Good—simple choices for a better life

First Things

12 Good selection

Our pick of smart eco stuff to buy, try and know about

20 The Good guide: toilet paper

Good Guide: What loo paper should we be using in the smallest room of the house in order to have the smallest ecological impact?

24 Hut, hut, hut ...

Letter from the Interior: Big-berth tramping huts for all comers, or something more rustic?

26 The comfort of waste

Trend Tracker: Waste happens when we get rid of stuff before it's reached the end point of its usefulness. But surely there's a better way?

28 Ex libris

Book end: Latest reads to inform and inspire

Features

30 Creating a home with soul

Simple Living: You can spend tens of thousands of dollars creating the perfect-looking house – but will it make you happy?

38 The art of imperfection

Simple Living: Exploring notions of unconventional beauty through photography

40 Bringing an end to chemical warfare

Eco Innovation: Sometimes green can be gruesome...

44 A-Z of greenwashing

Eco Shopping: Ever since snake oil salesmen first peddled their wares, where there's money to be made, there's someone fudging the truth ...

48 Beginner's guide to home distilling

Beginner's Guide: In 1996, New Zealand became that rare thing – a country where home distilling spirits is legal.

56 Striking a pose

Healthy Living: Feel like your body isn't functioning as well as it might? We meet a vigorous 91-year-old who's discovered her own elixir of youth

59 Putting the spotlight on: honey

Special Report: Drizzled over Greek yoghurt; dribbled into a steaming hot toddy; oozing from a hot crumpet ... sticky, golden honey is one of nature's sweet spots

66 Woolly thinking

Eco Style: With winter on its way, it's time to reach for our cosiest fibre

70 Our year in Bolivia

Life Stories: One Kiwi mum reflects on a year spent with her family at a Bolivian orphanage

Your Good Life

78 Brainiest breakfasts

Simply Good Food: A shonky breakfast gets your body off to the worst possible start. As cold weather creeps up on us, it's time to rediscover hearty ways to begin the day

86 Foraging fantastic

Simply Good Food: New Zealand's first foraging handbook

90 Getting fruity

Garden: Strong beginnings are so important when it comes to fruit trees, explains Good's gardening expert Kath Irvine

95 Readers' tips

Good housekeeping: The satisfaction of a well run home can be found in small victories over waste, muddle and mess

96 First impressions

Eco Makeover: What does your front entrance say about your home or what lies within? A few simple tweaks can make a dramatic difference to the welcome on offer

98 Foot therapy

Health & Beauty: We may not apply the same scrutiny – or wealth of beauty products – to our feet as we do to our faces, but they're equally deserving of our tender love and care

101 Ask the naturopath

What's an effective natural remedy to treat sprains?

102 Thrifty threads

Good housekeeping: 21 clever ways to make your favourite clothes last longer

104 Book covers

Handmade: Give dull stationery and tatty old books a revamp using gorgeous patterned prints

107 Eco babies

Eco Babies: Clever ideas and lovely things for our planet's newest travellers

108 Talking about loss

Simple Parenting: Death and loss are difficult enough for adults to fathom – so how do you help your kids deal with it?

111 Doing what we do

Wellness: What makes your home a haven – where family values and a sense of belonging go hand-in-hand?

112 A good thought