Living More with Less

20/08/2026

Cheap vegan brownies using pantry ingredients. Satisfy your chocolate cravings with a lower impact on the earth

18/08/2026

Sold our only car today, now for the first time in 14 years

13/08/2026

How living local and making do saved us $270,000 on transport related costs

05/08/2026

An article on some of our savings over the past twenty years.

An Australian family who has saved millions living frugally, including dumpster diving for food, say their unconventional lifestyle could help some buy a home faster.

01/08/2026

To toss or repair? For inexpensive items repair is often seen as a waste of time. What good is all that saved time though, if we have destroyed our only planet in the process?

31/07/2026

Frugal, fun, fashion. How we saved $70k and cut waste and pollution.

16/07/2026

Global surveys show 80% of people want more action on climate change. The Qld government doesn’t want to hear about it. Canceling renewables projects, spending billions to extend coal power and now attempting to circumvent the voice and rights of the public to continue to expand the extractive industries that science says are fundamentally incompatible with a flourishing future. Add your voice now and tell them this is not okay.

Protect Community Objection Rights to Mining Projects

15/07/2026

Sorry this is behind a paywall and I’m not a fan of traditional media, but I think it’s worth celebrating alternative economic models and lifestyles making headlines.

Cutting back on our use of energy and materials so that we live within Earth’s means can seem like an insurmountable challenge. But after a decade grappling with these problems, a historic Portuguese city is beginning to walk this tightrope.

10/07/2026

Mum's 90s skirt was too small for me, so I upsized it.