Sustainable living, without the saint act.
We’re Farah and Finn. Two people working in the energy industry who got quietly fed up with disposable everything and content that looks helpful but isn’t. Genuine product reviews, plant-based Malaysian cooking, and practical projects from the way we actually live.
We test the cookware. Farah cooks the food. The herbs come from the garden. It all connects.
We’re Farah and Finn, a couple living in Ireland. We both work in the energy industry, which is the honest contradiction at the heart of this site. Not saints. Not off-grid. Just two people who got quietly fed up with disposable everything and content that looks helpful but isn’t.
Farah cooks plant-based Malaysian food rooted in the flavours she grew up with. Finn obsesses over things built to last: the cast iron pan, the rice pot that has cooked weekly for over three years, the herbs from the garden that go into Farah’s sambal. It all connects.
Through Jungle Hugger we share practical projects, honest reviews, and calm ideas. A hand-built wildlife pond. Indoor hydroponics. Mindful home choices. Plant-based cooking. The goal is to make sustainability simple enough to actually live, not perfect enough to perform.
We only write about things we’ve actually used. We’ve turned down sponsorships that didn’t meet our standard. We’ll tell you what we don’t like as honestly as what we do.
Farah & Finn · Jungle HuggerThree years in, the Le Creuset Rice Pot is still the one we reach for.
We’ve cooked with this rice pot weekly for over three years. Rice, grains, soups, stews, one-pot meals. It still performs the way it did the day it arrived. Here’s the honest long-term verdict on why it earns its place in a kitchen built to last.
Editor’s pick Built to last
Three places to dig in.
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We’ve said no to a lot.
Every product reviewed on this site was bought with our own money or returned. We’ve never published a review on the basis of receiving free product alone.
If we wouldn’t keep using it, it doesn’t get a review. If something has a flaw, we say so. If a cheaper option works just as well, we tell you that too.
If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.
Pete Seeger, sustainable living activist