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Don’t Blame Me if You Get Addicted…
Something big is happening here..and even though you’re part of the change…its so subtle you may not have noticed…allow me: In 2007 Annie Leonard outlined, with a sense of humor, how we are systematically consuming and polluting the earth’s resources … Continue reading
Posted in Green Ideas, Recycling, Saving Money, Shopping
Tagged Annie Leonard, clothes, donate, donate clothes, goodwill, goodwill online, Macklemore, Marie Kondo, recycle, reusable, sash mercantile, shops, Story of Stuff, stuff, thred up, Thredup, thredup.com, thrift, thrift shop, thrift store, thriftstores, upcycle, used, used clothes
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How to Kick the Plastic Wrap Habit
A couple of years ago, before I began to give the idea of zero waste any thought, I was in a meeting when someone at the end of the table announced, “I never use plastic wrap.” How could this be? … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Conservation, Food, Green Ideas, Recycling, Saving Money, Shopping
Tagged leftovers, plastic wrap, recycle, repurposing, repurposing jelly jars, zero waste
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Zero Waste Bathroom Gap Update
Just a quick update on my bathroom commercial-product-replacement progress. You can find the before image in my last post. First, I was loving baking soda instead of commercial toothpaste, it did a GREAT job of removing the coffee stains on … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Green Ideas, Recycling
Tagged baking soda, coconut oil, divert, face lotion recipe, homemade mommy, jelly jars, landfill, mouth wash recipe, repurposing, repurposing jelly jars, tooth paste recipe, trash is for tossers, zero waste, zero-waste bathroom
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Baking Soda is the Answer
How to achieve a zero-waste lifestyle is the question. This morning I not only brushed my teeth with baking soda but also used it to wash my face and hair. Who knew? Apparently, I’ve been spending way too much money … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Green Ideas, Recycling, Saving Money, Shopping
Tagged bamboo, bathroom, biodegradable bags, grocery, natural beauty, organic natural beauty, recipes for personal care products, trash free, trash is for tossers, wellness mama, whole new mom, zero waste, zero waste home, zero waste lifestyle
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Sustainable Bainbridge’s Zero Waste Starts BYOM Campaign
Starting April 1st, Sustainable Bainbridge’s Zero Waste along with the help of Buy Nothing Bainbridge (BNB), is launching a waste reduction campaign called BYOM (Bring Your Own to-go Mug) in honor of Earth Day. The campaign entails posting BYOM clings … Continue reading
Posted in Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling, Saving Money
Tagged Earth Day, Farmers Market, sustainable bainbridge, to go mugs, to-go, to-go cups, togo, waste reduction, zero waste
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The Cruelty of Planned Obsolescence
There is nothing wrong with my Mac PowerBook except that it is now a world onto itself. It’s cut off from the outside, unable to upgrade its OS 9.0.4 and therefore the browsers needed to interact with the internet, its … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, At Work, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling
Tagged obsolescence, planned obsolescence, recycling, reuse, technology, waste
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HAPPY Green ReNEWables YEAR!
Are you a New Years Resolution person? I’m not, but I find myself trying a juice cleanse this year. And, I have run right up against my wavering willpower. “Wavering,” you ask? Yes, I find, when I do something just … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling
Tagged air pollution, china, farming, farmland soil pollution, juicing, meatless mondays, new years resolutions, plastic, vegan, vegetables, veggies
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Happy Birthday Low Carbon Girl!
Low Carbon Girl’s first birthday. And, what a year its been. China’s air pollution is just FREAKING me out. And, all of their ADAPTATION to air pollution – designer air masks – really? – hey folks, let’s not be so … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Food, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling, Shopping, Travel
Tagged air masks, bottled water, china, climate, climate change, Eco Expert Link, feast of joy, fracking, fukushima, green steve, low carbon girl, nuclear, plant protein, plant-based diet, plastics, reusable containers, reuse, sustainable, sustainable bainbridge, tap water, travel, two degrees, vegan
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Green Gift Ideas
What to give a low-carbon girl on her birthday? That’s what some of my friends were thinking about this year and several came up with some pretty crafty solutions. Upcycle, Reuse, Repeat As you probably know, plastic has become the … Continue reading
Posted in At Home, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling, Shopping
Tagged bulk food bags, colin beavan, gifts, green gifts, grocery bags, no presents, no-impact man, recycle, reuse, reuse gifts, sustainable gifts, upcycle, upcycle gifts, YES! Magazine
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Look at That! You Can Have it All!
At first, I thought Sanuk* (the sandal company) was going to be my new favorite company, not for their products, but for the biodegradable bags they use to package their products. Their bags are made of corn or tapioca. (If … Continue reading
Posted in Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint, Recycling, Shopping
Tagged alternative to plastic, bag, bags, biodegradable, biodegradable bags, compost, compost bins, compostable, corn bags, ecopia, ecoplas technology, go ecopia, instead of paper, packaging, plastic bags, reduced carbon footprint, renewable resource, sandals, sanuk, sustainable bags, tapioca, tapioca bag, tapioca bags
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