Eco-Tip Tuesdays

Eco-Tip Tuesday: Message in a Bottle

I guess I thought that using a reusable bottle was as common as recycling at this point, but as I watched dozens of people roll out of Target with discounted cases of bottled water this past weekend, I discovered that perhaps the message has clearly not reached everyone. Did you know that approximately 1.5 million [...]

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Eco-Tip Tuesday: Get Caught Holding the Bag

I just got back from visiting my hometown of Washington, D.C., which recently passed a bag tax wherein retailers citywide charge $.05 for each plastic or paper shopping bag you require. More and more cities are passing similar legislation against disposable shopping bags, particularly because it is increasingly common for U.S. seashores and riverbanks to [...]

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Eco-Tip Tuesday: Leasing the Sun

Installing solar panels to generate your home electricity has many benefits:

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Waste Not, Want Not: Saving Food on Thanksgiving

There are consequences to our national habit of sending food to landfills. American food waste has significant environmental, economic, and cultural ramifications. On average, Americans waste 40 percent of our food supply, which is more than 1400 calories of food per person per day, reports a new study by a team of National Institute of [...]

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Eco-Tip Tuesday: Please (Don’t) Stand By

You may not know that your appliances—cell phone chargers, desktop computers, computer monitors, printers, televisions, DVD players, microwaves, coffee makers, and more—drain energy anytime they’re plugged into a socket, regardless of whether they’re turned on or off. And many electronics, like your plasma TV, don’t actually go all the way off—they continue using “standby power.” [...]

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Eco-Tip Tuesday: Skip the High Chair

We never bought a high chair for Babyzilla, nor did we ever really need one. Once Babyzilla was ready for solid foods, we started baby-led weaning by holding her in our lap and letting her try foods from our plates.

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