Most Valentine’s Day flowers in the US travel thousands of miles in refrigerated holds, burning fossil fuels. Here are some rosy alternatives.
Author: Anne-Marie Bonneau
How to Reduce Pollutants in the Kitchen with Induction Cooking

Gas cooking consumes climate-heating gas and fills homes with pollutants similar to what a car’s tailpipe emits. Induction cooking does not.
A New Year’s Challenge: 30 Days of Climate Action

30 Days of Climate Action kicks off Jan 1. When you sign up, you’ll receive a daily action to take to address our changing climate.
Easy, Adaptable, Sweet & Sour Apple-Cranberry Chutney

Have apples a wee past their prime? Make this sweet and sour apple-cranberry chutney. Or swap out the apples for pears. Make it your own.
7 Low-Waste Gifts in Jars Your Recipients Will Love

Just about everything looks better in a jar, especially food. These gifts in jars look impressive but most require little hands-on work.
Frugal Hugelkultur: How to Build the Ultimate Raised Garden Bed

Hugelkultur beds contain dead wood that, upon decomposition, returns water and nutrients to the soil for waste-free, frugal gardening.
9 Easy Ways to Reduce Plastic at Thanksgiving

These nine simple swaps will help you minimize plastic waste this Thanksgiving while maximizing taste and even saving money!
How to Cook Without Following Recipes or Buying More Food

Eating all the food we buy presents no downside. We shop less and save time and money, eat tastier food and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
We Need to Talk About Our Demand Chain Crisis

We keep hearing about the supply chain disruption in the news media but need to address what drives our supply chain: unsustainable demand.
Simple Multigrain Bread With Sourdough Discard

Want another recipe to enjoy while putting a dent in your jar of sourdough discard? Try this easy multigrain sourdough discard bread.
Passive Zero Waste: Doing Nothing Is the Best Solution

If sustainable living seems hard, try passive zero-waste. In other words, do nothing (or very little). Here are 11 strategies.
Pumpkin and Spice Sourdough Discard Quick Bread

This pumpkin sourdough quick bread is like pumpkin pie in bread form and, if I slapped a label on it, it could honestly claim “Now BPA-Free!”
5 Simple Zero-Waste Frugal Dinners Under $12

Each $12 frugal dinner in this post serves four people, thus proving that a zero-waste or low-waste lifestyle need not cost a fortune.
Sourdough-Potato Focaccia Made With Simple Ingredients and Tools

Do you love sourdough bread? Do you love potatoes? This sourdough-potato focaccia is for you. It requires humble ingredients and simple tools.
Stop Pouring These 7 Leftover Flavors Down the Drain

You’ll want to save these leftover concoctions to cook with later because they add so much flavor to dishes. But you’ll also conserve water.