Zero Out the Waste: 10 Easy Tips for a Zero Waste Kitchen
We’re moving soon, and in the endless process of sorting and shedding, I’ve discovered that what I’d thought was an exemplary model of a zero waste kitchen still needs improvement.…
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Is Plastic Recycling a Red Herring to our Waste Problem?
Last week, I went on a field trip to an incinerator. Yes, you read that right. I’ll get to why I went, but first let me explain why recycling –…
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Natural Remedies for Sunburn: What Works to Ease the (Ouch!) Pain
Summer is winding down but there’s still plenty of time to spend outdoors in the sun, and get – ouch! – sunburned. Fortunately, there’s a whole host of natural remedies…
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7 High Impact Green Lifestyle Changes That Help You and the Environment
Which green lifestyle changes have the highest environmental impact? In my opinion, they’re the ones that help shift personal habits but are easy to accomplish. Try one or more of…
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3 Essential Ways to Reduce Carbon Footprint Outside Your Home
I recently wrote an entire post on simple ways to reduce your carbon footprint in your home, so it seems only fitting now to provide some tips on how to…
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Clothes Recycling: The 5 Best Ways to Do It
Recycling – clothes recycling in particular – has been on my mind recently. We’re moving out of our house of 15 years and it’s shocking to visualize the accumulated mountain…
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5 Common Recycling Myths and the Solutions to Recycle Right
There’s so much confusion about recycling that I thought it would be helpful to write about recycling myths and the solutions to these common misconceptions. So let’s take a look…
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7 Ways to Make it a Plastic Free July 2019!
What is Plastic Free July? Plastic Free July is a global movement that empowers people to be part of the solution to plastic pollution. The concept is simple: Participants are…
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4 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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