Home: Easy Tips for Everyday Sustainable Living

by Kezia Neusch

Overview

Create a happy, beautiful and eco-friendly home

Having a happy, healthy home is a key part of our wellbeing, but how do we ensure the pursuit of our perfect living space doesn't negatively impact on the environment?

Blogger and low-waste expert Kezia Neusch provides simple swaps and genius hacks to help you reduce your household’s ecological footprint, covering everything from how to break up with your tumble dryer and why your mid-morning snack might be harming the planet.

This book contains everything you need to know to create a sustainable home for you and your family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529107814
Publisher:	Penguin Random House UK
Publication date:	05/01/2021
Series:	The Green Edit
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	4.45(w) x 7.24(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Blogger and instagrammer Kezia Neusch has been documenting her low-waste and low-impact lifestyle to her 60k followers since 2013. The author of several successful self-published cookbooks, she lives with her husband and two children in West Sussex.

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Table of Contents

I N T R O D U C T I O N 6
My zero-waste journey 9
Working with what we DO have 18

Chapter One:
G E N E R A L P R I N C I P L E S20
Two sides to convenience 23
Second-hand is not second best 24
Fail to plan, plan to fail 25
Rethinking resources 29
Budgeting for low waste 33
Local resources 40
Grow your own 44

Chapter Two:
K I T C H E N 46
Equipment 48
Water use 51
Composting 52
Natural cleaning products 52
Rubbish bin audit 57
Food waste 64
How to do a low-waste food shop 82

Chapter Three:
I N T E R I O R D É C O R86
Redecorating your home 88
Furniture 89
Houseplants
Natural home scents and candles 92
Seasonal décor 94

Chapter Four:
B AT H R O O M 98
Toiletries 102
Water use 113
Toilet talk 115
Cleaning the bathroom 118

Chapter Five:
B E D R O O M120
Sleeping 122
Wardrobe 124
Laundry 132
Mending 138

Chapter Six:
L I F E A D M I N142
Saving energy 144
Home office 146
Mail 149
Gifting 152
On-the-go kit 158

C O N C L U S I O N 162
The power of saying ‘no’ 164
Afrmations and declarations 165
Index 169