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What the Beautiful Mana Island Has to Offer in Fiji
Mana Island, part of Fiji’s stunning Mamanuca Islands, welcomes you with friendly locals upon arrival. When you get to Mana Island Resort check in you are aware of Fijian time and slow down. Kids Club, Adult Activities and great snorkelling,
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Amazing Unbreakable Sunglasses For Your Kids
The best sunglasses for kids that they can’t break, and they’re Australian made. So fashionable and sustainable that you may as well buy your kid two pairs.
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Practical Books for Parents Who Need Mum School
Recommended parenting books if you have strong willed children, don’t want to change them, but need help finding your old parenting perspective,
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How to Make Waste Free Lunch Boxes
How do you make a waste free lunch? Kids love exciting new treats like pretzels or dried mango bought from your local bulk food store.
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Great Fun Sustainable Gifts For The Whole Family
I hope this list helps you rethink your gift giving, and makes things a little easier. Let me know if you’ve stumbled upon a great item that needs to be added here.
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Is There a Food Revolution About to Happen Soon?
We need to get back to the love of food, the love of flavour and texture, and start reaping all the healthy nutrients that the land provides us when we farm sustainably.
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5 easy ways to save water at home
Simple every day tips to help you save water in your home.
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7 easy ways to reduce plastic pollution at home
How are you going with your Plastic Free July efforts? If you are new to this effort, give yourself a pat on the back every time you remember your coffee keep cup, reusable drink bottle and reusable shopping bags. It takes time to change habits, so start now.
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My First Chicken Rooster Harvest Challenge
The real life highs and lows of keeping chickens as back yard pets.
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How to Install a Raised Garden and Grow Vegetables
There are many things to consider when making a new garden bed, particularly when the intention is to grow food. The most important thing is the amount of sun that the spot in the garden gets. To grow vegetables you need a minimum of six hours of sunshine a day. When deciding to start growing…
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Restaurant SoCal Serving Up Delicious Southern Californian Plates and Vibes
We FINALLY made it to restaurant SoCal in Neutral Bay for a weekend treat. I have been wanting to go to this restaurant since I saw them preparing to open. Normally when you want to do something for so long, by the time you finally do it the anticipation is so high that the experience…
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Parenting Tricks and Tools of the SAHM Trade
I’ve decided to share a few tools that are helping me perform. Lately I’ve been flooded with articles and social media posts about stay at home mums (SAHM) and working mums (WM) and how difficult their lives are. This post certainly isn’t going to touch on any of those issues, it is about how I’ve…
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Book Review Police of the Harry Holt Thriller Crime Series
Police by Jo Nesbo is part of the Harry Holt series and the first one that I have read. But it won’t be the last. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this thriller novel. Unlike every other book I’ve read I didn’t have a favourite character. Or a character that I couldn’t stand. Every one played an…
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My Kitchen Garden Organic Summer Harvest Best of Sustainable Living
This evening I ventured out in to the vegetable garden to gather dinner. What I found was slim pickings of lettuce (as I left it too long between succession planting), some delicious yellow tomatoes, basil, chilies and two eggs from the chickens. We made a simple garden salad that didn’t include the chili or the…
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Holidays Off The Grid on the Northern Beaches
We started 2014 in the best way I could imagine, off the grid. My little family and I escaped up Coal and Candle Creek, and Smiths Creek for a few days of R&R on the boat. When I say ‘escaped’ I really do mean it, there is no phone reception in Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park which…
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Labouring Baby Lara In Six Short Fierce Hours
Lara and I, 24 hours after labouring. Photo by Sheridan Nilsson. I kept going backwards and forwards thinking about whether or not to publish this post about labouring Lara. Then someone told me that my birth story was so great that someone should make a movie out of it. Luckily there wasn’t a video camera…
The Beaches Farm Girl
Straight talking sustainability
This is how it all started…
My eco-warrior journey started out as a primary school child when the World Wildlife Fund visited my school. I became aware of people who were looking out for Mother Nature and her creatures, and realised that I was one of those people.
The journey of an eco-warrior is never ending, and when I moved out of home I was quick to start growing my own herbs. At the same time I figured I may as well grow my own tomatoes and strawberries too, and this attempt led to an unexpected friendship with my elderly neighbour who didn’t speak English and I who didn’t speak Italian. What my neighbour didn’t know in English she made up for with food growing knowledge and kidness which she passed on to me. It was her influence that has led me down the path of empowering others to grow their own food.
Nadene Dorling
Blogger, Eco-Warrior and Actor