Tag Archives: Sustainable Living

Oh, Behave! Managing Our Love Affair with Plastics

Photo credit, Karl Gibbons, Third-Eye Management In April, Melissa Snavely and I, co-directors of Red Rose Reuses, had the pleasure of presenting a talk on reducing single-use plastics. Red Rose Reuses originated under the umbrella of  College Park Climate Action … Continue reading

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Transform Your Home into an Eco-Friendly Smart Home: Tips for Designing and Remodeling

With climate change and its impacts becoming more pronounced with each passing day, it is crucial for us to consider eco-friendly options to reduce our carbon footprint. Building or remodeling a home to be eco-friendly is one of the most … Continue reading

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Zero Waste Life

  Zero Waste Life Let me start by saying I am nowhere near living a zero waste life.  I am actually embarrassed by the amount of trash we produce (both personally, and as a society), but I am doing my … Continue reading

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Doers or Deciders

Doers or Deciders? “Even more than we are doers, we are deciders.” Ralph Blume, The Book of Runes When I was a kid, my parents and my dad’s best friend and his wife, decided it would be a good idea … Continue reading

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A New Jacket

A New Jacket If you’ve tuned into this blog before, you know that I have a group of friends from college — the Whales — so dubbed because of a beach house we rented for several summers running (see back … Continue reading

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