If you do any kind of celebrating in December, you’ve got lots of decisions ahead of you. Paper or plastic? Cloth or paper? Paper or china? Cards or emails? Electronic gift card or plastic one? Gift bags or gift wrap? ‘Tis the season for gluttony and giving, both of which can leave you exhausted, collapsing[Read more]
Thanks for all the feedback about the ways I’m repurposing discarded crayons – especially the conversations that led me to an article about a large scale crayon repurposing project called The Crayon Initiative. It looks awesome! Of course, if crayons are no longer on your radar (or under your sofa), what about markers?[Read more]
Time and time again, I’m reminded that my children are my first and biggest inspiration for upcycling and recycling. There’s the obvious parental urge to leave them a more sustainable world, which prompts frequent conversations about the footprint we create with the energy we consume, the trash we make, and[Read more]
At the tender age of 12, our oldest son has declared he’s too old to go trick-or-treating anymore. I’m not overly disappointed, since it will greatly reduce the amount of candy I can consume after our children go to sleep. Plus, at almost 5’8″ few people believe he’s just in[Read more]
Over the weekend, I volunteered at the final day of this year’s Zero Landfill project in Louisville. This was what they call the Harvest – when people are invited to come and take home as much of the donated materials as they want/need. As I welcomed and brainstormed with visitors[Read more]
It’s Sunday night, maybe a half hour before our boys’ bedtime, and our oldest utters the phrase every parent dreads: “Mom, I need to take some stuff to school tomorrow.” Apparently he and his science partner are building an insulated cup from scratch and he volunteered to bring the Duck[Read more]