Sustainable Habits To Travel By
"So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~...
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bettergreendesign
Jun 9, 20222 min read
How To Travel Sustainably? Take A Staycation
"We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do." ~ Barbara Ward For many,...
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bettergreendesign
Apr 14, 20222 min read
Steps To Start Your Zero-Waste Journey (Part 2)
Reuse, Recycle, and Rot A friend who is an ardent environmentalist recently pointed out to me that everything we do has an impact, and we...
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bettergreendesign
Mar 31, 20222 min read
Steps to Start Your Zero Waste Journey
"If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it." ~ Peter Drucker Spring has arrived, and the need to do a seasonal cleaning beckons us. ...
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bettergreendesign
Feb 3, 20222 min read
The #1 Self-Care Tip to Live Sustainably
For the past month, I took the time to review my actions and their impacts. My intention is to make a positive impact on the world. ...
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bettergreendesign
Dec 29, 20213 min read
How To Be A Zero-Waste Foodie
“Zero waste isn’t an all-or-nothing proposition. Unlike pregnancy - you either are or you aren’t - you can live a little bit zero waste.”...
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bettergreendesign
Dec 1, 20212 min read
Easy Ways to Waste Less Food!
"Having a zero-waste kitchen means buying less food in the first place, reusing whatever you can, however you can, and throwing less...
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bettergreendesign
Nov 4, 20212 min read
The Upcycle: How We Can Design a Better World
“The goal of the upcycle is a delightfully diverse, safe, healthy, and just world with clean air, water, soil, and power - economically,...
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bettergreendesign
Oct 1, 20212 min read
“How to Break Up With Fast Fashion”
“We can only do the best we can do. But we can probably do better than we are.” ~ Lauren Bravo In the past month, I have read over four...
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bettergreendesign
Aug 31, 20212 min read
How to Advocate for Zero Waste
“We need zero-waste and end-of-life design for everything we create; a world in which social and environmental justice becomes part of...
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bettergreendesign
Jul 30, 20212 min read
Zero Waste - A Review
“It’s not about recycling anymore. It’s about wasting less.” ~ Shia Su For Plastic Free July inspiration, I recently read Zero Waste:...
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bettergreendesign
Jun 30, 20212 min read
Eco-Friendly Outdoor Gear
“Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints!” ~ Chief Si’ ahl Camping is a favorite summer pastime, whether it’s...
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bettergreendesign
May 27, 20212 min read
How to Road Trip Sustainably
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Lao Tzu It’s National Road Trip Day to help launch the start of summer vacations....
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bettergreendesign
May 6, 20212 min read
How to Minimize Your Packaging Waste
"What we excrete comes back to consume us." ~ Don DeLillo, Underworld National Packaging Design Day celebrates packaging design and their...
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bettergreendesign
Apr 24, 20213 min read
The Problem With Plastic
“When I orbited the Earth in a spaceship, I saw for the first time how beautiful our planet is. Mankind, let us preserve and increase...
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bettergreendesign
Mar 22, 20213 min read
Why Go Zero Waste?
“As we peer into society's future, we – you and I, and our government – must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our...
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bettergreendesign
Mar 11, 20213 min read
"It's Not Easy Being Green"
This blog is a repost. It is my ikigai, my "why," and it still holds true today as it did in 2017. As Kermit the Frog said long ago,...
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