1. Number one on our list is get rid of weeds! All you need are gloves, a long sleeve shirt to protect your arms, long pants to protect your legs, safety glasses and a mask to protect your face, and a spray bottle full of toxic chemicals whose long-term affect on people, pets, and the environment are largely unknown. Oh, and don’t forget to lock up your kids and pets while you spray… Yikes! If that doesn’t appeal to you (and we hope it doesn’t), you could get rid of...

1. Number one on our list is get rid of weeds! All you need are gloves, a long sleeve shirt to protect your arms, long pants to protect your legs, safety glasses and a mask to protect your face, and a spray bottle full of toxic chemicals whose long-term affect on people, pets, and the environment are largely unknown. Oh, and don’t forget to lock up your kids and pets while you spray… Yikes! If that doesn’t appeal to you (and we hope it doesn’t), you could get rid of...

1. Number one on our list is get rid of weeds! All you need are gloves, a long sleeve shirt to protect your arms, long pants to protect your legs, safety glasses and a mask to protect your face, and a spray bottle full of toxic chemicals whose long-term affect on people, pets, and the environment are largely unknown. Oh, and don’t forget to lock up your kids and pets while you spray… Yikes! If that doesn’t appeal to you (and we hope it doesn’t), you could get rid...

Used Clothes {and shoes} Matter Used clothes, used shoes, used linens, used towels, and other fabric-based products–these make up a category generally referred to as textiles. According the EPA, the average American throws away upwards of 70 lbs of textiles each year. What most people don’t realize, however, is that nearly 100% of what they throw away can actually be reused or recycled! 70 lbs per person may not seem like much, but it adds up to a whopping 3.8 billion pounds of...

This week’s Monday Motivation is all about taking the initiative. Hillel the Elder is credited with asking, “If not now, when? If not you, who?” These piercing questions are especially important when taken in the context of the movement toward a more mindful existence: Mindful consumption of goods, mindful disposal of goods, and mindful choices in everyday living. It is up to each one of us to take the initiative; to pick up that can or wrapper on the sidewalk and dispose of...