Displaying items by tag: EcoTips
Eco Travel 101
While checking places off the travel bucket list, keep in mind these traveling tips for leaving small footprints across the...
Sustainable Kitchen
Advice for Buying and Storing Food
As we awaken to the climate crisis, we are called to participate in its solutions. In addition to frequenting farmers’ markets, much can be done at the grocery store and in the kitchen. By adopting these easy practices incrementally, we’ll be living...
Eco
Shoes Off!
Keep Germs Outside
It may take some getting used to, and some friends may think it odd, but banning shoes in the house is a good idea. Research has shown that when we’re out and about, our shoes come into direct contact with a variety of microbes, including viruses and bacteria. If we...
Slow Fashion
Mending to Extend the Life of Clothing
Globalization and cheap labor have lowered clothing prices so much that many people view garments as disposable—a phenomenon called “fast fashion”. Magazines and other influencers create demand for trendy items each season...
Eco-Friendly Holiday Ideas
’Tis the Season to Save the Planet
When the holiday classic Jingle Bells starts playing in department stores, Americans deck the landfills with extra trash. According to the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), garbage increases by 25 percent between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day—or about 1 million...
Fix It, Don’t Nix It
Repairing Can Prolong Life of Products
With every Amazon delivery and late-night QVC purchase, the verdict is in: America is the Godzilla of consumerism, and far too many of the products we buy are disposable or designed to...
Essential Oils for Challenging Times
In these coronavirus days, an essential oil mixture with legendary origins in the Bubonic Plague offers soothing scents for the homebound and might add...
As ambitious folks undertake spring cleaning, questions arise about what is and isn’t recyclable, as well as how to do the right thing on...
Early American developers of Washington, D.C., and Savannah, Georgia, strived to recreate the plans of European cities that offered plenty of...
Displays of flowers populating highway meridians, road embankments and adjacent green spaces are often due to...