Talking a Little Less Trash

One of the ways my family keeps our food waste down, is to use our worm bin.  We’ve had it for a few years now, and our new effort to be more plant-based in our eating, our little worms have been busy, with plenty to eat!  I was going to w...

Maybe it is time for a Repair Cafe in Roseville!  There are repair events popping up all over Northern California.http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_22645853/bay-area-fix-it-clinics-repair-what-usually

   These days, most people think it is easier to toss something and buy a new one.  The act of fixing something appears to be innovative, creative and quirky.   It seems in most cases it is just easier to buy a new blow dryer,...

Challenge:  Send a nutritious and delicious meal that gets packed at 7:30am and eaten at lunchtime, without any excess garbage. Challenge accepted:  I am all about making zero-waste (no garbage) lunches.  It has become a bit of a game fo...

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I am thrilled that my kids' school has a no candy rule.  It is healthier for my kids, but also, think about how many candy wrappers are not littering the school!  I love the challenge of coming up with cute, usable valentines, without generat...

For a while now, I have been thinking about food - and it's equation both in our health, and our environmental footprint.  Until a few weeks ago, we ate the Standard American Diet (S.A.D. = lots of carbohydrates, protein and fat, not as many fruit...

In December, I had the wonderful opportunity to go hear Beth Terry, the author of My Plastic Free Life, How I kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too, speak at an event.  Back in 2007, Beth saw this a picture of a dead albatross bird, decompo...

 Welcome to 2013.  Since we are trying to make minimum waste, we have several plans to help us achieve our zero-waste goal.  With the average American making almost 5 lbs of garbage per day, it is EASY to find ways to make less waste. He...

Happy New Year!We audited our trash last week, to check in to see how we were doing, in our quest to make less trash.  We hosted many people for both Christmas and New Years, and I am happy to report, that even with the present opening, we still h...