Working in Philly for over two decades, I've been inside more old buildings than I can count. Rowhouses from the 1920s, apartment buildings from the 1930s, commercial spaces that've been…
So this is going to sound weird, but I’ve got about fifty thousand worms living in my garage right now. And honestly? It’s one of the better decisions I’ve made…
I'll be honest – the moment that really got me wasn't some inspiring documentary or perfectly curated zero-waste Instagram post. It was standing in my tiny Austin apartment kitchen at…
I was standing in my tiny Austin apartment kitchen one Tuesday night, peeling potatoes for what was probably going to be mediocre mashed potatoes (I'm still working on my cooking…
You know, I never thought much about what happened to our garbage after the truck picked it up every Tuesday. Been throwing stuff away for forty-three years without giving it…
I'll be honest – I used to be the poster child for wasteful consumption. You know the drill: buy something on Amazon, use it for a few months, toss it…
So here's the thing about renting in Austin – you start dreaming about growing your own food when you're spending half your paycheck at Whole Foods and the other half…
You know, when my daughter was little back in the 1980s, I didn't think twice about grabbing a pack of Pampers and tossing them in the cart. Environmental consciousness? That…
You know, I never thought money and caring about the planet could go hand in hand until about three years ago when my wife started asking questions that made me…
You know, it's funny how guilt can sneak up on you. After my husband died and I was going through all our stuff, boxing up decades of accumulated things we…
You know, after my husband died four years ago, I found myself doing the strangest thing – rushing around this empty house like I was late for something important. Racing…
You know, I never paid much attention to the word "biodiversity" until a few years back. Sounded like something my granddaughter would learn about in her environmental science class, not…
You know what's funny? For years I was basically throwing money away every time I went shopping, and I didn't even realize it. I mean, I thought I was being…
You know, I never really thought about my car's exhaust pipe until I was sitting in traffic on Route 128 one Tuesday morning in 2019, watching the haze hanging over…
Living in this same house for over four decades, you'd think I'd have waste management figured out by now. But honestly? It wasn't until I started really paying attention to…