Tag: lifestyle
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Sustainable Gift Giving
It was around this time last year that I started to rethink my routines, decisions, and actions, realizing the way I was living was not all that sustainable. I had composted when I lived in Minneapolis because the city made it easy, built some rain gardens and rain barrels, and have been recycling since college,…
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Green Metropolis
Book Review Last week I had a long car ride and spent the majority of it listening to Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability by David Owen. The expansive title is a pretty good description of what the book is about. Over the course of six…
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Eco-Friendly Deodorants: How to Go Green
Last fall while at a Husker tailgate I was talking with friends about alternatives to the standard stick deodorant. We discussed different options, mostly refillable deodorant sticks that cut down on the amount of waste generated. The following week I did a some research into different products and read reviews but was never really satisfied…
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Reducing Plastic in the Kitchen
A few years ago I was sitting in a Master Water Steward class learning how to be a better steward of the water resources in my community. The topic of plastic sandwich bags and whether washing and reusing them was more sustainable than throwing them away came up. On the one hand, you use quite…
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Decluttering for a Sustainable New Year
About 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 were great books about getting rid of all our extra stuff, but with very different approaches. The KonMari method coined…
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Ditching Plastic Razors: the Safety Razor
My 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 move to a more sustainable option quite well. The razors themselves are very difficult to recycle as is the plastic…
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Embracing Zero Waste: Simple Steps to Reduce Your Environmental Impact
have 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 hands of people who think they are saving the country from destruction by returning it to a lifestyle reminiscent of…
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Ways to Travel Sustainably
Traveling sustainable can be a challenge, but as long as you plan for certain situations it can be done. I travel about two to three times a month so I have had some time to refine my approach and try to make more sustainable decisions. I used to think it was better to take the…
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Designing Welcoming Communities: The Role of Front Porches
A few weekends ago I held a garage sale to cut down on the amount of stuff I have to move to my new house. After living on my street for the last year and a half, I have spoken to five neighbors total. The only neighbors I got to know live next door to…
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The Planning Lady 