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Why Old Homes Are Eco-Friendly
Read more: Why Old Homes Are Eco-FriendlyWhile not everyone is interested in living in an older home, many people seek out these gems because of their character and charm. A quaint bungalow or imposing colonial revival are just a few of…
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The World of the Policy Analyst
Read more: The World of the Policy AnalystBook Review What I took away from the World of the Policy Analyst written by Heineman, Bluhm, Peterson, and Kearny was that as a policy analyst, you cannot escape politics. A policy analyst tries to…
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Decluttering for a Sustainable New Year
Read more: Decluttering for a Sustainable New YearAbout this time last year I bought Marie Kondo’s book The Life Saving Magic of Tidying Up and just a few months ago read another book by Cait Flanders called The Year of Less. Both…
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Why Thrift Shopping is Essential for Sustainable Living
Read more: Why Thrift Shopping is Essential for Sustainable LivingAnyone that knows me well knows that I am not a big fan of shopping. I avoid it at all costs, unless going with a friend. Even then, I hardly buy anything, I just like…
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Tooth Powder Instead of Toothpaste
Read more: Tooth Powder Instead of ToothpasteI first heard about tooth powder from my friend who has been using it for awhile now. So when I started down the journey of changing one habit per week to reduce the amount of…
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Sustainable Spin on Thanksgiving
Read more: Sustainable Spin on ThanksgivingA few weeks before thanksgiving I started thinking ways I could reduce waste as I hosted ten people at my house. A few of the ideas I had time to implement, others I hope to…
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Ditching Plastic Razors: the Safety Razor
Read more: Ditching Plastic Razors: the Safety RazorMy second zero waste change might seem like a small one, but it has a large impact. I read a HuffPost article about the negative impact of plastic razors which lays out the argument to…
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Backyard Composting
Read more: Backyard CompostingMy first zero waste change was a fairly easy one. While living in the Twin Cities metro I was first introduced to composting. In Columbia Heights the City provided residents with a starter kit that…
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Embracing Zero Waste: Simple Steps to Reduce Your Environmental Impact
Read more: Embracing Zero Waste: Simple Steps to Reduce Your Environmental Impacthave been reading a lot of books on trees, nature, buying less, and living simple. I also just finished watching The Handmaids Tale which is set in a future world where America is in the…
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Floods and Marathons: An Unexpected Race Experience
Read more: Floods and Marathons: An Unexpected Race ExperienceEven if you don’t know the actual mileage of the marathon, you probably know enough to know it’s a lot more than 6.6 miles. But that is all I was able to run during the…
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