A few years ago I published a list of my Top Five Zero Waste Books but quickly realized it wasn't inclusive enough. When we talk about zero waste, we can loo...

Feeling helpless? Yeah, me too. With so many of us across the country in a government mandated lock down or social distancing, it can start to feel like we a...

With the climate crisis in full swing and experts predicting we have less than 10 years to stop the worst effects, it's time each of us take a good hard look...

Our waste is deeply intertwined with our way of living. It is therefore something we cannot simply fix by only looking at our “trash can” because it is influ...

Something as tiny as a plastic toothbrush can have a large environmental impact when you really start to think about it. If we all replace our disposable too...

Messaging from zero waste communities is to vote with your dollar by purchasing products that you believe in. But what about the rest of your money that's si...

People often ask me what I eat for snacks since I don't buy packaged things. They often wrongly assume that I must eat only healthy things because "only bad ...

It can be tempting to collect things around the house for those “just in case” moments, which usually means lots of cleaning supplies shoved in the back of c...

In the United States, the average citizen throws away between four to nine pounds of trash per day. But what exactly fills up all those trash bins? Studies h...

At this point you know I hate doing laundry. I mention it every time this topic comes up! So over the years I have attempted to master the fastest, most effi...

Often when I'm at work at my desk, I'll have a very intense urge to snack on something sweet. If I gave into it every day, I wouldn't have any room for dinne...

We all love to start the New Year with a clean house and a nice decluttering of the closets (or at least I do!). It always amazes me once I start pulling out...