Decorating Your New Apartment? Here’s How to Be Kind to Your Wallet (and the Planet)
Livable, aesthetically pleasing spaces are important to me. Yes, I used to be able to function in a 10’x10’ college dorm room where decorations consisted…
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Reduce Your Food Waste: Kitchen Hacks to Help the Planet and Your Wallet
“The polar ice caps are melting!” “The Great Barrier Reef is dying!” These were big headlines 10 years ago. They were also the first trigger…
How to Take Care of the Planet on Earth Day and Beyond
Earth Day is this Saturday, but there’s no reason to limit our care for the planet to just one day. Since 1990, our country’s greenhouse…
4 More Things You Can Do to Prevent Food Waste
I was running around a restaurant kitchen as a food writer trying not to get in the way — which is hard to do, weaving…
What I Learned from Going Trash-Free for 3 Months
I remember looking at my family’s recycling bin in the garage one day, filled to the brim with plastic water bottles. It suddenly hit me…
Unique Ways to Celebrate Earth Day This Year
If there’s anything I’ve learned in the past year, it’s how much I appreciate nature. Throughout all the ups and downs of the past 12…
Green at Home: Earth-Friendly Decor to Make Your House Happy
One of my favorite childhood memories of summer is lounging on the cool red oxide flooring of my grandmother’s house, reading a book while devouring…
Struggling with Eco-Anxiety? Here’s How I’m Managing
I remember watching the news back in 2009 when the devastating tropical cyclone Ondoy hit the Philippines. I was living in Manila, the country’s capital,…
6 Ways to Live Sustainably on a Budget
Living sustainably is difficult in the best of times; it’s taken me years to find effective strategies to cut down on waste and make my…
Going Green-ish: Tiny Changes for a Healthier Earth
In my early 20s, I lived alone for the very first time. With no roommates around, I quickly realized how much trash I personally produced,…