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Make Reusable Napkins (Don't Buy New)

Tissue is a wasteful product. Wherever napkins (serviettes) are used, water is better but not always practical. Tissue though, is an easie...

9 Handmade Gift Ideas For Eid 2020 (Part 2)

 -Continued- Don't buy new, make it! #GreenEid 6. Gardening Kit + Seeds If you're a plant lover like me, a few seeds can b...

5 Handmade Gift Ideas For Eid 2020 (Part 1)

Don't buy new, make it!  #GreenEid As we say our farewells to Ramadan 2020, begin your Eid celebrations with beautiful handmade...

Green Eid: Ideas for Handmade Eid Cards

Don't buy new - make it! Eid-ul-Fitr is the annual celebration that marks the end of Ramadan. Usually in Muslim cultures, it's tradi...

DIY: Reusing Milk Bottles As Plant Pots

Don't buy new, make it! A quick Pinterest board search will show you many creative ways to use your empty containers. Cardboard boxes ...

Don't Bin It - Reuse It! #Plastic

The next time you're about to bin empty bottles, stop. Think about what unexplored adventures are left in the life of a drinks contain...

The Other Uses Of A #Jilbaab

Picking plums is such a beautiful blessing from Allah. As a Muslim looking at the world through organic lenses I strongly believe that God...

Grow Seeds In Your Mosque - #EcoIslam Lesson On Planting

Before Ramadan began our Eco Mosque students were given a workshop in planting their own seeds. I had planned to grow flowers with them ...

Keeping Your Home Clean in Ramadan

Welcome Ramadan by thoroughly cleaning your home. Organise a 1-day house clean-out to celebrate simplicity, detach from possessions and st...

3D Mosque Model For Ramadan Crafting

BUILD A 3D MOSQUE MODEL – Made with one sheet of A4 paper and coloured markers. Perfect for the young fasting home alone or a group projec...

Re-potting Baby Tomato Plants In 5 Steps

You have already sown your vegetable seeds in spring (March-April) and propagated them; shoots appeared within 14 days insha-Allah. Now th...

Reusable Ramadan Night+Day Lanterns

Whether you're living alone or running a madrassa (mosque school), there's always space for colourful Ramadan lanterns that can be...

Reuse Plastic Cups As Plant Pots (Video)

Video + http://youtu.be/c5ad6RGxugU My eco-mum is so resourceful that one year when someone brought plastic cups for our outdoor no-waste...

Get Published! Submit Ideas For The Ultimate Green Ramadan Crafts Book

For Ramadan 2013 I am publishing an eco-crafts book which will contain tutorials, photos and green Ramadan projects for families to do over ...

Make A Jar of Duas (Ramadan Crafting)

Inspire children with the gift of making du`a' to God (supplication) by recycling a jar into a wishing well. A great Ramadan craft pro...

Is Growing Food In Car Tyres Toxic?

"I've never met a potato I didn't like." - Irish traditional saying. Permaculture is about closing loops, removing was...

The Germination Process

A beginner's guide to recognising new shoots in plants. A cucumber seed will take less than 10 days to germinate. If placed in a gr...

How To Harvest Vegetable Seeds For Beginners

With so many requests by email  asking me how to save vegetable seeds, please check out this easy tutorial explanation how the following v...

Harvesting Last Season's Vegetable Seeds - Onions, Aubergines & French Beans

As-salamu`alaykum beautiful people! My gosh, Allahu-akbar, I've had a mad couple of weeks. Just finished propagating a truckload of s...

DIY: Transform Plastic Muffin Trays Into Propagators

Feeling in a 4R's mood (recycling-reusing-reducing-rejecting) I had an 'aha!' moment with a makruh (unliked)   plastic muffin...


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