Zero Waste Blog

The holiday season is a great time of year to let your crafty side go wild and make all your gifts! Homemade gifts can range from the super complex to the last minute emergency gifts you whip up the night before. If you are wanting to give thoughtful gifts this Christmas, making something yourself is a great place to start! Something homemade can carry a lot more love and meaning than many of the gifts under the tree. These gifts will also cost a lot less to make yourself tha

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, the usual plastic hearts and cartoon themed love cards come in truck loads and fill up every grocery store counter. And, you guessed it, most of the traditional Valentine's Day gifts are all plastic based and disposable. That means that while you are saying "I love you" to your significant other, you're saying "**** you" to the planet. That's a little hypocritical if I do say so myself. So this year, consider some alternatives to

Ready to take on a more sustainable lifestyle this New Year's? Looking for ways to minimize your impact on the planet? This year make changes that will help both you and the earth! To get you started, I've compiled a list of some potential resolutions for you to choose from. Remember that when choosing a resolution, you want to think about what is a reasonable goal given where you are now. Some of these may seem easy, but others may be quite challenging! You can obviously ada

It happens to me every year – someone on my Christmas list that I completely forgot about and need to get a gift ready ASAP. Given that Christmas is two days away, I thought it would be a good time to break out my last-minute gift list, with a zero waste twist of course! The following items can be made at home relatively easily in an hour or less for each one. Most of the items you probably already have or can easily find at a health foods store nearby. 1. Cookie Recipe in a