12 Days of a GREEN Christmas- Day 3: Sustainable Decorations Before you buy decorations, stop and think. What do you need? What can you reuse? What can be repurposed? Less is more for a sustainable Christmas. 25% more waste is created by the holidays in the US, that’s an extra 25 million tons of garbage.
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12 Days of a GREEN Christmas- Day 2: Candles What is indoor air quality? People spend about 90 percent of their time indoors. Indoor air quality is the quality of the air within a building that can affect your health, comfort, and well-being. Exposure to indoor air pollutants can cause immediate or long-term health effects.
12 Days of a GREEN Christmas- Day 1: Christmas Trees It’s Christmas time and we’re getting ready by putting up our Christmas trees and decorating them with our favorite ornaments and lights. Have you ever given it any thought on what is the most sustainable option a real tree or artificial tree? Cutting down trees
We love books at our house! Today I moved all of the Christmas books to the top shelf so they are easier to access over the next few weeks. I’ve really enjoyed collecting Christmas kids books, they’re so special. Luckily most of these have been gifts, like “The Night Before Christmas” Kevin’s parents gave us
I love all things skincare, especially a good body scrub! I’m out of my favorite body scrub so I decided to make a DIY lavender sugar scrub. I already had all these ingredients at home, it’s only THREE ingredients! I started out making this scrub for me but I ended up making one for a
It’s summer!!! That means we’re outside where it’s hot, humid, and the bugs are out!! I don’t know about you but I get eaten up this time of year. It doesn’t matter if I’m outside for 5 hours or 5 minutes. My dad always told me mosquitoes liked me because I’m sweet. Are you as
We’re beginning to compost at home and I’ve wondered myself, “What Can I Compost?” So, I’ve created myself a list that I will likely hang up on the fridge. What I’ve been researching is that it’s important to have a healthy ratio of GREEN to BROWN materials.
I’ve started talking about how I personally use essential oils in our household, so I figured I’d put a page together that was best if you’re wanting to learn about oils and hot to start your journey to wellness.
Are you looking for something SUPER EASY to DIY in about 30 minutes? Repainting your mailbox is probably one of the easiest things you can do! I can’t believe how much just a few minutes and a can of spray paint can improve this dingy mailbox so easily. I wish I had a before picture!
Our kitchen renovation is about 99% complete! All that is really left is touching up paint and properly installing the dishwasher, which will both be done once the flooring is installed. But we’re officially moving onto replacing the flooring!