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About Waste Management: What We Should Learn from Sweden

By Fredrica Syren: Sweden has had strict standards limiting emissions from waste since the 1980s. Most emissions have fallen by between 90 and 99 percent since then, thanks to ongoing…

How To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

By Larraine Roulston:

The ecological footprint is a measure of human demand on the Earth’s ecosystems. Conspicuous consumption, waste and the accumulation of material possessions place unnecessary pressures on natural resources and the environment. If we…

Larraine Roulston
zPersonal Care, zWorld
Dec, 22, 2016
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Making Kids Happy with a Low Key Christmas

By Fredrica Syren:

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…

Fredrika Syren
Minimalism Living, Minimalism with Kids
Dec, 08, 2016
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Step Into Green Footwear

I have a friend who is hard-core vegan. This goes further than just diet, though; he wants his clothing to be free of animal products, too. Do you know how hard it is to…

Kim Robson
Zero Waste, Zero Waste Clothes
Nov, 01, 2016
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How To Get Around with a Family Without a Car

By Fredrica Syren:

In the past year, we have committed ourselves to not use our car as much, but to use alternative transportation. In our case, it’s been by walking, biking and using public transportation. Now…

Fredrika Syren
Zero Waste, Zero Waste Home
Sep, 24, 2015
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United Airlines To Make Flying a Bit Greener

By Fredrica Syren:

Flying is one of the worst offenders of the planet because aviation is one of the fastest growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that greenhouse…

Fredrika Syren
zWorld
Jul, 22, 2015
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More Reason for Planting: It Eats Carbon

As spring approaches, we imagine bountiful vegetable gardens. All those lovely leafy greens eat carbon and flourish if your soil is kept healthy. The soil’s dynamic ecosystem is thriving with biology that includes earthworms,…

Larraine Roulston
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Feb, 20, 2015
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United Airlines To Make Flying a Bit Greener

More Reason for Planting: It Eats Carbon

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