Reflections after 1 month of the Zero Waste-ish Lifestyle
February 3, 2018Today (well actually February 1st) is 1 month after the start of our 52 week experiment in reducing our waste. It has been challenging and interesting at the same time. Some of my observations: Not clothes shopping is easier than I expected. I have surprised myself. In particular, as a diehard shopaholic (it’s too early to…
Don’t Throw Out What You Can Fix or Mend
January 29, 2018I was walking around the house when my husband said to me, “There’s a hole in your sock. You should throw it out.” That got me thinking about how we are so quick to throw things out when there is something not quite right with an item that we own. It used to be that…