Heat pump? Put a jumper on! Insulation? Nah, too expensive. Subsidies? Yeah nah probably not eligible. Cassia on some of those winter myths...
What makes a good heater? Ultimately, a heater needs to deliver warmth to where you sit or sleep, but there is plenty of science and technology behind how they work that can be confusing.
Electricity prices have increased 70% over the last 20 years and that’s accounting for inflation. So what can you do about it? Here's some help to understand what makes up your bill, then how to reduce it.
Lots of us are reducing our rubbish at home – we take fabric shopping bags to and from the supermarket, wash out yogurt containers, separate glass, even feed the worms, and as a result send smaller bags, less frequently, to the landfill. But how does your business or enterprise fare?
We’re glued to our smartphones and there’s an app for just about everything these days – so why not use its power for good?
We've got a few Christmas-themed Home Tips coming up on everything from reducing waste to paying it forward. Our retail manager Rena gets us started with a few tips on buying gifts that are kinder to the environment and people.
Coffee! It’s great, isn’t it? Legend has it that the energising properties of coffee was discovered by an Ethiopian goatherd who saw how excited his goats got after eating the beans of the coffee plant. These days we don’t need goats to tell us how great coffee is.
Plastic Free July may be done and dusted, but that doesn't mean you need to stop your efforts.
This week's Home Tip is from a friend of the Trust, funeral director Fiona King. King is an advocate of natural burials and you can learn a bit more about her views by listening to her TedX Talk on YouTube.
The quality of the air inside your home can directly affect your health and, because we spend more time there, we’re more likely to be affected by pollutants inside our homes.
Effective curtains can reduce heat loss by 60 percent for single glazed windows, and by as much as 50 percent for double-glazing. The good news is that there are a few, simple low-cost modifications you can make to improve the performance of your existing curtains.
Every day we make choices about the clothing that we wear and often our choices are guided by the weather, what we are doing that day, and what is in the clean laundry pile.
