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Making your home more sustainable does not always mean installing solar panels or planning a major renovation. Sometimes, the best place to start is with the parts of your home you use every day: windows and doors. Windows and doors affect how well your house holds heat, how much energy you use, and how comfortable …
How to Fix Moth Holes in Cashmere with Scotch Darning (Firework Repair Style) with a workshop in London for Earth Day
Going zero-waste in college sounds great until you imagine carrying six reusable containers, making your own cleaning products, composting in a dorm room, and somehow remembering a metal straw every time you leave campus. Luckily, reducing waste does not have to become another full-time project. The habits that actually last are usually the boringly simple …
Have you ever emptied your kitchen rubbish bin at the end of the week and actually LOOKED at what was in it? Nine times out of ten it’s not food. It’s wrappers. Sachets. Plastic film. Foil pouches. Little tubs that contained maybe two spoons worth of something. The food is gone. The packaging lingers on. …
Last Saturday I spent one of those rare days that leaves you feeling both inspired and grounded. Celebrating Beavers at Knepp! I was invited to the private view of Tooth and Chisel: An Exploration in Wood, a new exhibition by woodturner and maker Jubal. The show has been shaped by time spent at Knepp, drawing …
Mad hot We hit 35°C here in Wimbledon today, and if you’re wondering how to keep your house cool in a heatwave, I’ve got one tip that’s made a huge difference. Shut your curtains Seriously. And if you don’t have curtains? Hang a blanket over the window instead. It might sound odd, but wool is …
Ever wonder why your heating bill creeps up a little more every winter, even though you haven’t changed a thing? Or why some boilers and furnaces last 20 years while others give out after eight? The answer usually comes down to one boring but powerful habit: maintenance. It’s not glamorous. Nobody brags about getting their …
Lots of us want to live a more sustainable life, but it can feel like a huge task. When you see all the packaging from one week’s shopping or how full your bin gets, it’s easy to think you can’t really make a difference. But that’s not true! You don’t need to completely change your …
There is something deeply satisfying about cooking with vegetables that have been grown just a few miles from your kitchen, especially this Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Organic Leeks, Garlic and Feta. Supporting local organic farming means fresher food, fewer food miles, healthier soil and a stronger connection to the seasons. Farms like Sutton Community Farm …
There’s a very particular kind of disappointment that comes with spotting a tiny hole in a favourite jumper. (secretly I’m always quite pleased to see a small hole, as I love repairing knitwear!) Not dramatic. Not catastrophic. Just… quietly devastating. More often than not, it isn’t actually moths themselves doing the damage, it’s their larvae, …
