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Best Sustainable Ethical Outdoor Clothing & Gear for 2022 — living lightly in ireland

Whether it’s climbing, hiking or skiing, more and more of us are buying into the benefits of outdoor living. To enjoy these new pastimes fully it helps to have the right outdoor clothing and gear. In Ireland we seem to be particularly bad at investing in good quality, outdoor clothing. I personally remember many a […] Best Sustainable Ethical Outdoor Clothing & Gear for 2022 — … Continue reading Best Sustainable Ethical Outdoor Clothing & Gear for 2022 — living lightly in ireland

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How to sustainably dispose of a Christmas Tree — living lightly in ireland

You’ve successfully celebrated the wee little saviour’s birth and now it’s time to sweep clean in preperation for the return to work or school. For us that mean undecorating the house and giving it a clean. Decorations will be safely packed away for reused next year (very sustainable) and our Christmas Tree will be disposed […] How to sustainably dispose of a Christmas Tree — living … Continue reading How to sustainably dispose of a Christmas Tree — living lightly in ireland

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How to Use up Christmas Dinner Leftovers — living lightly in ireland

In an ideal world we would generate no food waste but being imperfect humans this isn’t always the case. I take food waste very personal and get very annoyed when anything that should have been eaten ends up in the brown bin, but it still happens from time to time. Here are some simple ideas […] How to Use up Christmas Dinner Leftovers — living lightly … Continue reading How to Use up Christmas Dinner Leftovers — living lightly in ireland

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Where to buy Second-Life Clothes in Ireland — living lightly in ireland

We all know that the fashion industry generates a huge amount of waste and pollution, with a report in 2018 citing fashion as the 4th most polluting industry in the world. What makes that statistic worse – as if that’s possible – is that every second a bin lorry’s worth of clothes are landfilled or […] Where to buy Second-Life Clothes in Ireland — living lightly … Continue reading Where to buy Second-Life Clothes in Ireland — living lightly in ireland

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Eco & Natural Paint (2021) — living lightly in ireland

Most of us don’t really think about what paint is and yet we cover practically every inch of our homes in it. In this article we look at the downside to standard paints and list the eco paint brands available in Ireland and the UK. Some are quite expensive but others compare very favourably with […] Eco & Natural Paint (2021) — living lightly in ireland Continue reading Eco & Natural Paint (2021) — living lightly in ireland

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Food & Drink

Sustainable Alcohol Brands 2021 — living lightly in ireland

Does alcohol damage the planet? Well, currently the answer to that question is yes, but then practically everything that us humans do does. But it doesn’t have to be as damaging and there are some excellent sustainable alcohol brands out there doing an excellent of changing the status quo. Nothing mentioned in this article has […] Sustainable Alcohol Brands 2021 — living lightly in ireland Continue reading Sustainable Alcohol Brands 2021 — living lightly in ireland

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Eco Tourism Destinations in Ireland — living lightly in ireland

In light of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions I thought an article on eco holiday day-trips was timely. I’ve previously written about having a Sustainable Day out in Dublin city, but now I’m going further afield to looking at eco tourism attractions around the rest of the county and country. Nothing mentioned in this article […] Eco Tourism Destinations in Ireland — living lightly in ireland Continue reading Eco Tourism Destinations in Ireland — living lightly in ireland

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