Elaine Butler

Review – Yuko Car Hire

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Our family is trying to decide whether to replace our 2012 electric car and it’s a right pain in the butt. I love our current car but over the years the range has dropped dramatically and in winter when the heat is on it’s really only good for school runs. So we’re knee deep inContinue reading “Newsletter – January 2022”

The 2022 Renew

Over the past 6 years of trying to live more sustainably I’ve discovered just how little I need to be happy – materially, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually, Unfortunately knowing this hasn’t made finding it any easier. Listening to nature is hard to do in power-tool obsessed neighbourhoods, human connection is difficult to cultivate when everyoneContinue reading “The 2022 Renew”

How to sustainably dispose of a Christmas Tree

You’ve successfully celebrated the wee little saviour’s birth and now it’s time to sweep clean in preperation for the return to work or school. For us that mean undecorating the house and giving it a clean. Decorations will be safely packed away for reused next year (very sustainable) and our Christmas Tree will be disposedContinue reading “How to sustainably dispose of a Christmas Tree”

Review of 2021

Every New Year I do a review of the previous 12 months. Just to get a sense of how far I’ve come and were I need to go. It also makes me feel better when my A type personality feels as if I’m not achieving enough. Before we delve into that I want to giveContinue reading “Review of 2021”