As we prepare to close the chapter on this strange and heavy year it is even more important to consider that Christmas, with all its wonderful energy, also comes with a darker side.

For us and those yet to come to look back at now as a time where we began flowing with nature instead of against it. A time we spent more time looking up at the stars and down at the earth than just looking straight ahead desperate for the next thing, the better thing, the newest thing.

Maybe this Christmas, as our country burns, as heart break and loss sweeps through beautiful communities and petrified land creatures suffer and perish, we change our approach to gifting.

Spending completely surreal moments deep in the big blue with these huge creatures it really hits hard to learn of their struggle for survival, with humans their greatest threat. Wildlife encounters are so incredibly magic but we want to make that two way magic for the animals too.

If it’s your first time giving Plastic Free July a whirl you might be a bit unsure of what it is and what you can do! The easiest option is to try cutting out the BIG 4 – plastic water bottles, plastic bags, coffee cups & straws – these are the main offenders!

From the all-in "I'm going completely plastic-free today, forever!" style of approach to the slower, one-step-at-a-time approach, just go with what feels good for you and right for you. It's about creating a new sustainable way of life – forever, not just for today.

The ocean is magic. We’ve been given this amazing gift of being able to experience its magic - to heal, to energise, to ground ourselves in, so isn't only fair we respect something that gives us so much?

The smallest of choices and the smallest of changes, do matter. That one plastic bag you say no to, does matter. The skincare product you refuse and make naturally from your own home, does matter. The straw you refuse, the food waste you compost, the beeswax wraps you invest in - it all matters.