When you travel, do you make sure the accommodations you book maintain an eco-friendly property? With hotels this question is fairly easy to answer, but you have to dig a little deeper when booking via rental marketplaces like Airbnb, VRBO, Vacasa, etc. The hotel industry has an unsurprisingly substantial impact on the environment so choosing an independently run vacation rental can already be a sustainable act, but recently I started wondering how else I can ensure that my travels align with my ... Read More
Green Living
Where To Find The Best Sustainable Cleaning Supplies
Adopting a low waste or zero waste lifestyle might have you thinking you need to toss out all your old products in favor of DIY detergents and wooden brushes. Of course, it's a lot more practical, and sustainable, to use what you have and restock (replacing empty items with eco-friendly alternatives) only when necessary. Well, it took us about two and a half years since we moved into our apartment to run low on all of the conventional cleaning supplies we started with. We're a household of ... Read More
What You Should Know Before Going Zero Waste
Questioning why someone would write a post encouraging a lifestyle switch like going zero waste during a pandemic? Be sure to start with this post, then come on back. Confession: I live a "low waste" lifestyle, not a zero waste one. Oh and about that label... I made it up. There is no actual standard for low waste. I'm conscious of how much waste I create, tend to go pretty far out of my way to avoid creating it, and when I do I am very thoughtful about how I dispose of it. I think of zero ... Read More
Making The Most Of Summer During Covid-19
If there are two things that can (at least temporarily) pull me out of the funk that 2020 has trapped me in, it’s gotta be A) getting creative with someone (yes someone, social distance style) and B) spending time outside. Our talented photographer Charity and I had canceled our spring shoot due to the pandemic. Halfway through summer and sufficiently bummed, we knew that even if just the two of us got together outside we’d feel a whole lot better! Today I’ll walk you through what we did so ... Read More
Self Care Gift Ideas: 17 Mood Boosting COVID-19 Care Packages
Alright. We're over halfway through the year and what a place to be. I, and so many people I know, are truly feeling the effects of this COVID isolation has on mental health (whether introverts, extroverts, whatever), and feeling guilty for feeling sad when truly there's much to be grateful for. And around and around (any other HSPs out there?). I've been thinking of all of them, and all of us, and everyone, and how in a perfect world I'd send every lovely person all the care packages and ... Read More
Eco Studio Tour: Zuahaza Artisan Workshop in Colombia
Did you check out our very first eco studio tour with Colombian textile brand Zuahaza? Founder Tatiana told us all about how she started an ethical home decor brand in Bogotá last fall. Now, she works from their office HQ, dreaming, designing, and testing product, before heading off to the workspace of her artisan partners in the town of Charalá. Keep reading for a peek into their process Photos by Ali Campbell. From the very beginning of Zuahaza, one of the main values was to create not ... Read More
