Easy changes that make a difference are always great to find, so I’m super excited to share five digital green hacks that I’ve recently learned about. These apps and digital actions can help boost your eco-impact TODAY with very little effort and no monetary investment. Please comment below if you […] Read more
The main reason we might want to start using beeswax food wraps is to reduce our use of disposable plastics. We can keep our food fresher for longer, support pollinators, and avoid tossing plastic by trying this versatile solution. This is a product review post that I wrote based on […] Read more
COVID – 19 UPDATE! Is it still possible to find recycled toilet paper during the corona virus epidemic? With people stocking up and increasing the demand for toilet paper it is harder to make sustainable choices. The first thing I thought of was why toilet paper? Why not try something […] Read more
Kids love buses. I don’t know why. I guess they’re large and majestic, like the woolly mammoths of yesteryear? And their squeaky, sighing brakes sound like the comments of tired, old giants. Taking babies or kids somewhere by bus can seem daunting or risky. But so is driving in a […] Read more
Did we go totally diaper free? No, we did not. But in the spirit of striving towards zero waste, we did our best to implement EC and potty train early, and we had quite a bit of success. My story is more than four years old now, but I want […] Read more
There’s a simple principle that explains why going green is good for the economy. It’s the principle of harnessing waste, reimagining it as a revenue stream or a new source of raw materials. This creates a “closed loop” where instead of producing something and then throwing it out as waste, […] Read more
I can’t remember how I heard about the Plastic Free July challenge. Maybe it was Facebook being useful for a change. It only took from 2011 to 2018 for news of the challenge to reach from Western Australia to wherever I was at the time (Budapest?). Since I saw the […] Read more
Clothing time again! As the holidays approach and we start digging deeper and deeper into our stash of scarves, gloves and warm socks, I thought it would be a good time to write an update about organic and eco-friendly clothing. My previous posts on this topic are one way people […] Read more
Washingtonians are currently voting by mail on I-1631, a carbon emissions fee that would put a price on 80-85% of our state’s emissions and provide funding and incentives for all of us to reduce our contributions to climate change. But we’re not talking “crisis mode” when we communicate about it. […] Read more
Sometimes boring topics like insulation are really important. I’ve never written about it, and it’s odd that I’m doing so now. Most of my time goes to fighting every day for the election outcomes I want to see for myself, my family and my planet. But this week, the roofers […] Read more