Category Archives: Eco-friendly

What is the MPG for the Honda Jazz Hybrid?

I bought a Honda Jazz Hybrid about 4 months ago having owned a string of Jazz cars over the last 17 years. Even the standard Jazz was reasonably economical but I had the chance to buy a 2 years old Jazz Hybrid and was wondering what is the MPG for the Honda jazz Hybrid, as I was eagerly anticipating getting a good rate with the hybrid functionality. Continue reading What is the MPG for the Honda Jazz Hybrid?

Monster Doughnuts With No Plastic!

For an event we were running as a PTA we wanted to sell monster donuts to the children and adults who were coming so we looked around for a recipe for monster doughnuts that we could easily make.

We weren’t actually going to make the monster doughnuts ourselves but instead buy some and decorate them with monster faces. The ones that we had seen on Pinterest had edible eyes and then plastic mouths that opened over the hole of the donut  (which you can buy very cheaply online) but we didn’t want to use any more plastic than we needed to so we decided to go another route with the monster mouths! Continue reading Monster Doughnuts With No Plastic!

Eco-Friendly Newspaper Kids Party Bags

If, like me, you are trying to do your bit to reduce your waste footprint on the planet and reuse whatever you can, then this is just a small way to help with one of those things that can create unneeded plastic waste at kids birthday parties.

I decided this year that instead of buying (very cheap I have to say) themed plastic party bags I would either make something myself or buy paper bags.

To be fair you can buy reasonably cheap paper party bags so that is always an option, but I wanted to go one step further and make my own. Continue reading Eco-Friendly Newspaper Kids Party Bags