Sustainable Living

8 Magical Uses of Tea Bags

Tea bags have many properties that you may not be aware of. Try these tea bag hacks to make your life easier 1. Heal cracked lips The polyphenols in tea leaves can speed up the regeneration of the skin. Press a wet teabag to the lip 3-5 times each week to help cracked lips heal. 2. Relieve sunburned skin Soak black ...

Audrey Wang

Used tea bags stacked up on a small saucer in front of a black cup with white polka dots.

Do I Really Need to Wash New Clothes?

Why do I need to wash new clothes? When I used to buy new clothes, I would put them on in the changing room and then wear them that day. Well, never again, not now that I have learned of all the things new clothes can have on them, from lice to fungi to scabies to toxic chemicals. They look ...

Wilma Oakes

A young woman puts clothes in a front-load washing machine.

5 Super Simple Ways to Make Your Life More Sustainable

Have you ever thought about how you can make your life more sustainable? To be honest, I never really gave much thought or even wanted to do something about my impact on the environment, until I had children. I grew up enjoying clean beaches and beautiful rainforests, and I am hoping that they can enjoy that ...

Wilma Oakes

A woman holding a bin of fresh picked vegetables.

Is Your Plastic Really Biodegradable?

Most of us who buy a “biodegradable” plastic product expect it to break down, thus making it better for the environment. But some of these plastic products are not living up to their claims, according to new US research. With rising concerns over the amount of plastic pollution, some manufacturers of plastic have been advertising that their products ...

Troy Oakes

Disposable plastic cups with lids and straws containing different drinks sit on a table with napkins and sliced fruit.

Why Millennials Have Trouble Saving Money

There appears to be a disparity between most Millennials‘ (also known as Gen Y) ideal saving habits and what they’re actually doing. “Eight out of 10 Millennials said the Great Recession taught them they have to save ‘now’ to ‘survive’ economic problems down the road, and while 80 percent of Millennials knew they should be saving ...

Armin Auctor

Young African American woman holding a piggybank with some $20 bills sticking out of it.

5 Simple Ways to Distinguish Good Feng Shui

The Chinese pay a lot of attention to feng shui. Basically, good feng shui harmonizes people and their surroundings. Feng shui masters can determine which feng shui is good or bad for your specific situation. It can be dangerous to have bad feng shui in your life and very auspicious to have good feng shui. ...

Emma Lu

A courtyard with bamboo and wind chimes.

Do You Know These 7 Tips to Save Money?

Some people like to flaunt their wealth, but wealthy people remain cautious spenders with surprisingly frugal habits. The overall concept is that if you want to save money, then don’t spend money unnecessarily. Here are 7 tips to save money that you can learn from the rich. See if you can use them too! 7 ...

Kathy McWilliams

Gold and silver bars and coins.

Nature Welcomes Us to Spring With Bright Yellow Wattle Flowers

Walking by the Yarra River in Warrandyte, I noticed how amazingly the bright yellow wattle flowers stood out, like sparkling yellow lights glowing in the trees. Wattle is Australia’s national flower. The colors of this flower are green and golden yellow. When I see it, it always ignites my patriotic heart for my country. September ...

Trisha Haddock

Yellow wattle flowers are small ball like flowers growing in a cluster on a stem of a tree.

Everything You Need to Know About Growing a Moss Garden

Moss has been used in Japan for centuries as a crucial element in gardens, bringing a sense of serenity and calm to the surroundings. It is so important that no Japanese garden is thought to be complete without moss. This ancient tradition has inspired a modern trend as more and more people consider growing a ...

Raven Montmorency

Japanese moss garden at Saiho-ji temple Koke-dera in Kyoto, one of Kyoto`s Unesco World Heritage Sites.

Are You Into Sustainable Living? Then Try Vermicomposting All Your Scraps

For those who want to live more sustainably, then vermicomposting, composting with worms, is a good place to begin. This would also be a good addition to a garden pool farm. Vermicomposting is particularly suitable for people who don’t have much room, such as apartment dwellers. Worms are the master composters. Their entire purpose in life, besides producing ...

Raven Montmorency

Worms on top of food scraps in a vermicompost bin.