If you go out to eat as much as I do, you might consider bringing “to-go ware” with you. …
Read more🩱 Cost of Fast Fashion 👕
Fast fashion is the quick production of low-quality garments following the latest trends. It comes at a great cost to the environment, wildlife habitat, and human rights. …
Read more🍕 Bye-bye to food scraps 🫑
What if you could make food waste disappear by throwing it into a hole in the ground and walking away? Introducing: Solar Digesters. …
Read more👗 Mindful clothes shopping: No bracketing 🩳
Did you know that 85% of all used textiles end up in landfills, where they generate greenhouse methane gas and leach toxic chemicals and dyes into the groundwater and soil? …
Read more🥝 Planet friendly food choices 🫘
We’re always looking for suggestions on lessening our impact on the planet, including through our food choices.
“Most of us know by now which foods are optimal for our health, including plentiful vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains, nuts, and seeds. It turns out that a similar plant-focused diet is also best for the planet. …
Read more🪚 Library of Things 🏒
Sometimes it’s just good to hear good news. We ran across this and thought you would enjoy learning about libraries where you can borrow/rent stuff instead of buying it! …
Read more🧶 There's plastic in... yarn? 🧣
To share this EarthCare tip with you I must admit to something embarrassing. Until just a few weeks ago I hadn’t realized that nearly all the yarn I've bought over the years is made of plastic. That just wasn’t on my radar.
When a conversation with my son brought it to light, I thought, “Well, I can’t do anything about the past, but I can do something about the yarn I buy from now on.” …
Read more🧵 Yay for old-fashioned darning! 🪡
Rather than tossing them (as I’ve previously done), I’ve been collecting old socks and sweaters with holes in them. After reading about the huge impact clothing has on our environment, I decided to fix the holes and keep the clothes. …
Read more💫 Spinning food waste into gold 🍲
According to a recent report from the EPA, “Food waste comprises about 24 percent of municipal solid waste in landfills.”
Happily, luckily, and gratefully, many cities and local organizations in Oregon have started curbside services to help turn food waste into compost. …
Read more🥣 Making reuse a habit 🛍️
Here’s an easy way to always have a takeaway container with you when you go out to eat, plus a shopping bag for those unexpected trips to the store: …
Read more🪱 About the Worms…
Many of you know that I’ve developed a keen interest in creating good tilth for my garden this coming spring. I’m super jazzed about what I can do to foster a healthy biome in my own backyard.
Recently, I read how food waste contributes to global warming. … When I gave it some thought, I realized that I wanted to be part of the entire process of building good soil. I want that hands-on experience.
But how do you compost in the middle of winter? You build a worm farm! …
Read more🍝 Food waste & climate change
Did you know that food waste contributes to climate change? …
Read more🪥 Noticing how we use water
How is it that so many of the regular tasks of life like washing our hands, brushing our teeth, showering, washing the dishes, and doing laundry involve water? …
Read more🥡 Reduce your food-related plastic waste 🧋 🍱
Trying to reduce your food-related plastic waste? Here are three approachable ideas. …
Read more🥡🍴 Order takeaway wisely
Can’t face cooking today? Make sure nothing more than your takeout food is delivered. When you order, request no napkins, plastic utensils, prepackaged condiments, and anything else you have on hand. …
Read more👖 Fast fashion 👔
Did you know? Fast Fashion and the Environment: Americans throw away 14 million tons of clothing each year—a figure that’s doubled in the last 20 years. …
Read more🧺 Switch to biodegradable laundry sheets
It reduces cardboard and plastic waste and also conserves water.
Read more🫧 Refill your foaming hand soap dispenser…
…with 2/3 water & 1/3 liquid soap (rather than buying new dispensers). And when your plastic soap dispenser is at the end of its life, consider a glass dispenser and bulk soap refill.
Read more🖊️ Buy refillable pens…
…rather than disposable pens.
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