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How to Turn a Wall into a Whiteboard Using Paint!

By Helen Edwards | June 21, 2018 |

how to create a whiteboard wall your children can write and draw on using Monsta Paint Write Wall whiteboard paint

**This post is brought to you in partnership with Monsta Paint Children’s bedrooms need to be a place they can be themselves. It is not just where they rest their heads, but also where they grow, develop, brainstorm, imagine and dream. If you were lucky enough to have a space all of your own as…

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Fabulous Upcycling Ideas to Inspire with RETRASH

By Helen Edwards | January 24, 2017 |

I am sharing a wonderful mix of upcycling ideas to inspire you today, with a bit of a book review of Retrash – a high quality, soft cover coffee table book, showcasing inspirational ideas on reusing second hand materials, through upcycling. I met the author Nathan Devine, at a talk with the inspiring Terracycle at…

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Old Soul, Bespoke Upcycled Furniture

By Helen Edwards | May 20, 2016 |

Do you love seeing the ingenious ways people are reinventing stuff? It is one of the best parts of my job! A while back I featured these upcyclers and am sharing them with you now for some inspiration. This is a fabulous upcycling team with a beautiful name – Old Soul. They design and make all…

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Duncan Meerding Design Launches Outdoor Stump Lamp

By Helen Edwards | May 17, 2016 |

Emerging furniture and lighting designer Duncan Meerding has returned to Australia after a successful debut on the international design stage at the 2016 Messe Frankfurt Light + Building tradeshow, the world’s largest of its kind. Duncan and his work have featured on Recycled Interiors a few times, with one of my posts creating a viral…

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21 Junk Street, Upcycling Vintage Tour

By Helen Edwards | March 23, 2016 |

Don’t you just love a family roadtrip? It is our favourite type of holiday and what could be better than a weekend away where you also get to explore some vintage stores! A while back we had the absolute pleasure of visiting the most beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula, and the magical shop, 21 Junk Street, owned…

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Kambrook Blitz2Go Blender Review: Just don’t tell them it’s Zucchini Smoothie

By Helen Edwards | November 29, 2015 |

blueberry banana zuchini smoothie using the blitz2go blender

Do you love a good smoothie? It can be a great way to get your fruit and vegetable serves, or to increased them for your kids. A while back I was given a Blitz2Go Blender so that I could experiment with some recipes. It was a very popular post, so I am bringing it back…

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Hello there and welcome. My name is Dr Helen Edwards. I am an award-winning writer, health and sustainability advocate and blogger, and author of books. I have a PhD in Psychology.

I am Mama to 3 beautiful sons and have been writing and reading, since I was a very little girl. I like to write about people and planet, and I include nature, our environment and relationships between people, in both my sustainability and health writing, and my books for children.

I have lived with type 1 diabetes since 1979. I have quite a few other chronic conditions and disabilities, including lots of issues with my tummy, and anxiety and ADHD.

In 2001 I founded an award-winning online counselling service to support people living with diabetes. It was the first in the world, and it was a hit. I ran this for more than 16 years and won many awards for this work. You can see more here. Today, I continue to be a voice for diabetes, health, and mental health – writing, speaking and advocating, for awareness, inclusion, supports and services, for all people living with chronic conditions and disabilities. You will see blog posts here about health, mental health and wellbeing.

In 2013 I started a blog called Recycled Interiors, which later became the Sustainable Home Hub. I am passionate about our beautiful Mother Earth and am all about inspiring action for our planet, with kindness and hope. In particular, I focus on living a more gentle life for our children. You will see blog posts here about sustainable living, that help you take action in your life, to tread more lightly on the earth, while managing climate grief and eco-anxiety. Human health, sustainability and nature, are all closely connected.

I am available for all sorts of freelance writing, advocacy and speaking work – see more here.

I look forward to sharing stories with you and inspiring action for people and planet, with kindness and hope.

