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Katrina

Why you can trust what I write here

I'm Katrina. I'm a primary school teacher, a mum of two boys, and one half of The Eco-Friendly Life alongside my husband Al.

Teaching primary school shapes how I write. Spend enough years explaining things to young children and you lose patience with jargon very quickly. If a claim can't be made plain, it usually isn't understood well enough yet — by me or by whoever wrote it. That instinct is the one I bring to every article here.

I want to be clear about what I am and what I'm not. I'm not a sustainability consultant, a dermatologist, a nutritionist or a textile scientist. I'm someone who cares a great deal about the environment, who reads widely and carefully, and who checks claims against primary sources before repeating them. Where the evidence is genuinely uncertain, I say so rather than smoothing it over.

What I do have is a household running these experiments daily. Two boys five years apart means I've bought the same category of product twice, several years apart, and watched what actually lasted. Cloth versus disposable, the shampoo bar that worked and the three that didn't, the compost bin that turned out to be too small — that's lived experience, and it's the part no amount of research substitutes for.

On this site I write about sustainable homes, natural health and beauty, eco-friendly parenting, sustainable food, and sustainable fashion. Away from the keyboard I'm usually outdoors, reading, or being roped into whatever sport the boys have decided we're all doing this season.

If something I've written is wrong, please tell me by emailing support@theecofriendlylife.com

I'd genuinely rather fix it than defend it.

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