In this series, “Back to Basics”, I am covering the essentials of “going green” by focusing on the basic principles of green living. First in the series was Reduce and today we will cover Reuse, or as I like to call it, repurposing! The very point of reusing items to take a once useful item and use it again to [...]
As I was planning this post I came across an article about Starbucks’ recent national break to re-educate their baristas with the intricacies of espresso and cappaccino making (Google “Starbucks 3 hour break to find various articles on the subject). As I read over that particular article it kept occurring to me how often people confuse their message and purpose [...]
From their website: It started with a question: How can we inspire people to take action on climate change? The answer: Ask the people of Sydney to turn off their lights for one hour. On 31 March 2007, 2.2 million people and 2100 Sydney businesses turned off their lights for one hour – Earth Hour. This massive collective effort reduced [...]
Among the Green Community, there are great proponents of organic, fair-trade, locally grown produce. But the reality is not everyone can afford to pay the organic prices at the large-chain grocery markets, not to mention the fair-trade mark-ups. First let’s set up the order of importance in purchasing these items. Local always surpasses organic -there’s less tax on the environment [...]
A few weeks ago I did a post on ditching both paper and plastic bags to go reusable to which Matty, from Green Eggs & Planet, left this comment: Excellent post — I too am trying as hard as possible to get into the comprehensive habit of ALWAYS having a bag with me. Maybe a post about how to establish [...]
As I said yesterday, I am currently pregnant with our first child, just at 8 months along. With all of this baby mania though, I haven’t forgotten about my dedication to the environment. In fact, I kind of freaked my Mom out. When I explained that yes, I would be using cloth diapers, I thought she was going to pass [...]
Today we will be focusing on the fun chore we all deal with. LAUNDRY. Laundry, to be honest, is a chore I can just never keep up with. It seems that as soon as the weekly wash is done, there is already another pile that needs washing. But does that have to do with being nice to the environment? PLENTY. [...]
For this post, I will be forgoing the typical recommendations for the stages of the environmentally-conscious out there because I just want to share a great find with you. I have no idea what brought me to ReusableBags.com but I LOVE LOVE LOVE them! For example, I hate that I haven’t had many options to get rid of those horrible [...]
Being kind to the environment (and your wallet!) is so much easier than you think, especially if you are in an apartment. Why especially? You are already living in a smaller space with less stuff and by definition should be consuming less energy than the person who lives in a house (think of the heating bill, which is a great [...]
