Becoming Green Parents to Raise Green Babies Becoming green parents will enable you to have a positive impact on the environment, and it will also allow you to teach your child about the importance of being eco-friendly. As an added bonus, many techniques that green parents utilize will help you greatly reduce your monthly budget. In other words, the process of becoming environmentally friendly will be rewarding in many ways. 1. Breastfeeding There is nothing more natural than providing your baby with sustenance via breastfeeding. Multiple studies have proven that breast milk is the best food ..read more

Make Small Steps in Rethinking Your Lifestyle and About Climate Change Welcome to the second part of our series on the 7 Rs (​Refuse, ​Reuse, ​Recycle, ​Repurpose/​Repair, ​Reduce, ​Rot, ​Rethink). The “R” that fuels our transformation into an ethical consumer is “Rethink.” All this talk about climate change, environmentalism, and lifestyle change can be a bit overwhelming. So let us talk about how you can ease yourself into all this and still make an impact.  Start Small: Research About Climate Change The first thing you can do is to research. For some, the word “research” provokes excit ..read more

How to Rot in your Backyard! The First Installment of the 7 R’s Guide Welcome to the first part of our series on the 7 Rs (Refuse, Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose/Repair, Reduce, Rot, Rethink). To kick off this series of posts, we’ll discuss the “R” that sounds the least appealing to most folks: Rot! So let’s learn how to rot! Truthfully, this is just a cute way to fit in the activity of composting our organic waste. Composting is one of those old stereotypes people like to use to make fun of hippies and the like. Despite this, more and more people are learnin ..read more

Save some money, the environment, and your health by making your own natural household cleaners! It’s no secret that most big brand household cleaners are full of chemicals with names we cannot pronounce. Studies repeatedly link them to health problems and illnesses such as allergies, asthma, and cancer.  Some argue that “chemicals” are not as scary as a word made out to be, and they pose a minimum threat. You can’t deny that the USA permits much more questionable ingredients in our cosmetics and cleaning supplies than other first-world countries. While the jury is still out on whether th ..read more

Eco-friendly Halloween Tips, Tricks, and Treats for a Zero Waste Halloween During the holidays, it can be very easy to forget about waste and the environment. We get swept up in celebration and then too tired to clean up the mess. I’m guilty as charged. To avoid this repeated pattern, we have to plan to have an eco-friendly celebration. Here are my tips for a zero-waste Halloween! No tricks here! DISCLOSURE: This post contains affiliate links to Etsy. This means that if you click on my link to make a purchase, I will get a small commission at no extra expense to you. You can read my Disclaimer ..read more

Totally Free and Perfect for Holiday Gift Ideas. Don’t Miss Out On These Coupons! We collaborated with various artisan shops to create the perfect 2020 zero waste shopping guide. I’m always trying to think outside of the box (even though using this phrase has become “in-box” thinking) when coming up with new methods to share zero waste living with the world! Recently, I had the idea to put together a guide that would feature my shops and a handful of others with similar ethics. We’re calling it the Zero Waste Holiday Shopping Guide, and we’re really pleased with how it’s turned out! In our gui ..read more

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How to have a Zero-Waste Shaving Regimen Picture your regular bathroom and grooming routines. There’s bottles of shampoo, aluminum cans of foaming shaving cream, and plastic containers of various lotions. Plus, countless other products with packaging that is non-recyclable, impossible to clean out, or easy to overlook. I’ve found that a zero-waste shaving routine can be a great remedy to how we sometimes don’t “see” the waste we produce. Zero-waste is a movement aiming to reduce the waste that cannot be reused in our lives. It is never about achieving some ideal of purity or perfection but rat ..read more

Are they worth it? After this guide, you’ll know everything about these trending kitchen cloths and whether or not they are right for you! With growing concerns for the environment, people are examining their lifestyles and how they may be contributing to climate change. Many handmade sellers and businesses are now offering a solution to paper towel waste.. Reusable paper towels are specifically constructed for durability and absorbency. This can make them a wise swap for families. I’ll dive into all the details of what these cloths are, the reasons why people love them, how to use them (and w ..read more

Click here to join our email list for exclusive secret sales and a coupon code that never expires. If you’re greening your home and are on the market for unpaper towels, you may be wondering: how many towels do I need? This is a good question to ask, so today, I’m going to go over unpaper towels, why you should switch to them, and what to consider when looking at the different sets available. What are Unpaper Towels? “Unpaper Towels” is the fun name given to simple cloth towels that are cut, used, and look like your regular paper towels. They can come in many different colors with rounded or s ..read more