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Low-Waste Lunch Swaps for Back to School

Prefer to listen? Click below to hear the full episode! Packing school lunches can already feel like a chore—and if you’re a parent who’s ever been overwhelmed by Pinterest-perfect bento boxes or “zero-waste” challenges, you’re not alone. If the idea of making your...

How to Save Energy with Your Holiday Lighting!

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This week we're continuing our series on making the holidays a little more eco-friendly and talking about holiday lights! Here are the (affiliate) links to the sites we mentioned in this episode:Christmas Lights Etc. Light Timer Holiday LEDSFREE Guide – ...

Which is More Eco-Friendly – Artificial or Real Christmas Tree?

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Which one do you think is kinder to the planet? Get the pros and cons for both artificial and real treesNational Christmas Tree Associationhttps://realchristmastrees.org/FREE Guide – How To Get Rid of Toxic Plastic Food Storage Containers and Switch to Safer...

Easy Holiday Swaps for a Planet-Friendly Thanksgiving!

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While we’re giving thanks for all we have this Thanksgiving, let’s do what we can to give a little thanks to planet Earth too! 🙂In this episode, we share some super simple, low-effort swaps to make this year a planet-friendly Thanksgiving!Links (affiliate) to the...

Challenge: Clean the Garage but Keep As Much as Possible Out of the Landfill! ✅

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This week we're sharing the fun we had cleaning out the garage! Okay, maybe not fun but necessary.What was also necessary, in my opinion, was trying to keep as much as we could from going to the landfill. So how can you get rid of odd items you no longer want...

Dog Poop Happens!

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With two big dogs, we are a major contributor to the 10 million pounds of dog poop that gets dumped in landfills each year! So, my goal was to find a way to keep at least some of it out of the landfill.Listen to the solution I found and how it's going so...