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 […]

What If We Just… Stopped Buying Things?

Can you think of a time, any stretch of time, when you didn’t purchase goods or services for yourself or your household? Not a no-spend weekend. Not a busy week […]

In an Era of Disagreement, Simple Choices Matter

There is so much for us to disagree about in the world today. Sometimes it feels like our differences are constantly on display. Maybe that’s just me, but I suspect […]

Your Money, Your Impact: Taking Control of the Climate Crisis

Divest From Destruction. Just when you think it can’t get more destabilizing, it does. Every day’s news cycle is dominated by stories of political chaos, concentrated corporate power, environmental rollbacks, […]

Waste Reduction at Home: A Stepped Path to a Sustainable Household

I spend nearly every minute of every day thinking about one question: how do we lower our carbon footprint as individuals in ways that are realistic, sustainable, and actually stick? […]

Plastic, Recycling, and the Banana Peel Problem

I’m still trying to make sense of plastic recycling – and at this point, I’m genuinely wondering if this is one of those situations where it’s not me… it’s them. […]