What Does Mom Really Want? Unique Mother’s Day gifts, that’s what we want! My husband recently asked me what I would like for Mother’s Day this year. I’m a pretty simple girl, I don’t wear much jewelry or makeup and my wardrobe is pretty much the same week to week. I’m lots of fun though, […]
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The Impossibility of a Zero Waste Lifestyle
It seems that just about every other pin that shows up in my Pinterest feed lately is about minimalism or zero waste living. I know Pinterest returns results based on search criteria but I’m not searching zero waste living because I don’t believe it’s possible, in the literal sense of the term. A zero waste […]
7 Alternatives to Plastic Straws
Swap Out Single-Use Straws for Reusable Straws Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve at least heard a bit about the environmental dangers of single-use plastic straws and how they are crazy evil and need to be obliterated from the universe. Tad dramatic? Seriously though, plastic straws are made from plastic, made from a […]
Just Say No – Refuse and Reduce
This is the third installment in my series about simplifying your transition to a greener, more eco-friendly and healthier lifestyle. So here’s the deal, we’ve got a lot of trash on the planet and even though most things can be recycled, they aren’t. The growing consensus is we aren’t going to be able to recycle […]
Dining Out Waste Free
Who feels like cooking, no one? Ok, we’re going out. We usually dine out once a week. Inevitably, there are leftovers that need to come home so we can a) get our money’s worth and b) not waste food. Every time the waiter/waitress brings the leftovers container, I kick myself because I haven’t gotten my “restaurant […]