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11 Easy Kitchen Tricks with Tools You Already Own

Posted on February 9, 2021November 19, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Need a new gadget to execute a kitchen task? With a bit of creativity, you may fashion a fix using stuff you already have on hand.

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7 Easy Zero Waste Steps That Cost Zero Dollars

Posted on February 4, 2021September 13, 2022by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Living a lower waste lifestyle should save money, not bankrupt you. These seven zero-waste steps cost zero dollars.

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You Saved All Your Vegetable Scraps for Broth. Now What?

Posted on January 28, 2021September 13, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Good job saving your vegetable scraps for making free broth. Now what do you do with it? Here are 9 ideas.

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One Woman Making a Difference

Posted on January 21, 2021September 14, 2022by Anne-Marie Bonneau

After working on global climate solutions, Stephanie Miller wanted to reduce her own footprint. She began with a request at her dry cleaners.

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Forever Chemicals Everywhere: How to Avoid PFAS

Posted on January 13, 2021January 19, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Toxic forever chemicals (PFAS) are everywhere. These strategies will help you reduce your exposure to them.

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5 Ways to Wrap Holiday Gifts Without the Waste

Posted on December 2, 2020December 21, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau
homemade fabric bento bags and gift wrapping for zero waste and plastic free shopping and gift giving

Beautifully wrapped gifts need not produce a pile of waste. Choose fabric or recycled paper that you secure with homemade paper tape.

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12 Tips for Inexpensive Selfcare that Creates (Almost) No Trash

Posted on November 5, 2020December 13, 2022by Anne-Marie Bonneau

These low-waste, self-care ideas can help alleviate stress and anxiety without requiring you to spend money buying stuff you don’t need.

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10 Ways to Turn Off the Corporate Plastic Pollution Spigot

Posted on July 22, 2020June 15, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau

We haven’t created the plastic pollution crisis, industry has. However, we can try to mitigate the problem using the following 10 strategies.

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Virtual Screening of The Story of Plastic

Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Neither Covid, nor Big Oil, nor Big Plastic can stop us from watching The Story of Plastic to learn about the real causes of the plastic pollution crisis.

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