by Laila Helena | Sep 9, 2021 | Mindfull Parenting, Planet Schooling, Sustainability
Scientists have developed complicated systems to describe different soil qualities. Unfortunately, these systems are often foreign and can confuse anyone who wants to create a beautiful food garden. Creating and caring for the soil is not a complicated science but a...
by Laila Helena | Sep 9, 2021 | Children's Health, Mindfull Parenting, Planet Schooling, Sustainability
Children are naturally born with a sense of wonder. When left alone, many children often explore the world with all their senses. They may experiment eating mud pies, shove their noses into flowers, or catch ants and other bugs. In addition, many children will...
by Laila Helena | May 19, 2019 | Journal, Lifestyle
Stop for a moment and imagine if the rubbish you create was banned from going to the landfill! This may be the future as more and more countries are refusing to take on our rubbish. The average Australian sends more than one ton of waste to the landfill each year. An...
by Laila Helena | May 1, 2019 | Ask Laila, Journal, Lifestyle
I spent many of my childhood years travelling with my parents. Before I had turned ten, I had travelled around the world three times. This horrified some people as they said I needed “routine” while others thought it was the best schooling I could ever...
by Laila Helena | Apr 25, 2019 | Journal, Lifestyle
Even though bamboo was first used in China around 118 B.C. and pandas have been eating it forever, it sort of became sexy with Colombian architect Simón Vélez at the turn of this century. Simón stated that bamboo was better than steel, and his style of building shook...