What is Carbon Footprint and Why Should You Care?
You’ve probably seen the call to “reduce your carbon footprint” in tackling our climate crisis. But what is carbon footprint?? And why should you care? Let’s sort it all out!…
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6 Simple Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint in Your Home
You’ve heard about the climate crisis and the bleak view for the future of our planet. If you really dive in to learn more, it’s terrifying… It’s tempting to shut…
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Natural Mosquito Repellent Tips to Keep You Itch-Free This Summer!
Having just finished writing about natural tick repellents, it occurred to me that mosquitoes deserve equal attention. Instead of reaching automatically for the heavy-duty chemical sprays, there are a whole…
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Ditch the (Single-Use) Plastic! 4 Reusable Alternatives to Plastic Straws
I know … you’re probably wondering, why all the fuss about straws? Why the need to find reusable alternatives to plastic straws? Unfortunately, the plastic straws pollution problem is much…
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Natural Tick Repellents: 5 Ways to Have a Healthy and Safe Summer
The other night, as I was relaxing on the couch, absorbed in a good book, I went to scratch an itch on my neck and discovered a tick lodged there.…
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Film Review: The Clean Bin Project
How do you solve an environmental crisis through individual actions? That’s the seemingly monumental task that Grant Baldwin and Jenny Rustemeyer undertake in The Clean Bin Project. Their yearlong struggle…
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7 Ways to Inspire Others to Take Action With You
A Story Before I Dive in on How to Take Action I remember a luncheon I attended years ago to benefit medical research on the health effects in children from…
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3 Easy Leftovers Tips to Reduce Food Waste
Eat your leftovers! Did your parents tell you that when you were a kid? Mine did. My mom knew it was a perfect way to reduce food waste, but it…
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Does Recycling Work? How to Tell and What You Can Do About It
Does recycling work? It’s a complicated question … Let me back up before I tackle that question and ask you first whether you recycle. Do you have a bin of…
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A Healthy Yard Project: 6 Lessons to Start One in Your Community
You may have seen a healthy yard project or program sprouting up in a neighboring community and been inspired to take action in your own town. Or perhaps you care…
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