January 2026

A Sustainable January: New Beginnings, Snowdrops & Slow Living

January has a habit of arriving with lists.Resolutions, promises, reinventions. I prefer to think of them as aspirations, gentle intentions rather than rules to be broken by February. Last year, mine were simple: I’m pleased (and quietly proud) to report that the water aspiration was a resounding success. Exercise, however, has politely carried itself over […]

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Sustainable Hair Accessories: Why Plastic Hair Ties Harm the Planet (and How the SAGE Scrunchie Was Born)

The other day I was driving, listening to episode 240 of the Wardrobe Crisis podcast (one of my favourite sustainable fashion deep dives). In this episode Clare Press was interviewing Rachel and Jesse from Kooshoo a sustainable hair accessory brand based on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific. At one point, Jesse said something that completely made me pull over and double-check it: “we

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