
Plaid Man, Economics, and My Local Recycling Center
“Plaid Man” and I were talking this morning. Yes, my daughter and I call him “Plaid Man” because that is exactly how he walks around the house while having his

Giving Up Tissues?!
If you told my younger self that I would be sitting here writing a blog post advocating for reusable tissues, I would have told you that you’d completely lost your

From NIMBY to NOMP: Why Your Backyard is Bigger Than You Think
My everyday struggle – the thing bopping around my head daily – is how to help save the planet by reducing our reliance on fossil fuels, exposing the structural corruption

The Carbon Emissions Diet: Why Your Household Habits are the New Health Habit
How can I motivate you to put your household on a “Carbon Emissions Diet”? Think about it, almost every activity we do from driving the kids to school, to cooking
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I am simply a reforming workaholic, mom of a teenager, focusing on fighting climate change to save the planet for my daughter. Everything you find here is driven by my desire to eliminate single-use items, eliminate and divert food waste, and lower food carbon emissions.
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