It’s simple and it’s won awards. Have been using mine for a week now and love it.
The hundreds of choices we make each day impact the environment. Sometimes it’s a big decision… sometimes it’s as small as changing your toothbrush.
The plastic in tooth brushes has bothered me for a long time. When I used to rock climb we would reuse our toothbrushes to clean the holds but after that it still had to be thrown away. It doesn’t seem like much plastic but think of how many you might have personally thrown away in your own life the multiply that by everyone on the planet that is using a plastic toothbrush right now.
Made from bamboo and designed in Brisbane by a dentist. And as far as I can tell they are really good value. Read more on their website: The Environmental Toothbrush
As you might know we had a movie night planned at Urban Grind for this Wednesday night. The bad news is that the organiser has decided not to go ahead. The good news is that you can still watch this amazing documentary online for free. Watch HOME online for free.
Home is a 2009 documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. Source: Wikipedia
Our family volunteered last Sunday at our very first Permablitz and it was amazing. If you have never heard of Permablitz check out: blitzbrisbane.org. I think nearly 100 people turned up to volunteer their time to help build gardens for the school children of Seven Hills state school. At a guess more than half of them were not parents from the school, they were just passionate permaculturists that desire to see as many people as possible growing their own food.
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Until April 16th, we have photos for sale from the lovely Natalie McComas. Very nice stuff. Be sure to have a good look next time you are in. You can learn more about Natalie McComas here: www.natmccomas.com
Over 16 million is the estimated number of mobile phones stored in cupboards and drawers all over Australia. 31% of mobile phone users have 2 or more old mobiles at home. 70% have 1 old mobile at home. If you are one of them you can now drop your old phones into Urban Grind and we will organise to have them sent off to MobileMuster for recycling.
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