Sustainable living made easy
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What’s the big deal? Trash lingers. It goes to hide in a landfill, but most products made of, say, plastic or styrofoam, can take hundreds of years to disappear. Trash pollutes. Even the stuff that gets recycled ends up spreading itself around in the air we breath and in our water, as microscopic chemical components. These untested chemicals … Read more
Oh my goodness, friends, I’ve been itching to put on this 30-Day Zero Waste Baby Steps Challenge for months! I’m so glad 2017 is finally here so that we can get down to business. Find out all you need to know on the Challenge page here. What is the 30-Day Zero Waste Baby Steps Challenge? The … Read more
Back at the start of the 30-Day Zero Waste Baby Steps Challenge I announced that I would be running a sweepstakes for all readers who chose to participate. Well folks, the day is finally here! I decided to run this drawing the old-fashioned way by writing your names on tiny pieces of paper (reused from the … Read more
Every other Monday, as this blog grows and starts to take shape, Josh and I will be sharing some of our favorite music with you right here on The Zero Waste Memoirs. I think music has an incredible way of making us feel something. It can instantly transport us to a different time, place, or season. It sets … Read more
Hello Friends! As always, thank you for your continuous love and support of Josh and I as we turn everything we used to know about running a household on its head. Many of you have asked me how the transition is going, so I wanted to send out a little status update. Going Zero Waste has … Read more
Now that you’ve put some real effort into making daily, sustainable changes, I’d love to hear: Do you think you’ll keep it up? Odds are, you’re here because you just completed the 30-Day Zero Waste Baby Steps Challenge! I hope that your experience of dipping your toes into the Zero Waste lifestyle has been a positive … Read more
Can you believe that October has almost come to a close? Fall is absolutely flying by… it’ll be Thanksgiving before we know it! Lately, I’ve been getting a kick out of eating lots of local, seasonal fall produce – I’m all apples, pumpkin, and butternut squash at home and, man, it feels good. There’s something truly … Read more
This morning, Josh and I had the privilege of attending the ribbon cutting and grand opening of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens brand new Grand Conservatory. And folks, it is a treasure! As many people in town will tell you, it is essentially unheard of for a city the size of Cheyenne to support a botanic … Read more
Trying to stop junk mail from coming to my house has been quite the challenge. Thankfully, there are now a number of services out there that aid in the process! Alright folks, get ready for a rant. Junk mail may be one of the most infuriating things I encounter at my home. Way more than half of … Read more
Since going zero waste, many people have asked me: Why do I need to go zero waste when we can recycle instead? Theoretically, if recycling were a perfect, circular system (i.e. a system that allowed us to re-make things forever and ever without any waste byproduct) they would be right. Unfortunately that’s not the case. The … Read more