How we saved $3,000 in our baby's first year buy embracing secondhand.
Category: Kids
Zero Waste Birth
I love giving birth! We have three children and each of their births were absolutely beautiful and precious. Next to my wedding day, the births of my children are the best days of my life. But you don't follow this blog for gushing posts about the beauty of birth, but for insight on zero waste… Continue reading Zero Waste Birth
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Paper Beads
I recently learned a new word: Craftism. It involves combining crafting and activism, or making the world a better place through crafts. You can read more from the Craftism Manifesto here. Since I have a 5 year old who loves making things, our house is filled with crafts. A big part of living zero waste… Continue reading Paper Beads
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Advent, when less waste is also less stress
Advent season is coming up and I have been pondering on a good way to celebrate it. Advent is often celebrated as the 25 days leading up to Christmas, although different faith traditions have different start and end dates--and many people do not celebrate Advent--or Christmas for that matter--at all. If you fall into the… Continue reading Advent, when less waste is also less stress
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Plastic waste journal #15
Here is our plastic waste from September 2018. (Sorry, its halfway through October and I'm just now writing this!) If you'd rather watch than read, here is a quick video I made looking at our trash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJX1E6rlIQ&t=0s&index=6&list=PLZg0JwSmxeZoWwK6dPfWBwzCRcJkYYCw_ I include our recyclable and non-recyclable trash because plastic is only ever "downcycled," meaning its turned into one or… Continue reading Plastic waste journal #15
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