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Essential Oils: The Essence of Clean and Well-being
The early Transcendentalists like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau somewhat inspire our philosophy at Koala Eco. Followers of this movement believed immersion in the sights, sounds and smells...
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Fragrance: Beauty's Dirty Secret
By Hillary Peterson, Founder of True Botanicals  If you wanted to eliminate just one ingredient from your daily routine—the one that quietly does the...
While the ‘sun stands still,’ how will you connect to nature?
Celebrating the mid-year solstice On the first full day of summer the sun is upthe sky as far as it will get and now it...
Letting the six seasons guide us
An appreciation of the farms where we source our essential oils The places where we source the 100% pure essential oils for our products are...
How More Nature makes it possible for us all to Feel Better
The Koala Eco World A little while back, I wrote a post about nature’s ability to inspire familiarity and awe in Paul and myself. Right...
Art and science, in essence
An appreciation of the farms where we source our essential oils What’s your favourite botanical scent? Would it be the medicinal crispness of tea tree?...
Celebrating the biggest Mother of us all
Spend Mother’s Day outside in nature’s ‘family’ It’s a day when, traditionally, Mum is supposed to be treated to breakfast in bed, showered with endearing...
A Simple Way to Reduce the Chemical Load on Your Body: Wash Your Fruits and Vegetables
In today’s world, the food we consume is often laden with pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other chemical residues. Even organic produce can carry traces of...
Nature’s balance of familiarity and awe
Reflections on the deeper meaning behind ‘More Nature, Feel Better’  In her classic nature memoir The Living Mountain, the late Scottish hill walker Nan...
Our work is loving the world
An appreciation of the farms where we source our essential oils To paraphrase the poet Mary Oliver (1935-2019), ‘our work is loving the world …...