Creative reuse: Who says a jar is just a jar?
Of the three R’s – Reduce Reuse and Recycle, I think that re-use is my favorite. I'm not talking about the kinds of things you can use over and over again…
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My favorite reusable shopping bags
With the news that Montreal has banned plastic shopping bags, people are talking about reusable bags again. In May of 2015, I wrote a piece about my favorite…
My favorite green present wrapping options
Can we all agree that we are past the 1980’s "wrap a million presents in disposable paper and put them under the tree" thing? Throwing out piles of paper,…
The Freedom of Freecycling
Our family loves buying and selling used things – but sometimes it makes more sense to give something away than to sell it. Sometimes you just want to…
The Humble Handkerchief
Ah fall. Cold weather is coming – and so is Waste Reduction Week. But also ‘colds’ are coming. Nothing heralds the return of cold and flu season like the…