First steps……..

Hey Everyone!

Welcome to my first ever blog post! Ive got so many things I want to write about and I look forward to finally getting involved in the world of blogging.

I wasn’t sure where to begin but when we got our first delivery form ‘The Little Green Shop‘ It felt like a a good place to start. Were in the process of trying to make our home more sustainable and heres how.

I’ve promised myself that when something breaks or wears out in our home I will try to replace it with a more eco/sustainable product.

Our home is still full of plastic items and products, however it’s pretty overwhelming to think about replacing them all at once (and would actually be very wasteful if they are still functioning). Now if I find something that needs to be replaced I stop and think, do a bit of research and usually find a easy sustainable option.

We were in need of some pretty basic household items like new toothbrushes & toothpaste! So I began searching online and I found The Little Green Shop, an Irish owned small business with so many simple household items you can order in seconds. I kept my shopping list short and sweet only buying what we need for now. Two bamboo toothbrushes and toothpaste in a glass jar.

No more plastic toothbrushes & toothpaste tubes entering our bins! It seems so simple and easy. Hopefully we’ll never go back.

Around 3.5 billion toothbrushes are sold worldwide each year and ultimately end up in our landfills or oceans. No human has lived long enough to see plastic fully decompose, currently scientist believe it can take up to 500 years!

Think of all the toothbrushes you are yet to buy in your life time, hundreds! So wouldn’t it be so much better if they where bio degradable and didn’t end up being added to the mounting sea of plastic?

So thats it, If something breaks or needs replacing do a little bit of research and find a more eco sustainable product.

One simple step but one that will make a huge difference.

Ps if you need more motivation to start reducing your use of plastic watch Blue Planet 2. Its incredible beautiful, humbling but sad.

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13 Comments

Hannah

March 19, 2018 at 5:58 pm Reply

So glad to see you giving blogging a go Char! You’ve got such a great outlook on things it’s great to have an outlet for them! Also, Iza looks beautiful as always xx

Agave Mama

March 23, 2018 at 1:47 pm Reply

Thanks Hannah! I feels good to have finally done it, I found my old website and its from three years ago! Gotta just do things 🙂

Vicky

March 19, 2018 at 7:37 pm Reply

Hey lady! Well blooming done on getting the blog up and running 😀 I’ll definitely be following along xo

Agave Mama

March 23, 2018 at 1:48 pm Reply

Thanks Vicky! x

Jolein

March 20, 2018 at 9:36 pm Reply

Hey Char! Love this – what an amazing first post! Thanks for taking the tiresome job of research off my to-do list! Eco toothbrushes are going in the basket! Would love to hear how the truthpaste goes: I used to use Lush toothytabs but found they weren’t great for my overall oral health (chapped lips, bad breath – ewe!!!) so have been back on ‘normal’ toothpaste since crimbo and seen big improvement. Keep up the blogging – I’ll be an avid reader! xXx

Agave Mama

March 23, 2018 at 1:50 pm Reply

Hi Jolein!, We’ve still got some plastic tube tooth paste to use up so haven’t cracked open the glass jar yet, I really hope it good! will keep you posted 🙂

Maria Luisa Cuppini

March 22, 2018 at 8:17 am Reply

I am happy to see that you have realized your dream.
Another “new” thing in your life.
A huge hug to you, Iza and Max.
You are a wonderful family.😘👍

Maria Luisa Cuppini

March 22, 2018 at 8:36 am Reply

Sorry Charlotte but if my city does the recycling and I separate …. paper / glass and cans / compostable and plastic…. can I feel less guilty about using plastic?😔
Here it is recycled to make new products.

Agave Mama

March 23, 2018 at 1:51 pm Reply

Hi Maria, Its great your city recycles so well, here alot of it ends up in the landfill or being shipped to china!

First steps……..

Charlotte Knee