Even a small planting of natives can provide habitat for wildlife in crisis. Where concrete pavers once sat in our yard, flowers now bloom.
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The Easiest Way to Declutter: Clear Out Five a Day
Want to declutter your home but don’t want to simply toss everything into landfill? Sort through a mere five items a day.
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.
Easy Ways to Cut Frightful Halloween Waste, Keep the Fun
If you love Halloween but not all the waste that comes with it, you have options to celebrate sustainably without sacrificing any of the fun.
13 Painless Ways to Participate in Plastic Free July
This Plastic Free July, cut loads of single-use plastic from your life painlessly with these 13 simple strategies.
Kitchen Gadgets You Didn’t Know You Already Own
A flimsy plastic kitchen gadget that should not exist inspired this post: the Evriholder Avo Saver Avocado Holder. Shaped like one half of an avocado, with a round indentation for the seed and an adjustable rubber strap, this gadget buckles in the half avocado you didn’t eat so you can store it in the refrigerator and […]
My Home Is Filled With Discarded Stuff No One Wanted
Before I buy something new, I like to consider: How to dispose of the item at the end of its (usually short) life The type of material the item is made of—I avoid buying any new plastic The (usually excessive) packaging that accompanies the item The resources that went into manufacturing the item—water, energy, labor […]
Welcome to the Church of Zero Waste
I was raised in a devout Catholic household, although we kids could skip mass if we felt sick enough to warrant a trip to the ER. I attended Catholic school from kindergarten all the way through the end of high school (I did love my kilt). We knelt around the living room regularly to say […]