When nasturtiums appear in the spring, make this frugal nasturtium spinach pesto. Or for more pepper flavor, go all in on nasturtium leaves.
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Donate Old Eyeglasses, Clean the New with Two Ingredients
Some medical essentials can be lower waste, like glasses. Keep an old pair out of landfill and clean the new pair waste-free.
10 Free and Easy Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution
You have cut all kinds of plastic: to-go cups, shopping and produce bags and bottled water. Here are 10 easy, free ways to cut more.
Some of the Stuff I Get Free
After recently picking up free mulch, I made a list of just some of the useful items I get for free regularly.
Raise a Glass of Ginger Beer for Climate Action
Do you want climate action? Do you like ginger beer? Learn to make fabulous ginger beer in this pay-what-you-feel fundraiser.
How to Buy Less and Buy Better with the Less But Better Method
Quitting shopping cold turkey may not be realistic. So buy less but better! Excerpt from Tara McKenna’s new book, Don’t Be Trashy.
Anne Marie’s Book Club
“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.” ― Desiderius Erasmus I have wanted to write a post with book recommendations on the topics of simplicity and food—I cannot separate the two—since I began writing my blog. I haven’t read all the books that […]
A Great Read: The Good Gut
microbiota noun mi-cro-bi-o-ta \-bī-ˈōt-ə\ : a microbial community microbiome noun mi-cro-bi-ome \-bī-ˈōm\ : all the microbial genes in a microbiota I first read about the Sonnenburgs—a husband and wife team of Stanford PhDs studying the gut microbiota—in an article Michael Pollan wrote for the New York Times a couple of years ago. […]