Buy Nothing Friday 2023

Buy Nothing Friday 2023

It’s Buy Nothing Day! Consider doing non-purchasing activities like going outside, reading, self-care, crafting, or unsubscribing and unfollowing product pages and sites. Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday so find a local small business to support for items you do want to buy new and don’t forget experiences and secondhand items make wonderful gifts and use…

Book: What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Justice to Despair by Jane Fonda

Book: What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Justice to Despair by Jane Fonda

I just finished listening to “What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Justice to Despair” by Jane Fonda. This book was in the Social Action category of the United Women in Faith’s 2023 Reading Program. I remember hearing about the first red coat rally since I am a zero waste/tree hugger/green blogger, but I…

Candle Wax

Candle Wax

Paraffin Wax Most candle wax is made from paraffin, “a flammable, translucent, waxy solid consisting of a mixture of saturated hydrocarbons, obtained by distillation from petroleum or shale and used in candles, cosmetics, polishes, and sealing and waterproofing compounds.” according to Oxford Languages. Therefore most candles are made from a fossil fuel, a limited resource. Birthday candles will most likely go in the…

Austin Creative Reuse

Austin Creative Reuse

Last Saturday the City of Austin Zero Waste Block Leaders were offered the opportunity to tour behind the scenes at Austin Creative Reuse, is a local Austin nonprofit who operates a creative reuse center in the Windsor Park neighborhood of East Austin, where they sell gently used creative materials donated from individuals and businesses at…