Hi Everyone! It’s been a while. I’ve missed this. I’m still here. Still doing green things, as well as too many things. For those of you that don’t know me, I am an over-volunteer-er. I love to help, especially if I feel it’s in my wheelhouse. So while I have been collecting items from my…
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Litter Pickup as Exercise
My exercise regimen this morning was tree trimming at my son’s school to clear the sightline exiting one of the parking lots and litter pickup at my church, Memorial United Methodist Church. My church is on a major road so there’s a lot of “it blew out of the car” litter (like fast food waste),…
Tabling: 4th of July 2023
Every year our neighborhood holds a 4th of July festival and parade. We made it work with parade only during COVID. I always like to share a few pictures for ideas when you are tabling. Bring water, and food and coffee if you’ll be tabling for awhile. There is no guarantee there will be food,…
Greener Tip: Reusable Water Bottle/Cup
I think a reusable water bottle/cup is the first and easiest greener and zero waste tip to implement. As long as you live somewhere where there is good water quality, or water fountains and water bottle refill stations, this is easy to do. If you don’t have good water quality, and you can check reports…
Book Donations
I just made a donation dropoff to Recycled Reads. “Recycled Reads receives all of Austin Public Library’s weeded material, as well as donations from the public. They sell, recycle or repurpose this material, and all our proceeds benefit the Austin Public Library.” I cultivate what gets put in the Little Free Library program or the Recycled…
End of Year Donations
Ever since I was a little girl, December was a big cleaning and clearing out month for me. I’m not sure if my mom ever said anything directly, I just new that historically there would be some new things coming into my room and life and that I wanted to have a clean and ready…
We’re not perfect: My Single-use Coffee Cup
Zero waste doesn’t mean perfect. We are all on a journey. I think of zero waste as small steps we learn to take to get a little more green when I can, hence my blog’s name. We make choices or have needs as we go along. I really wanted coffee today at the car repair.…
It’s Earth Month 2022
Happy Earth Month! Here’s one of the reasons we work so hard during Earth Month and seek to make those habits a regular part of the rest of our year. Celebrate Earth Day everyday this month with an idea from the City of Austin’s Office of Sustainability: https://www.austintexas.gov/blog/celebrate-earth-day-everyday-our-earth-month-calendar?inf_contact_key=172955ddcd0bbaaffa2c191f3fe3a3bc680f8914173f9191b1c0223e68310bb1 🌎🌍🌏💙💚 I’ll be sharing tips, reminders ideas,…
International Polar Bear Day
It’s International Polar Bear Day! A few facts and an awareness helper are below. A fun cartoon about polar bears to share with kids is Octonauts’ Great Artic Adventure on Netflix, Season 3, the Earth Day Special. My four year old son loves to learn about the animals in the Octonauts books and tv series.…
The Summer Hiatus
Hi Everyone! Taylor here. I wanted to catch you all up on what’s been going on with me. I needed to step back from many of my commitments at the beginning of the summer so I could rest, and take care of some family and health items. Things had gotten to the point that I…