Sustain-a-ville

One of my personal favorite zero waste swaps is this super easy to make lemon vinegar cleaning spray. We use it for almost everything at our house. Vinegar has natural disinfecting properties that make it great for household cleaning. We use it to wipe down pretty much any surface in our home. It might be… Read more: Lemon vinegar cleaning spray (quick and easy!)

It might be a tad early, but this week I started my seeds indoors for the vegetable garden I’m planning this year. Last year was very much a learning year for me and hopefully some of the things I learned can help you get your own veggies off to a good start this spring. Seeds… Read more: How to get (almost) free organic vegetables

One of my resolutions in the new year is to expand my sustainability practices to include water conservation. For people that live in an area that has an abundance of clean water, it’s easy to forget that it is a scarce resource in other parts of the world. Although 70% of the earth is covered… Read more: 9 ways to conserve water

By now we probably all know that fast-fashion is no friend to the earth. And no judgement here if you’ve fallen for the crazy low prices that some companies advertise – I have certainly been there. When you’re on a budget, getting a brand new wardrobe seems almost too good to be true. But the… Read more: 5 tips for an eco-friendly closet

If the kitchen is the room in our home where we use the most plastic, the bathroom is definitely second. I’m talking shampoos, lotions, toothpaste, galore. The most common way all of these items are packaged is in plastic. So what can we do about it? Well, here’s a list of 8 substitutions we can… Read more: 8 plastic-free swaps to make your bathroom more eco-friendly

I recently watched a video online where someone polled random strangers to ask what kinds of cleaning products they use. Almost every single one said some variation of disinfecting wipes or a chemical spray with paper towels. Somehow along the way, companies who create these kinds of cleaning products convinced us that we needed these… Read more: Non-toxic and eco-friendly ways to keep your home clean