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This handy guide is brimming with quick tips, life hacks and
budget-friendly tricks to help you reduce your carbon footprint and
live more sustainably An eco-friendly lifestyle is expensive and
time-consuming, right? Wrong! There are countless ways to make
green choices that don't take a toll on your time, your bank
balance or the planet. This book is your one-stop guide to living a
more sustainable lifestyle. Whether you need tips on conserving
energy or reducing food waste, or you want to give your home a
makeover without impacting the planet, these pages include
everything you need to get started. You will find: Clever life
hacks to make reducing your carbon footprint that bit easier Simple
tips to help you make planet-friendly choices in everyday life
Smart advice for eco-living on a budget Inspiration for
eco-friendly crafts and DIY projects It's more important than ever
to do our bit for the environment, and Planet-Friendly Hacks will
help you live life to the full without costing the earth.
"If you are looking for a tangible, stress-free guide to protect
you and your family from everyday environmental toxins, THIS IS
IT!" -Dr. Vivian Chen, MD, founder of Plateful Health and Detox
Right With all the time spent at home in recent years, you probably
realize how much the inside of your home contributes to your mental
and physical health, for better or worse. But did you know that the
Environmental Protection Agency estimates that indoor air is 2-5
times (and occasionally more than 100 times) more polluted than
outdoor air? The good news is that you can control and improve the
environment inside your home, and A Healthier Home provides an
accessible, room-by-room roadmap for doing just that. Wherever you
are on your journey to a healthier home, author and founder of A
Little Less Toxic, Shawna Holman, offers realistic steps you can
take to maintain a less toxic living environment that aligns with
your values. Create a healthy, happy living space with simple swaps
and hacks for banning hidden harms in every room: Kitchen: Finding
the best cookware, helpful tools and gadgets, safe serving ware and
food storage, all about supplements, buying cleaning products, DIY
cleaning products Laundry Room: Washing machine and detergent
recommendations, DIY spot treatment, whitening without bleach,
treating stains, clotheslines, tips and tricks Bathroom:
Toiletries, oral hygiene, water (including chlorine and fluoride),
self-care, skincare and a few DIY skincare recipes, medicine
cabinet, hair training, cleaning (including deep cleaning/going
beyond the basics of the kitchen!) Bedroom: Mattress shopping,
pillows, linens, all about certifications and materials, condoms
and lubrication, pregnancy prevention/fertility, sleeping tips,
blue light, hacks and tips for cleaning in the bedroom Living Room:
Indoor air quality, air purifiers, filters, furniture and rugs
(materials and more), air fresheners (key swaps, essential oil
how-tos, and candle info), mold mindfulness, EMF protection Garden:
Lawn care, sun protection, insect protection, after-sun care, and
grounding From tackling toxins and revamping your kitchen to making
a greener garden and ensuring cleaner laundry, A Healthier Home
will aid you in creating a sustainable, safe lifestyle that
benefits both your mind and body. Every corner of your home can be
made to better serve you and your family-it's just a matter of
getting started!
Filled with space-saving storage and decorative details, these
unique homes under 1,200 square feet prove that bigger is not
always better. In recent years, many have turned our backs on the
trend for oversized houses and embraced small-space living.
Cosy, compact dwellings have so much to offer; they bring families
closer together and make it easier than ever to express personal
style. In Small Spaces, Big Appeal, Fifi O'Neill captures the
zeitgeist by showcasing homes across a spectrum of styles and
locations, and stories of contented homeowners who have created
unique, imaginative spaces. Living in a small home doesn’t
preclude having an elegant aesthetic. In fact, it allows you to
focus on the elements you truly appreciate and the spaces you will
use the most. Whether classically furnished or boasting a happy
informality, the little gems featured in this book are more infused
with a spirit than put together according to a set of rules. Rooms
are airy yet intimate, with nooks and alcoves that offer
daydreaming spots and built-in storage in spite of their modest
footprints. Whatever your preferred look – nostalgic,
romantic, modern, country, coastal, urban, minimalist or maximalist
– living small has big advantages. It encourage us to live more
simply and, best of all, to create spaces with style, grace and
versatility that rival homes of many times their size.Â
If you properly simplify and organize your work life once, you’ll never have to do it again.
Marie Kondo's first book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying, sparked a new genre of publishing and became an international bestseller. Now, for the first time, you will be guided through the process of tidying up your work life.
In Joy at Work, KonMari method pioneer Marie Kondo and organizational psychologist Scott Sonenshein will help you to refocus your mind on what's important at work, and as their examples show, the results can be truly life-changing. With advice on how to improve the way you work, the book features advice on problem areas including fundamentals like how to organize your desk, finally get through your emails and find what sparks joy in an open plan office.
Like how the key to successful tidying in the home is by tackling clutter in the correct order, Joy at Work adapts the inspirational KonMari Method for the workplace, taking you step-by-step through your professional environment so that you can identify the most joyful way to work for you. Once you’ve found order in your work life, you can feel empowered to find confidence, energy and motivation to create the career you want and move on from negative working practices.
Looking for a cleaner home without the upkeep taking over your
whole life? Those of us living in the real world know that it can
be challenging to keep a clean and tidy home. Busy lifestyles,
shared housing, physical limitations or mental health issues can
all contribute to making a once calm environment feel daunting and
stressful. The Unf*ck Your Habitat system in Less Mess, Less Stress
works with you, not against you, and shows how just thirty minutes
(including a ten minute break!) can transform any space. With
low-effort, high-reward tricks, tips, lists and challenges, Rachel
Hoffman's reassuring guide is full of no-nonsense advice and
practical help on things you can do today for a less messy
tomorrow. While this book won't wash your dishes or fold your
laundry, it will give you all the tools you'll need to stay on top
because everyone deserves - and can have - a home with less mess
and less stress. Previously published as Unf*ck Your Habitat:
You're Better than Your Mess
This is the fourth of six parts of a facsimile reprint of a
compendium of cookery, gardening, animal husbandry and general
household medicine which was published in two volumes in about
1760, having first been offered to the public in 41 weekly parts in
1756. The author claimed "upwards of Thirty Years Experience" as
housekeeper or cook, possibly in the service of a Lady Hewit, whose
manuscript receipt book - cookery and medicinal - is copied into
the published work. The work is arranged as a calendar discussing
marketing, cooking, preserving, brewing, medicines for men and
animals, and tending the orchard, the herb and vegetable garden and
the pleasure garden, month by month. Among its features are
descriptions of foods bought - spices, sugar, anchovies, olives,
soy sauce - as well as foods grown or cooked. Other hints about
marketing - buying fish, for instance - are more detailed than in
many other manuals of the period, and there are lists of specific
varieties of fruits as they are ready for the table.
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