Streams are part of the global water cycle. A healthy stream is shaded and meanders, providing food and habitat for plant and animal life and cools our feet in Summer. When streams move too quickly, the […]
Slow Water and the Hyporheic Zone Read More »
Water is a precious gift: precious because it is essential to all life and a gift because it is freely given. How are we interacting with this gift? Years ago I had the privilege to work
Do you remember when you first heard the phrase “planned obsolescence”? Was it in some sort of classroom, or used by your local repairman, or by a parent frustrated with a broken toaster, lawn mower, phone?
Things Fall Apart: A Tale of Planned Obsolescence Read More »
As one of the legions of people who partake of teas and coffees on a regular basis, I became curious as to how it’s grown, bought and sold. How much of an impact – positive or
Let’s Talk About Coffee and Tea Read More »
Reduce your plastic usage, prolong the life of your produce, and reduce the risk of microplastics leaching into your food by using alternative storage for fruits and vegetables. Here are some tips for storing common produce.
Want to Store Veggies Without Plastic? Read More »
When discussing the clothes that we wear and how those clothes affect our world, we have to start with the fact that fast fashion is bad for our planet and detrimental to the people who make
Fast Fashion/Slow Fashion Read More »
Our ancestors valued materials and household items before “zero waste” came into fashion. It is part of our history and a way of life we must adopt again. As we sped towards our path of “progress”
Why Care? Reusing and Recycling is Part of Our Human Heritage Read More »
The first time I raised hogs for my own family’s table, I got a strange request from my Grandma Lou Lou. We were chatting about how to make the perfect sausage-she was letting me borrow her
Reducing Food Waste Read More »
Plastics, named from the Greek plastikos (meaning moldable), is an amazing product with a myriad of uses. It is petroleum derived, with additives, that in the early 1900s became widespread, due to it being light, durable
Tips to Reduce or Reuse Plastic Read More »
One of the easiest ways to reduce single use plastic is to purchase a good quality reusable water bottle or travel mug. Considering that the average human drinks approximately 64oz of water per day, you could
Reduce Plastic with a Reusable Water Bottle or Travel Mug Read More »
It’s confusing in the recycling world. You can put a recycling label—the one called “chasing arrow”–on any product, whether it can be recycled or not. The arrows with no number in the center indicate that there
Categories of Plastic Explained Read More »
