Just like all first-time parents, we are being bombarded with information about how we need to parent and it’s coming from everyone: our doctors, family, friends, and now people I have never met. It’s interesting because some people that I haven’t spoken to in years… [read more]
Sustainable Lifestyle with a Baby: My Expectations
From the moment I found out I was pregnant I knew that I wanted to be very intentional in all the decisions I was going to make when our baby arrived. Honestly, what parent doesn’t sit and think about all their expectations and what they… [read more]
10 Ways to cut plastic that you didn’t think about before
A part of my minimalist journey has been focusing on going a step further in reducing my plastic consumption. I have been actively reducing my usage of plastic bags, single-use water bottles, and other plastics since I was in high school, but I wanted to… [read more]
Fair Never Tasted So Good: A Guide to Ethical Chocolate
The last time Conor and I had friends over, they were a little horrified that we didn’t stock “real” food in our cupboards. In reality, we eat mostly organic and locally sourced food and very rarely have snacks in the pantry other than a bag… [read more]
10 Steps to Becoming an Ethical and Conscious Consumer
While standing in Forever21 have you ever wondered how a store could sell clothing so cheap? How in the world do they make a profit on a $10 blouse after getting the materials, shipping the materials to a factory, having the item made, shipped to… [read more]
Fair Trade Wine: Place in the Sun
In college I was not one to celebrate “Thirsty Thursday’s” but since the weekend is coming up and I’m sure some of us will be opening a bottle of some much needed wine to de-stress Friday night, I wanted to share one of my favorite… [read more]