Have you ever heard of microgreens?
If you are from California, these delicious tiny greens have been a staple on sandwiches and in salads for three decades. Microgreens are making their way across the country into supermarkets and restaurants and in amateur gardeners’ homes.
We previously covered the zero waste movement and what it means, beyond reducing what you send to the recycling facility or landfill.
Maybe the term and description have sparked some ideas for how you can cut down waste.
Perhaps you’ve been waiting for the impetus to start practices that reduce or eliminate waste because, let’s face it, sometimes we rely on convenience foods and products.
It’s hard to switch up your routine in the midst of a busy lifestyle.
However, don’t fear! Even if you can’t cut out all of our waste, there are simple ways to drastically reduce it that can positively impact your house, your garden, and your budget.
Zero waste concept – using Eco-friendly bags instead of plastic bags
Like many typical Americans, you have probably heard the term zero waste and passed it by.
Maybe you have remembered how Sweden has almost stopped producing trash and wondered distractedly how they pulled that off.
Or maybe you took a quick mental journey around your house and thought, “no way,” as I did initially.
You can get going on a major guilt trip if you think for even a few minutes about how much stuff you’re sending to a landfill. I think that’s why many people prefer not to think about it.
What if you could decrease your home’s energy use by 90% while keeping the same, comfortable indoor temperature year-round?
Does that sound like an impossibility to you; like something from a Jetsons-like future that never seems to materialize?
It’s hard to know where to start with the global plastic pollution crisis. Different publications site different statistics to help us visualize the scope of the problem. Anyway you cut it, the amount of plastic that is sitting on our earth or floating in our seas as waste is frightening.
Christmas cactus
Do you want to go green this holiday, literally? Avoiding all the expensive consumer goods and cheap, mass-produced decorations is a great way to cut down on the waste your holiday will produce.
However, what do you give to family and friends that will make a significant impact, have a lasting effect on their lives, and not break the bank?
Plants!
Did you know the Christmas holiday has one of the most negative ecological impacts on our planet?
You may not have stopped to think about it this way. However, once you do think about it, it makes sense.
The term food deserts has made it into the common language of many American citizens as the conversation about health and obesity have come to the forefront.
Did you know that Singapore is the greenest city in the world?
It was the enormous man-made trees, covered with growing plants and softly lit in the darkness that caught my attention at the beginning of a “Planet Earth” documentary featuring cities.
The first time I heard about building with cob, it was from a relative who was planning to go off the grid. He was going to buy a piece of land with cash, move there in the early summer, and build his cob house with his own two hands before the cold weather hit.
What are cob houses, I wondered?
He told me it was basically mud.