Zero Waste Gift Giving this Holiday Season! The Christmas season is one of my favorite times of year. I love listening to Christmas songs on the radio and enjoying all of the best holiday baked goodies. It’s an exciting and fun time to spend with family but is also notorious for being a wasteful consumerist holiday.[…]
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reduce toxins in the kitchen: bamboo cooking utensils
(Bamboo Cooking Utensils available at our shop, here!) Many people, including myself, have been concerned about chemicals, pesticides, fertilizers and growth hormones in their groceries. We try to buy the best, most healthful ingredients to feed our families, but some haven’t realized another toxin culprit in the kitchen which is cooking with plastic. Nowadays, materials such as teflon,[…]
bamboo toothbrushes: out with the old, in with the new
(Bamboo Toothbrushes available at our shop, here!) At the beginning of this year, I started the tiny yellow bungalow blog. My goal was to learn to do nicer things for the planet and my own health and share my experiences in doing so. It was a bit overwhelming in the beginning to think of how I[…]
animal agriculture’s impact on the environment
Animal Agriculture Affecting the Environment While being inundated with floods these past few days in Houston, I had the opportunity to watch the environmental documentary “Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret.” The film documents the journey of a young man, Kip Andersen, as he discovers the hidden truth concerning the animal agriculture industry’s destruction to our planet. The documentary basically illustrates that[…]
