December’s Zero Waste Wins and Struggles
Don’t know about you, but Thanksgiving through January tends to be super busy for my family. Yes, there are “the holidays” but both of my...
Zero Waste Wins & Struggles
Learning to embrace a zero or low waste lifestyle takes time and patience. Sometimes new products or practices just don't work for us or our families. Sometimes we have to fail a few times before we succeed. Here, we share our wins and struggles with you as we learn to live a more sustainable, eco friendly lifestyle. We'd love to hear from you about your own green journey too!
Hannah
- Dec 8, 2021
- 5 min
“That’s not yogurt either” and other funny stories from my low-waste life
Whenever two cultures collide, there are bound to be some funny and awkward stories and low waste culture and standard American culture...
Rachel
- Oct 21, 2021
- 3 min
October Zero Waste Wins and Struggles
This month has been a mixed bag in terms of zero waste and environmental efforts. I think I’ve mentioned before but my schedule has gone...
Rachel
- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
Beyond Zero-Waste Efforts
I’ve been thinking about how I can work to prevent climate change on a larger scale. As someone with a full-time job, two children and is...
Rachel
- Sep 23, 2021
- 2 min
September Zero Waste Wins and Struggles
Well, school is back in session and my schedule has gone from zero to a million very quickly. Convenience and time saving hacks come into...
Rachel
- Aug 26, 2021
- 3 min
August’s Zero Waste Wins and Goals
For our family, this is the last true week of summer vacation before school starts again! Three of us head back to schedules and our...
Rachel
- Jul 22, 2021
- 3 min
July’s Zero Waste Wins and Struggles
How has your summer been going? After a June marked by concerning heat, New Hampshire’s July has been filled with the opposite weather –...
Rachel
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
June’s Zero Waste Wins and Struggles
The school year is over and it’s summer vacation! If you’re like me, your routines change during July and August, and that can affect...
Rachel
- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
May’s Zero Waste Wins and Struggles
Somehow it’s May and we’re already nearing the end of the school year. It’s been quite the ride, correct? Yet the days move forward, the...
Rachel
- Apr 28, 2021
- 3 min
April Zero Waste Wins and Struggles
As we’ve discussed here on the site, we’re all somewhere on our “zero-waste journey.” It’s pretty impossible to practice a perfect...
Hannah
- Apr 8, 2021
- 4 min
Why does it have to be so f-ing hard sometimes?
I just spent an embarrassing amount of time figuring out what to do with a bunch of empty dog food bags. I’m sharing this story because I...
Rachel
- Mar 29, 2021
- 3 min
Monthly Zero-Waste Wins
Happy Monday! As I’ve mentioned on the site before, I am somewhere in the middle of my zero-waste journey. I have some fast fashion...
Hannah
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
Small Wins: Tiptoeing into Sustainable Living
I have been listening to The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg on OverDrive whenever I am in...
Rachel
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
What Are Your Recent Zero Waste Wins?
If you’ve been reading GreenLifeNH for a while, you likely know that I don’t drive an electric car and sometimes like a good hamburger. I...
Rachel
- Dec 2, 2020
- 3 min
Less-Waste Living in the Time of Corona
In some ways, it feels ironic to me that Hannah and I started this site during the Covid crisis, because my living habits have changed a...
Rachel
- Oct 19, 2020
- 2 min
Zero-Waste: Is That A Helpful Term?
The other day, our kids were at school, so my husband and I took a rare walk just the two of us. Like many couples these days, our...
Rachel
- Jul 29, 2020
- 2 min
I Have a Confession to Make…
I have a confession to make – sometimes I feel like a hypocrite. The other day, in order to break-up the heat and give ourselves a little...
Hannah
- Jun 26, 2020
- 1 min
Your Period can be Low Waste too!
For many women, having their period means a pile of trash each month – used tampon applicators, wrappers, pads, and the boxes they all...