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We share resources organised under eight different ‘toolkit’ categories to guide your Sustainable Living journey.

Our eight toolkit categories are:

PLAY
Whether having a dance to our Spotify playlists or climbing a tree in your yard, there’s no denying that play and fun go hand-in-hand at lifting spirits when times get tough!

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STRETCH
Getting your body moving is proven to encourage dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin. Getting active in nature is an excellent way get back to your sustainable living ‘why’. We love sharing outdoor yoga videos with you for the times when you need some inspiration to get active!

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READ
Books can expand our horizons. We share our fave reads with you and host online Sustainable Book Club. Keep watching this space for details on the next one (and self-guided book club options)!

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SHARE
Our collective impact can have powerful results! Which is why we believe sharing is caring and that you shouldn’t have to walk your Sustainably Stylish path solo. We have sharing with you online and in-person for more than a decade & promise to keep bringing you sustainable living content that’s accessible to all!

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MAKE
Some of our most popular offerings to date are simple DIY posts that help you!

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BREATHE
Whether it’s pausing for a moment to watch the clouds or making time for one of our meditation-videos, taking a breather is a perfect way to reduce Eco-Overwhelm

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GROW
We believe in lifelong learning which is why we offer tools like our Self-Coaching Sustainability Planner that help you kick goals and navigate your ever-evolving sustainable living path.

Learn more about our Grow tool here. 

STYLE
Life in Sustainable Style is about carving your unique path forward in your Sustainable Style. Not sure where to start? Check out our free values motivators quiz.

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NUT MILK

Make your own and reduce waste. 

YOU WILL NEED

Nuts (Almonds, Cashew, Macadamia)

A blender

Fabric for straining (around A4 sized, calico or muslin works well)

A clean container to store your milk

Sweetner (if desired)

STEPS

Soak nuts overnight in water (around one cup of nuts to 3-4 cups of water depending on desired consistency).

Blend nuts and water in the blender.

Put the cloth over a bowl or container and strain blended mix through the fabric.

Pull all four corners of fabric together to create a ‘parcel’ that encapsulates the nut mix. Squeeze this parcel to get the last bits of ‘milk’ out of blended nuts (do not throw nuts away, they can be used for other recipes).

Add sweetener to milk if desired (water that dates have been soaking in is a nice sweetener option for homemade nut milk).

Pour into a clean jar or bottle and store in the fridge for up to three days.

THE BACKSTORY

This recipe was first published in 2015 when Sustainability in Style communications ran predominately ‘blog’ narrative. While we continue to update our content to suit changes in the way in which people interact with online material, we choose to preserve this ‘blog-style’ narrative for those who still explore our content in this manner. It also preserves the context of comments that our lovely readers have contributed over the years.

THE 2015 POST

2015 Narrative from our founder Katie: Ok… I am a little behind the eight ball with the Plastic Free July challenge information. One week and one day to be precise. However we can look at it from the point of view that any day is a good day to start reducing plastic.

Some of you may remember that month I spent collecting, photographing and weighing my household waste. It has been seven months since the Waste Weigh Up challenge ended but I can safely say it has changed my consumption patterns for life. While my household is yet to hit a zero waste status, each day we inch a little closer to this goal. At present my estimate is that it would take us around a year even get close to filling our 140 litre landfill waste bin. Our recycling goes out full around once every six weeks, and we compost all our green waste.

As part of an ongoing effort to reduce waste I have started to make my own nut milk to reduce the packaging that we contribute to recycling and those annoying little plastic lids that aren’t recyclable here on the Sunshine Coast. Nut milk is surprisingly easy to make. All you need is some nuts that have been soaked overnight I am using cashews, a blender, and a nut bag or cloth strainer. Then you simply blend the nuts with some water (around one cup of nuts with three to four cups of water deepening on desired consistency), strain them through the fabric or nut bag, and pour into a container. Cashew milk lasts around 2-3 days in the fridge and you can add a sweetener if desired. Don’t throw out the left over nut pulp as it can be used for a variety of recipes (just google) including a cashew cheese one I will share tomorrow.

Plastic Free July has loads of tips and tricks on how you can reduce your consumption of single use plastic items and if you register for the Plastic Free July challenge you can have these tips sent directly to your inbox.

Do you have any tips you would like to share on how you have reduced your plastic?

Perhaps you have some delicious nut milk recipes?

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MOTIVATED FOR CHANGE

We know (and celebrate) that everyone’s approach to living life in Sustainable Style is a little bit different. While some of us are busy creating a homemade meatless meatloaf others are busy juggling kids, work and trying to online order the groceries for delivery without plastic bags. Our (TOTALLY FREE) Values Motivators Quiz helps you identify what motivates you to live life in Sustainable Style and the following are some suggestions on how you can stay motivated to make your own plant-based milk alternatives.

Finding your ‘Why’ gives you a great chance of making this a regular practice! 

ANIMAL WELFARE AND COMPASSION
If you’re motivated by Animal Welfare and Compassion Motivators taking that bit of extra time to make plant-based milk is an act of kindness and compassion towards animal welfare!

SOCIAL EQUALITY
If social equality is at the core of what you do, making plant-based milk at home assures you that fair labour practices were used. If your motivated by spending time with family and friends, why not make nut-milk with the kids or housemates?

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Making nut-milk at home means minimal or no waste! This will really appeal to those who have environmental sustainability motivators as their guiding value. Be sure to check the origin of the nuts that you are using to be really considerate of the carbon miles of your nut milk. Consider buying locally grown nuts and buying in bulk food or packaging free stores.

SIMPLICITY AND STREAMLINED LIFESTYLE
Ok, so making your own milk can be a bit more work than just buying it at the supermarket. Consider using prompts to help get you into the practice. When you boil the kettle for your evening cup of tea use this as a prompt to put some nuts in a bowl to soak. In the morning, just before you make your morning smoothie, pour the nuts into the blender and mix. Use these little prompts (or something similar that you do each evening and morning) and you might soon find that making your milk is cheaper, and faster than buying it from the store. If not, find out if a friend makes their own nut-milk and ask them if you can buy it from them or barter for it.

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