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A FOLLOW UP TO GREENER GRANNIES

29/1/2016

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Well we had no complaints about the 'Greener Grannies' title of our last blog post so because it sounds so cute, I'll run it again.

Our last months guest blogger, Lisa Owen, provided some really great information about dealing with the influx of packaging and plastics that most households would have experienced over Chrissy and New Year. I suppose with the popularity of the Boxing Day and New Year sales the influx of waste has been even more prevalent in our homes into January.

Lisa has kindly kept us updated with some further information and more recently sent us through some links to organisations that can provide a much greener solution to not only our general waste disposal but purchases we can make that will assist with better decisions and the day-to-day greening of our worlds.

First of all I'd like to leave a link to Lisa's own blog. Have a read of the below link and you'll see how passionate Lisa is about this subject and why we were so grateful she agreed to be our guest blogger last month. 

W
hy the type of coffee you drink is crucial to fighting climate change and child labour
(a blog post by Lisa Owen)

http://lisa-green-owen.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/why-type-of-coffee-you-drink-is-crucial.html

Home products, gifts and personal packaging needs (this is an ad)
http://www.biome.com.au/140-biodegradable-plastic-bags
​


BELOW ARE SOME LINKS TO FURTHER READING AND PROVIDERS WHO DO MORE TO HELP 

Hydro carbon and Big Oil By JP Sottile, Truthout | News Analysis
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34409-mother-nature-s-invisible-hand-strikes-back-against-the-carbon-economy

How Plastic Pollution Makes Bird Poop Toxic By Suzanne Jacobs, Grist December 16, 2015
http://www.audubon.org/news/how-plastic-pollution-makes-bird-poop-toxic

Microbead-free Waters Act By
 Sophie Kleeman December 29, 2015

http://mic.com/articles/131384/obama-just-signed-a-law-that-will-stop-your-face-wash-from-killing-the-ocean#.xWAWgtg2V


I hope we generate some more discussion with the inclusion of the above links.

You know we'd love to hear from anyone that reads them....or some of our earlier blog posts.

Cheers for now and may you not only have a green thumb but a green wallet too.

Greg M
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    Hi, I'm Greg Millard and part of my role at Respite Now is to keep the communication open and flowing. So a blog might be a way I can share some of what's going on behind the scenes and it allows customers and readers to share comments too.

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