Zero Waste Shower Curtain Options for a Healthier Home

While shower curtains are found in many households around the world, according to the Center for Health, Environment & Justice, some of them are quietly releasing chemicals into the air that could be harmful to our health. Shower curtains that contain PVC have been found to release over 100 different volatile organic compounds into the … Read more

How to Avoid Single Use Plastics

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Conquering Self-Centeredness” This past holiday weekend, my husband and I visited the Denver Zoo to learn about the organization’s conservation efforts and to see Washed … Read more

Reusable Rice Heating Pad Tutorial

I am one of those girls that is perpetually chilly. Like, a full on fuzzy-sock-loving, sheepskin-slipper-wearing, give-me-a-giant-cup-of-cocoa type of gal. And for whatever reason, I can not focus or function when my toes are cold.  For this reason, I’ve grown super attached to what my family and extended family calls a “warmie” or a rice heating … Read more

Value-Based Goal Planning Guide

Is your life turning out the way you want it to?  Not to get too heavy, but this is a question that has been on my mind a lot lately as I see “January 1st” creeping closer and closer on my calendar… Am I becoming what I want to become? This entire week I’ve been itching … Read more

How to Get Rid of Junk Mail for Good

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

How to Recycle Correctly

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

Exploring the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens

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

How to Host a Zero Waste Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. I’ve been very fortunate to grow up in a family that holds time together very dearly. Some of my most treasured memories are those where we were all gathered together around the dinner table, reminiscing and encouraging each other. That said, Thanksgiving dinner comes with its challenges.  Today, … Read more