Sounds simple, but carrying your own water bottle is one way to easily and effectively make a small eco-friendly change. You don’t need me to tell you that water bottles are wasteful – you pay for water that’s free at home, and the single-use plastic will likely avoid the recycling bin. (Even if it hitsContinue reading “Do You Carry a Water Bottle?”
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Products We Use: Kidizen
In Hannah’s post about baby fashion, she extols the virtues of hand-me-downs. I couldn’t agree more. However sometimes you’re the first friend in your circle to have children and hand-me-downs are nowhere to be found. You might also have two little girls and want to play around with dressing them. (I speak from experience aboutContinue reading “Products We Use: Kidizen”
Links From Around the Web – 6/19/2020
Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma changed my life. In this article, he talks about the benefits of decentralizing our food supply Some basic questions and answers about climate change from the New York Times Patagonia talks about the problems with relying on recycling Stimulus packages and the environment
Eco Baby Fashion
Listen, I know you’re excited about that new baby and there are so many adorable outfits at Target, but step away for a minute and consider your options. Babies grow out of things really, really fast. Like in a day, sometimes. So buying brand new clothes for baby just doesn’t make sense. Parents in theContinue reading “Eco Baby Fashion”
The Joy of Less by Francine Jay
The Joy of Less: A Minimalist’s Guide to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify is not just an awesome guide to simplifying your home (who doesn’t need that?!), it is also a good introduction to why our consumer culture is unsustainable. In chapters like “The Greater Good” and “Live Simply”, Jay reminds us that everything we bringContinue reading “The Joy of Less by Francine Jay”
Covid-19 Grocery Shopping
Just when we it seemed reusable grocery bags were hitting their stride, along comes Covid-19 and the governor’s order to leave them at home. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bags-idUSKBN219001 So are we back to plastic? NO! We just need to get creative. Many people have been re-packing their groceries into their carts and packing their shopping bags in theContinue reading “Covid-19 Grocery Shopping”
How to Patch Clothing
We’re always being told to reduce, reuse, recycle, but another “r” that doesn’t get as much press is repair. Before cheap clothes made over seas and fast fashion, people took better care of their clothes (and clothes were made better). One way to take care of your clothes is to patch holes. Children, especially, areContinue reading “How to Patch Clothing”
No More Paper Napkins!
Sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin. How should I start? What’s the first change I should make? In my journey, paper napkins were one of the first single-use items that left my house. Cloth napkins took their place on the kitchen table, as seen above. Yes, like with many “green” initiatives, there isContinue reading “No More Paper Napkins!”
Baby Food for Thought
The baby food aisle is well-stocked with all kinds of jars and pouches, but you can save a lot of waste, not to mention time and money, with just a couple baby food tricks. First, no matter how cute the packaging, jarred baby food is nothing more than mushed up food. The same food weContinue reading “Baby Food for Thought”
Not your Grandma’s Cloth Diapers
Cloth diapering has come a long way from safety pins and thin, stained cloths. Now your baby’s diapers are not just easy to use, but fashionable as well. Cloth diapering saves hundreds of plastic bags full of plastic diapers from entering the landfill and saves you money. What’s not to love? So, how do youContinue reading “Not your Grandma’s Cloth Diapers”
