Ecocentral - You & Yours

Ecocentral - You & Yours

Everyday most of us douse ourselves in chemicals, wear industrially manufactured clothes, use huge amounts of energy, fill our bodies with processed food and create mountains of waste. And most parents subject their children to the same.

But this does not have to be the way. The pages below discuss how we can change our lifestyles to make both ourselves and the planet a little healthier. The articles focus on simplicity and cost effectiveness, which will hopefully help us all make steady progress towards sustainable living in the real world.

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  • Clothes & Fashion

    Fashion is a very personal thing and I am about the worst person in the world to comment on it. However, it doesn’t really matter to the planet what you look like, but it does matter how your ...

  • Cosmetics & Body Care

    Mainstream products This is a massively tangled subject! The problem with most personal products, apart from the possibility of having been smeared in the eyes of rabbits, is that they often contai...

  • Parent & Baby

    Most of the issues around being a parent are the same as covered elsewhere in EcoCentral. After all, children are people like the rest of us, only smaller. There is the added complication that eco-s...

  • Kids

    When does a baby become a small goat? Many of the issues surrounding kids can be found in the Parent & Baby section (oh, if only that were entirely true). Try also Clothes & Fashion or Food ...

  • Food & Drink

    This is another huge and complex issue. Where to start? I’ll kick off with general topics, then get down to the nitty gritty things like meat eating and organic production. The most pervasive...

  • Pets

    The article for pets is on its way ... Please watch this space!

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