Last Updated on November 22, 2023 Did you know approximately 1 billion laundry jugs are discarded in the United States each year? Only 30% of these plastic jugs get recycled, while the remaining 70% end up in landfills, with many finding their way to the oceans.  Not to mention all the resources and energy that went into making each jug (aka its life cycle). Plastic jugs are made from crude oil, a nonrenewable resource, that has to be extracted from earth in an unsustainable way.  Some of the links below may be affiliate links. For more information please see my disclosure policy.&n ..read more

Last Updated on October 23, 2023 Americans spend over 400 hours in the kitchen each year. I probably spend more time than that in my kitchen because I’m frequently experimenting with recipes and filming for my scraptastic recipe series.   The problem is many of the kitchen products, utensils and containers we use daily are made from plastic.   Only 5-6% of plastic gets recycled, while the rest ends up in landfills or the environment. To make plastic, crude oil must be extracted unsustainably from the earth where it goes to a fossil fuel powered factory that transforms it i ..read more

Last Updated on October 5, 2023 I don’t know about you, but when the weather turns colder and the holidays start to approach, it makes me want to fire up my oven and bake cookies, pies, and bread and other family favorites. I have had the same baking sheets over 10 years and they’re in really rough shape. I’m in need of a few replacements, and during my research, I learned that some bake sheets contain PFAS. PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, can be found in non-stick cookware (and that includes bakeware), along with food packaging, firefighting foam, household items, outdoor gear that’s ..read more

Last Updated on September 17, 2023 Did you know in the US alone, we waste 40% of all food produced? Of that, more than half happens in our homes.  This can happen for a number of reasons, but mostly because people get confused by expiration dates, they buy too much food, they purchase something and forget about it, or they simply don’t know how to properly store something. This post was sponsored by Lomi. All thoughts and opinions are my own; for more information please see my disclosure policy. Food scraps don’t break down in landfills because landfills are designed for storage, not dec ..read more

Last Updated on August 16, 2023 Almonds have been the top nut in global new product development since 2006. There are over 14 versatile ingredient forms we’ve come to know and love, like almond milk, almond butter, and almond paste, etc.  Beyond the kernels we eat, almond hulls, shells and trees themselves can be used in mushroom cultivation, soil amendments for crops, animal feed and more. California’s almond farmers have always taken a zero-waste approach to everything they grow and, with goals set in 2018, are working to find optimal uses for these coproducts that bring both environmen ..read more

Last Updated on July 28, 2023 The choices we make, from our meals to our clothes, have an effect on the environment. And sometimes we can fall into habits that aren’t the best for us or the planet. For example, maybe one of your habits is going to grab an iced coffee before work. There’s nothing wrong with a little morning pick me up, but it can lead to a lot of single use plastic cups being dumped in the trash.  This post was sponsored by the Paper and Packaging Board’s How Life Unfolds® campaign. All thoughts and opinions are my own; for more information please see my disclosure policy ..read more

Last Updated on July 5, 2023 Did you know 22 billion pairs of shoes are thrown away every year? With new shoe designs launching every day, shoe culture and consumption continue to grow. Sneakerheads, aka people involved in sneaker collecting, will buy various pairs of sneakers either out of love for sneakers, or as investments. Some sneakers can cost thousands of dollars (the most expensive shoe being the Solid Gold OVO x Air Jordans for $2 Million). Some of the links in this post are affiliate links; for more information please see my disclosure policy. Every pair of shoes produced has an en ..read more

Last Updated on May 2, 2023 Ever wondered what the carbon footprint of emails were? Truth is, our emails have an environmental impact we might not be aware of.  However, not all emails are created equal: The footprint of the email you receive varies based on how it was sent. For example, a spam email will have a lower carbon footprint than one with a picture attached to it.   Even what device you send an email on may effect its carbon footprint.   This isn’t to say we shouldn’t send emails anymore. In fact, they’re still better for the environment than mailing a lette ..read more

Last Updated on April 24, 2023 Want to know how you can help the planet this Earth Day? Read a book about sustainability! Let me explain why this matters: Reading can help us see things from a different perspective and expand our imagination. If we’re going to solve the climate crisis, we can’t just know the problem, we also have to imagine what a brighter future can look like. This post was sponsored by WorldCat.org. All thoughts and opinions are my own. For more information, please see my disclosure policy. Reading books that contain these climate solutions helps us visualize what a world w ..read more

Last Updated on April 4, 2023 If you’re anything like me, you can spend hours searching the internet researching a topic you love. But is an internet search bad for the environment, and if so, how?   On average each of us makes 3–4 internet searches every single day, with Google being by far the most commonly used search engine. But if your job requires you to do a lot of research, you could easily surpass this in a day.  Now, this isn’t designed to make you feel guilty or bad about your internet usage. Rather, it’s to shed light on an often unspoken about topic so you can make ..read more