Pollinator Day in Mueller! This was the 3rd Annual Pollinator Day which occurs the Friday before Earth Day. This was my second year tabling. I was asked to focus on Planet vs. Plastics, the international Earth Month theme and since I knew that when I made my new board for the Care of Creation Fair,…
Earth Month y’all! Woo! I’m behind on posting content because I was running and driving all over the place for zero waste, school and church. Woo! So one of the coolest things I got to participate in this month was the 2nd Annual Care of Creation Fair at Triumphant Love Lutheran Church (TLLC) on Saturday…
I had the idea to do a little pilot program on my porch for some of the things I get asked about or that I end up taking for my neighbors. It was largely inspired by one particular neighbor who saves everything to talk with me about and how she can find a greener alternative…
Free Reading/Library Books August’s “read” (yes I’m behind on posting) for the Austin Public Library Keep Austin Reading challenge was to listen to an audio book. I chose Change Sings by Amanda Gorman. This is a powerful, beautiful and inspiring listen or read. I’ll have to check out the images at some point. I chose…
I spent an hour moving candles around church this morning. This included checking for melted and discolored candles, as well as consolidating candles into fewer containers and putting them all in one spot. Proper storage of candles: These tips will save money, time and wax. Old candles can’t be composted and I’m not sure what…
Austin Creative Reuse is a 2 minute drive down the street from my new church, Memorial United Methodist Church. If I need to go to ACR, I stop over on the way home after church. The trip to ACR is most efficient this way and ends up being on the way home. I apply zero…
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…
14 houses of recycling for the Austin Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center today. Foam takes up so much space. The trunk and car were full, just me and my son fit. There was even stuff under his feet. Also a few things for Safe Place. Styrofoam Plastic bags Hard plastics Scrap metal (including a child’s…
We just took our pantry clean out over to a partner of the Central Texas Food Bank. We stock up on pantry items for winter storms and then donate those items to the food bank after winter. After my colonoscopy and endoscopy in January there was still some food left that I am no longer…
As we get ready for a new year, I would like to encourage you to reflect on what we have in our possession and on how we can help others. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margaret Magnusson (borrowed from the Austin Public Library so you can see the library tape/sticker in the…