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Twenty Years
It’s been twenty years of never forgetting… It’s been twenty years of “before 9-11” and “on 9-11” and “after 9-11.” Today, and always, we honor the heroes who fell. Today, and always, we remember the families who are still missing their loved ones. And for many of us, we are still affected by, processing,…
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Green Living: 5 Tips to Make Your Move Less Destructive
Is destructive a little harsh? I mean, your life is turning upside down as “your four walls” get left behind for a new set of four walls. Your belongings get (best case scenario) crammed into various laundry baskets and hauled in your car across town or (worse case scenario) stuffed into a box and put…
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10 Steps to Break Up with Fast Fashion Forever!
It’s time to break up with fast fashion. And it’s totally doable…even if it sounds a *bit* extreme. When someone says “I gave up fast fashion” what we really hear are one of three things: All their clothes are expensive, sustainable, USA-made $80 basic tees All their clothes are out-of-style, old, thrifted and mended $2 tees…
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Natural Living: The First 10 Sustainable Swaps I Made
If you’ve been following my Plastic-Free July posts on Instagram, or read my last post, you may know I’ve been on a sustainable journey at a semi-glacial pace. It would have been great to decide to become sustainable, and wake up the next day in a linen pj set with organic cotton sheets on a USA-made mattress. But……
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Natural Living: How We Started Living Sustainably as a Family of Five
It was 2020. But it was pre-covid 202o, so it wasn’t “2020” 2020, if you know what I mean. I was in my 7th month of my third pregnancy, and I was in full nesting mode. I don’t know the science behind it, but I’m utterly convinced that the personality and interests of a baby determine…
