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Tag: Sustainable Living
Black Friday Sale
This Friday 26th 35% off everything while stock lasts.
Live from 8am until midnight use code BLKNOV21
October Product Highlight: Laundry Liquid
Our Non-Bio Laundry Liquids are part of our Laundry Care collection.
These products are something we are very proud of, and we have a large number of customers who swear by them.
For the month of October, our 750ml bottle is 30% off available exclusively from our WEBSITE.
Fabric Softener Highlight
Our Fabric Softener is part of our Laundry care collection. For the month of September our 750ml bottle is 30% off available exclusively from our WEBSITE.
Product Highlight: Degreaser and Descaler spray
Our Degreaser and Descaler spray is part of our kitchen range and for the month of August our 500ml bottle is 30% off exclusively from our website and warehouse shop in Carna.
IMBOLC - Spring has Sprung
It feels as if it has been a very long cold winter but now we look forward to celebrating Imbolc to mark the arrival of spring. There is lot’s to look forward to including longer brighter evenings, warmer weather, new life in nature and getting out into the garden again. Photo by Alena Koval on Pexels.com From Feb 1st to February 2nd the traditional festival Imbolc, also celebrated as St.Brigids day, marks the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. The day is celebrated in many ways including: Feasts/special meals Visiting streams rivers and wells Divination Spring cleaning Lighting candles Sowing the first seeds such as sweet peas and early potatoes The International Imbolc Festival has...
Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit! Go raibh míle maith agat! Happy New Year and Thank You!
Photo by Courtney Hedger on Unsplash 2020 has definitely been a strange and challenging year for everyone. As we move forward into 2021 in hope for better times and despite the still ongoing interruption to what we would like as normal life, we would like to say a big thank you. Thank you for continuing to support us throughout the year and for choosing healthy and sustainable products, supporting an Irish small business and shopping local. There are so many important reasons to keep supporting many local businesses especially now. Here are some of them: Shopping locally creates what is called a local multiplier effect. Simplified it means that say, every €100 spent in the local economy is actually worth €500,...
5 ways how cleaning will help with your new year health resolutions
Yes, you read it correctly: Cleaning will help with your Health resolutions. Cleaning has surprisingly positive effects to any healthy living efforts. If you used to think that it is was a chore to be avoided - think again. The truth is that a clean and orderly home is a huge part of Healthy Living and will contribute to achieving your goals. Here are 5 very ideas on how to get started: 1. Decluttering and cleaning will clear your mind and help you to focus on your goals Think about it, if your training gear is chuffed with everything else in the wardrobe when you want to exercise, is that motivating? Or the area for doing a yoga is full of clutter and...
Zero Waste Lessons from my Granny
My Granny Helka was the No 1. environmentalist I have known. She was living the Zero Waste life out of necessity and common sense, it was more about saving money than getting rid of waste. I suppose packaging at the time would have been new and fancy, before it all got out of control. For saving money or saving planet here are some of the practical things I remember: Plastic Bags: Helka cut them in strips and crochet or knitted them in to rugs for the hallway floor or utility room floors. Seriously. Glass bottles: Helka washed the bottles and used them to store home made berry and fruit cordial for the winter months. The ones with screw tops were used to bring milk in for...