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- Dec 30, 2019
- 4 min
How I Bought (almost) Everything Secondhand for an Entire Year
Back at the end of 2018, I decided to take on a Buy Nothing New Resolution for the coming year. I had thought about a variety of...
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- Dec 15, 2019
- 3 min
DIY Christmas Gift Ideas
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...
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- Dec 3, 2019
- 4 min
10 Environmental Groups to Support on Giving Tuesday
Every year we have so many "days" around the holidays - Black Friday, Green Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday to name a...
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- Nov 16, 2019
- 3 min
How to Wash the Dishes without all the Plastic Bottles
Just about everything comes in plastic these days. Kitchens are spotted with bottles of hand soap, dish soap, counter cleaner, hand...
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- Nov 6, 2019
- 2 min
DIY Rose Orange Bath Salts
I'm a huge fan of long soaks in the tub and always prefer a bath over a shower (I know - I'm weird!). If you're like me, you might enjoy...
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- Nov 2, 2019
- 3 min
Zero Waste Laundry Detergent Strips
Doing laundry is (unfortunately) just part of all of our lives. I don't particularly like doing laundry and will wear my clothes over and...
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- Oct 25, 2019
- 5 min
Zero Waste Periods 101
For all you bleeding humans out there, switching your menstrual routine to a zero waste one can seem daunting. The good thing is, people...
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- Oct 19, 2019
- 3 min
How to Ditch the Paper Towels
Are you obsessed with paper towels? Well apparently you're not the only one! The Atlantic wrote an article in 2018 titled "Americans are...
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- Sep 28, 2019
- 4 min
How to Eat Out Zero Waste Style
We all do it. When we're in a hurry, we stop to grab a bite to eat at a food truck. Or we forget our packed lunch at home and run down to...
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- Sep 16, 2019
- 3 min
Organic Essence Plastic Free Deodorant
Unlike companies want you to believe, the tiny "recycle" symbol on the back of most deodorant sticks doesn't actually mean that you can...
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- Sep 8, 2019
- 3 min
How to Never Buy Hair Ties Again
Ready for some real honesty? I pick up hair ties off the ground. Yep... Officially grossed out? You're not the only one who has secretly...
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- Aug 21, 2019
- 3 min
The Best Podcasts about Zero Waste
I'll be the first to admit it: sometimes you just don't have the energy to actually read something. I think that's why podcasts were...
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- Apr 8, 2019
- 2 min
Peppermint Lotion Bars
There are so many different types of lotions and moisturizers out there! This new one I've been trying out is not your standard liquid...
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- Apr 3, 2019
- 4 min
Zero Waste Grocery Stores are Coming to Portland
If you haven't already heard, Portland is expecting quite a few zero waste groceries stores to pop up in the coming years. And if you're...
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- Mar 17, 2019
- 2 min
February 2019 Waste Audit
February is over so I gathered up my trash and took a look at what I made this month. It's quite the mixed bag! It totaled 5.5 ounces of...
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