The Elephant Mum

• Keep Helsinki Clean With Park Pals 3 years ago A few months back my family and I volunteered to clean up our neighbourhood and pick up litter. My area looks tidy, yet we were all shocked to see how much litter we picked in a short time. We have started cultivating awareness about our waste and its impact on the environment. The litter picking...
• Why I Left Social Media 3 years ago I didn’t mean to write this post, but after receiving several puzzled messages from friends and acquaintances, I felt it would make things easier. On second thought, it may make for an useful reflection too. Yesterday I deleted my Instagram account, the last social media profile I had after I...
• Going Zero Waste In Finland - Documenting Our Family Journey 3 years ago I heard the term zero waste for the first time few years ago while watching a Youtube video. A family living what I now know is an extreme (and quite literal) zero waste lifestyle was showcasing how they had accumulated only a small jar of waste in over 3 years. I don’t know who branded […] The...
• There's Only One Mum... Really? 3 years ago “Where is your real mum?”, is an insensitive question several adoptees are asked and it transcends languages – English, Italian, whatever. This is one of the stereotypes the adoptive parents community is set on fighting against. Real mom implies there’s a fake one. However, occasionally I...
• Teaching Children To Apologise 3 years ago Recently my birth country was hit by a racism scandal where two popular TV hosts made inappropriate and racist remarks (“jokes”) twice within a fortnight. The case hit international social media and one host was pressured into publicly apologising. Michelle Hunziker – that’s her name –...

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