This year could be a tipping point for normalizing a switch across the country from single-use coffee cups to refillable ones.  Why? What has changed in 2024?

Every year around this time, my brother-in-law emails the entire family with a request: send me your New Year’s resolutions! So, in anticipation of my brother-in-law’s email and to increase my accountability beyond my family, I share my resolutions for 2024.

For the parents of school-age kids, the lazy days of summer are now in the rear-view mirror. With the flurry of activity on school nights (and often school mornings) it can be a challenge to pack lunches and snacks that tick all the boxes.

So what is a well-intentioned parent supposed to pack for school snacks? I share some of my top tips.

I think of summer as a time to relax and gather outdoors with friends and family, making new memories. With just a bit of extra prep time, summer gatherings can leave a tiny footprint instead of generating a whole lot of plastic and other waste.

You may have been trying to reduce your plastic waste before coronavirus and now feel like throwing in the towel because of all the plastic streaming into your household. But here’s the good news…there is no better time to get it right!