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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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Jun 25, 20223 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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Jun 9, 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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Apr 14, 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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Mar 31, 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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Feb 3, 20222 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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Dec 29, 20213 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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Dec 1, 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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Nov 4, 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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Oct 1, 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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Aug 31, 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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Jul 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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Jun 30, 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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May 27, 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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May 6, 20212 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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Apr 24, 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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Mar 22, 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,...
bettergreendesign
Mar 11, 20213 min read
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