This was originally posted as a guest piece on the Toward Zero Waste blog and has been reposted here for your convenience. Toward Zero Wa...

From the moment we become engaged, we suddenly find ourselves subjected to the wedding industry's ideals and all of the things we "should...

| 2018 | This July is looking pretty hectic, but in a good way! In addition to being in the final stages of wedding planning, we have lot...

Once again, another holiday is fast approaching, and with it comes plenty of unnecessary waste and consumerism. But don't fret! There are...

Valentine's Day can easily be chocked up to being a consumer-driven Hallmark-holiday that feels exclusionary for some and inherently bad ...

As mentioned in my post about holidays and zero-waste living, holidays and gift-giving creates a lot of waste. In  a three-part series of...

As mentioned in my post about holidays and zero-waste living, holidays and gift-giving creates a lot of waste. In a three-part series of...

The holidays and gifting can create a lot of waste, but it doesn't have to! In my three-part series of posts (Kids, Adults & Teens, and W...

'Tis the week before Christmas, and all through the house, every creature was stirring - including the mouse! All were frantic and runnin...

A FAIRY TALE IN THE MAKING Seven years ago, a beautiful display of pink roses (my favorite) arrived at my job with a note attached: "Will...

That beautiful weather is finally here! Bees are buzzing about, lawn mowers are doing their thing, pools are opening, flowers are bloomin...

Composting is one of the foundational building blocks for a zero-waste life. Despite it being last in the 5-R hierarchy, there's really n...

Don't let the concept of zero-waste overwhelm you; start small! Here are a 15 simple changes that you can incorporate into your daily rou...

Let me preface this by saying you do not have to fit all of your trash into a jar in order to be zero-waste. Getting caught up fussing ov...

"Zero-waste". "The Zero-waste movement". Perhaps you've heard the term popping up more frequently, but what does it mean? ZERO-WASTE: DEF...

When I think back to who I was three years ago, it's amazing how different I am now. In a good way! Of course, I graduated college and ha...