The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: 7 Things to Do with Egg Cartons Sometimes I quantify my life in steps taken, items moved in a day, and a category called "Things I Do That Normal People Don't Bother With." In this category are things like rinsing out glass milk jars, hauling Styrofoam…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: The BEST Way to Freeze Food in Glass Jars I shared what turned out to be a pretty popular post a few years back about how to freeze in glass jars, and I have felt kind of guilty about it the past year. It felt really…
The following post is from Emily of Live Renewed: 6 Eco-Friendly Heating Tips for the Winter The days are getting cooler, and it won't be long before these beautiful fall days turn into winter. If you haven't already, you'll probably be turning on your heat soon, and your furnace will be firing up for the first…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: Does Your Organic Food Have Frequent Flyer Miles, Enough Heavy Metals to Be a Necklace or Both? If you were startled by someone cheering in the freezer aisle at Costco last week, my apologies. That was me. I was just excited that the frozen organic broccoli…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: Do You Eat Genetically Modified Foods? People criticize me a lot for my casual stance on genetically modified foods. Don't get me wrong, I hate the idea of humans messing with the genes of any other living thing, and I think it's totally wrong from a…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: A Baggie Here, a Baggie There Sometimes the easiest things are still worth mentioning. I was watching my husband peel the biggest plastic bag you ever did see off a new mattress today and thinking about my modest little pile of “plastic bags to reuse so…
The following post is from Emily of Live Renewed: Buying Used: How to Fill Your Home with Secondhand Stuff I'll admit, I have a little bit of a problem - I love to buy other people's stuff. I mean like, pre-owned, secondhand, used stuff. Granted, it's not junk. On the contrary, I love to find stuff…
The following post is from Emily of Live Renewed: 9 Tips for Hanging Out Laundry on the Clothesline source: Emily McClements One of my favorite green things to do when the weather warms up is to hang my laundry out on the line to dry. Clothes dryers are one of the biggest users of energy…
The following post is from Emily of Live Renewed: 8 Ways to Go Green with Your Kids I distinctly remember the day my 3-year-old daughter asked her Nana (my mom) what a paper towel was. Because we don't use paper towels at home she had never really seen them before and had to ask what…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: Coffee and doughnuts after church, anyone? Unfortunately, since most churches probably use Styrofoam cups for their weekly fellowship, they help contribute to the 25 billion Styrofoam cups trashed every year in America alone. Styrofoam is technically plastic number 6, polystyrene. It can be accepted for recycling,…