Helen x

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Hey lovelies, I have been bit quiet here this week, because it's been a bit busy, including attending my PhD graduation ceremony! Hope your week is going well. I am off to a writing workshop tomorrow and then have my youngest son's 11th birthday. Happy weekend to you all 💚💚

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Congratulations Well done! 👩‍🎓

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That's awesome! Well done 😊

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Congratulations Helen 🥂🥂

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Last night, we attended our son Maxwell's year 5 Futorology Exhibition. All term, the kids worked hard on a problem facing our planet earth and developed a solution. Maxwell and his partner made an edible and compostable straw from seaweed, which was very cool. Others had developed alternative energy solutions, composting ideas, researched deforestation, single-use plastics, ocean pollution, food waste prevention, the importance of trees - the lungs of our earth, alternatives to palm oil, better agriculture and soil management, solar energy and cars, Co2 and methane reduction, wildlife conservation, and so many more incredible ideas.
They were brave, beautiful, intelligent and engaged with passion. It was utterly wonderful and filled with hope. I cried with the hope, because these children will be running the world and they GET IT. They will be dealing with irrevocable damage, but they will change everything. We are raising a planet of people who are informed, who actually care and who will take action. They also had numerous kids speaking welcome in their own languages, which was beautiful to hear. They finished with a rousing performance. Thank you all of the teachers and all of the children, it's your future, we are standing with you against those with closed eyes and closed ears and selfish hearts. Our children are most definitely the future. Many of us are doing everything we can - we must keep trying, we must. If we look after the earth, she will look after us.
🥀🦅🐛🌴🌴🦚🦠🐞🌺🍁🍂💚🦋❄🐜 #ourkidsplanet

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The selfish hearts are the most worrying thing I see in the world. Well done to the beautiful spirit of those young people. When we here in Noosa and other areas in South East QLD are facing the fact that very young people thought starting large scale bushfires would be a lark, it is comforting to know others love our world and would give anything to make it better! Well done!

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Wonderful 💜

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Wow,is it a Montessori school,because it is an amazing activity.

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September 20. Strike ✊🏽

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These chickens are transforming the lives of nursing home residents.

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Muriel Smith ❤️

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Maria Tabone Claire Milne do you think your mother or your nonna would enjoy having a chicken 😂

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I am so delighted to partner with the amazing @seasoulstudio Sea Soul on these custom Vintage Rose Tea Scoops! The glaze is a gorgeous glossy white with Vanilla Bean flecks that glint like gold, and it is finished with a rim of 22k gold lustre.
Available exclusively here at my little online store, where you can pair it with a beautiful vintage cup and saucer, or some lovely loose leaf tea.
Or you can use these sweet scoops for your granola, or other homemade goodies – plus it looks SO pretty as a display piece! I adore mine – LIMITED edition and only available here -JUST 7 left and they are gone forever! We also stock the reusable tea swags from @theswag.original to reuse over and over again.
Leaf tea is such a sustainable and eco friendly option – many tea bags contain plastics, particularly in the stitching of the bags. They can also contain chemicals in the processing of the bags. We recommend seeking tea brands who can vouch for their products not including these, or even better, use leaf tea! And in that case, you will definitely need a lovely tea scoop.

Measures 9.5 cm to handle, plus 7 cm gold string to hang the scoop. Measures 4 cm across scoop. (approx). https://www.helenedwardswrites.com/product/handmade-ceramic-tea-scoop-vintage-roses/

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Such a beautiful addition to the tea ritual! I love my sweet china cup & saucer that my sister gave me for my birthday, & I'm now using a teapot that gladdens my heart, instead of keeping it in a cupboard. Beautiful caddy spoons like these just add so much.

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Spring flowers,
birds waking
in seeping darkness,
my family sleeps.
Silently,
I start another day
on this blue planet.
Despite all of the things
that are broken,
in the world, and,
in myself,
I wake with hope.
I hold it in my hands
like a fragile seed,
sprinkling warmth
across it's shell,
seeing it bloom
in my mind's eye.
I grasp the stillness,
the solitude
of this morning time.
I feel the earth
beneath my feet,
bark against my skin,
air across my cheeks.
I seek to live with purpose.
I seek to live with joy.
I seek to live with kindness.
I seek to live with forgiveness and compassion.
I live this day,
The one that begins here,
in this moment,
In the stillness of the morning.

#helenedwardswrites

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Beautiful ❤️

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so beautiful Helen thank you

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Stunning Helen

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