what they could do to better protect the incredible lake outside their door. Inle Princess nestles in a small...
Who are the real plastic polluters? Asia Vs the West. (and what you can do about it?)
by Sarah Rhodes As an Australian living in Asia, I often feel conflicted over the plastic pollution issue. Constantly questioning (and being questioned) about why it’s so messy here, where the plastic comes from and why there isn’t any recycling. So I want to draw a...
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