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Family Biking Benefits and How to Stay Safe

The adventures of family cycling are fun, invigorating and inexpensive. What’s more, you can travel a fair distance and feel good about not adding to greenhouse gas emissions. Let’s explore family biking…

Sweden Is Proof That Financial Growth and Climate Action Are Linked

The Paris agreement was signed by 195 countries in 2015 as an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit the rise in average…

Fredrika Syren
Zero Waste
May, 18, 2022
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How To Perform a Trash Audit

One question we are frequently asked is what our first step toward achieving zero waste was. The answer: we did a trash audit. In order to reduce our waste to very little, we had…

Fredrika Syren
Zero Waste, Zero Waste Home
Sep, 06, 2021
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Creating a Zero Waste Garden That Will Save Money

Most of you know about zero waste, which, of course, means that nothing gets sent to a landfill and that we live according to the following principals: reduce, refuse, reuse, rot and recycle. This…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening
Jun, 23, 2021
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10 Things We Stopped Buying Since Going Zero Waste

Since going zero waste and learning to live a simpler life, my family and I have been enjoying the many benefits. Most important among these are reducing our environmental impact on the world, having…

Fredrika Syren
Recent Articles, Zero Waste, Zero Waste Shopping
Apr, 26, 2021
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Making Kids Happy with a Low Key Christmas

I struggle with how to make my children happy with a lower key, fewer-presents sort of Christmas. I think a large part of our children’s problem is that their expectations are too high. And…

Fredrika Syren
Minimalism Living, Minimalism with Kids
Dec, 09, 2020
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How to Be More Sustainable at Home this Holiday Season

The days are getting shorter, the weather is cooling down (even if you’re living in sunny Los Angeles), and the holiday season is officially right around the corner. While this may be the most wonderful time…

Fredrika Syren
Zero Waste, Zero Waste Holiday
Nov, 10, 2020
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