REBEL with a CAUSE!

Hi all, welcome back!! I hope you have been enjoying my blog!! Today's blog is about all of my recycled, upcycled and reused stuff .. How does this help me? It helps me save money and not buying junk for the sake of it, it also makes me more creative! This  is a goodie bag which I made into an earing box. It took only 2hrs These earings were all given to me by various people like my mum and aunts which they used to wear in school and college. Hand- me-downs are good for the planet. Here are some cardboard cereal  boxes and mosquito mat  boxes which I  have made into earing boxes and organisers! They are very useful also very easy to make. Maybe you should also try making them!! This is called a bum-bag..  It was made by my mum's friend Mala Aunty. She collects old used jeans and makes it into bags! her organisation is  http://ahundredhands.com/ I love her creative ideas! You should visit her website.. Below are my upcycled hand-me-

Hi all! Welcome back to my blog! Today I  will be talking about how polluted the river in my city, Chennai is. I actually row in the river so that's how I know. Although rowing  makes me feel calm and happy the stench and the things I see aren't pleasant at all. The thing that disturbs me is water pollution. I feel sad seeing plastic items, glass bottles, clothes, footwear and even filled garbage bags. All of  the drainage  drains  into the river- you can see the big pipes leading to the river as you row. Especially in the mornings after a night of lovely rain, when the world looks fresh and clean we see bundles of garbage floating along the river quite merrily! R ivers aren't supposed to be stagnant, but quite a few spots in the Adyar River are and guess what you find there? Millions of mosquitoes that literally eat me alive, while I'm practising in the bank tub. We could get diseases like malaria or dengue. The sad part is that my mum said that when she wa