Don’t forget to go through your summer supplies and re-home what doesn’t fit anymore. We have toddler goggles that need a new home that we in fact reused from those left and forgotten at the neighborhood pool. My family has created a rule for our neighborhood: if it’s left in the same spot for three…
As a City of Austin Zero Waste Block Leader, one of the services I offer to my neighbors (this is not required) is collection bins on my porch for items that need to get taken to the recycling center, the Austin Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center (RRDOC). These are items that for various reasons should…
Library Haul today! Food is always interesting in our house: how to reduce waste, eat healthier, food as fuel, etc. Our neighborhood hosts a big Eid event so I’m working on learning and explaining more about it, especially to my 7 year old. He’s also on spring break so he’s doing a lot of building…
I found a seam ripper! Austin Creative Reuse had a seam ripper! I broke mine trying to remove handles from luggage. They also had all three colors of thread I wanted for mending. I walked around and looked at everything for ideas for Easter basket egg filler and basket filler. I will use the ribbon…
Sharing is caring! I don’t purchase items for my videos or posts. It either comes into my spheres naturally or I will ask my neighbors or my Buy Nothing group to get something that I’m getting questions about or dealing with. I have gotten rid of a lot of things over the years and so…
It’s St. Patrick’s Day today. Make sure to reuse your green! Reuse green that you already have for St. Patrick’s Day, don’t buy new. And stay away from shamrocks, they tend to be a single-use/single holiday symbol. If you want to buy/borrow/find green, find plain green that is more general use. Having general green that…
Please separate plastic bags and packing things from your boxes. Also take shrink wrap, the plastic wrapping, off of things that come in curtains like bottled water and separate the materials. Plastic bags go to store drop offs and cardboard should be flattened and put in your recycling cart. #plasticbags #boxes #recycling #mixedmaterials #recyclemore #atxrecycles
Today I mailed Valentine’s to my extended family. Valentine cards don’t have to be the mass manufactured holiday-specific cards stores sell. You can invoke the same feeling with the color scheme of love, or make it even more personal by finding a card or gift that exemplifies a love of the person you are sending…
Cut plastic sleeves off plastic bottles: this is particularly applicable to dairy products like yogurts, kefir, milk, milk alternatives and yogurt drinks. Check the following brands/items: Lifeway Kefir Promise Land Dairy Activia Chobani #plasticsleeves#plastic#plasticbottles#kefir#yogurt#yogurtdrinksLifeway KefirActiviaChobani
Be on the lookout for squirrel babies that have fallen from their nests, during these windy and cold days. If you find a baby on the ground, please call Austin Wildlife Rescue at 512-472-9453 and they’ll discuss the situation and how you can help the baby squirrel. Mark your calendars for next year, January 21…