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Pass It On
Two moms came into the shop a couple weeks ago with separate but related lessons on sustainability. One of the moms was mine. She had found an old reusable floss...
Pass It On
Two moms came into the shop a couple weeks ago with separate but related lessons on sustainability. One of the moms was mine. She had found an old reusable floss...
Be the Squeaky Wheel in Your Natural Habitat
In an ideal world, every one of us would approach life with an environmental lens. We would have grown up in a society where a sustainable mindset was standard, and...
Be the Squeaky Wheel in Your Natural Habitat
In an ideal world, every one of us would approach life with an environmental lens. We would have grown up in a society where a sustainable mindset was standard, and...
No More Excuse for Trashing Your Butts
When it comes to litter, cigarette butts used to be the least of my worries. Sure, they look bad littering the sidewalk, but I assumed they were made or paper or...
No More Excuse for Trashing Your Butts
When it comes to litter, cigarette butts used to be the least of my worries. Sure, they look bad littering the sidewalk, but I assumed they were made or paper or...
Make a Compost Connection
If you live with a compost pile, it can be easy to forget what a luxury it is to toss your scraps somewhere other than the trash! And if you...
Make a Compost Connection
If you live with a compost pile, it can be easy to forget what a luxury it is to toss your scraps somewhere other than the trash! And if you...
Generating People Power at WEALTH Day
The eco vibes were strong at the Capitol on Monday with organizations and individuals congregated for the Climate & Energy Project's WEALTH Day summit. On the agenda: a policy briefing and...
Generating People Power at WEALTH Day
The eco vibes were strong at the Capitol on Monday with organizations and individuals congregated for the Climate & Energy Project's WEALTH Day summit. On the agenda: a policy briefing and...
Our First Try of Second Chance
We love finding other people, businesses, and organizations who care about similar things we do, so we were really excited to stumble upon Second Chance Foods for the first time last...
Our First Try of Second Chance
We love finding other people, businesses, and organizations who care about similar things we do, so we were really excited to stumble upon Second Chance Foods for the first time last...
Use It Up and Plan Your Swap
When someone dropped off this cut-up tube for TerraCycle the other week, I felt like pinning it up to the bulletin board with a gold star! Not because it's exceptionally artistic...
Use It Up and Plan Your Swap
When someone dropped off this cut-up tube for TerraCycle the other week, I felt like pinning it up to the bulletin board with a gold star! Not because it's exceptionally artistic...
Make Your Own Holiday Gift Bags
Making your own holiday gift bags can be as simple as sewing three seams—if you need to get it done quick-quick-quick to get it all ready for Old St. Nick! Or...
Make Your Own Holiday Gift Bags
Making your own holiday gift bags can be as simple as sewing three seams—if you need to get it done quick-quick-quick to get it all ready for Old St. Nick! Or...
The Trouble with Textile Recycling
Figuring out textile recycling is HARD! I've never really been clear on the best way to deal with fabrics that are really done—old underwear, stained shirts, jeans that are ripped...
The Trouble with Textile Recycling
Figuring out textile recycling is HARD! I've never really been clear on the best way to deal with fabrics that are really done—old underwear, stained shirts, jeans that are ripped...
Becoming Full Circle
Hi, I'm Robert, with Topeka Growers Group. It means a great deal that you trust us to provide your home with quality food and body products. Your interest in what we...
Becoming Full Circle
Hi, I'm Robert, with Topeka Growers Group. It means a great deal that you trust us to provide your home with quality food and body products. Your interest in what we...
Making It Human
We’re now into hurricane season after heat waves and wildfires, and it’s getting uncomfortably easy to see the climate change. Even if you question that humans are the cause, it’s...
Making It Human
We’re now into hurricane season after heat waves and wildfires, and it’s getting uncomfortably easy to see the climate change. Even if you question that humans are the cause, it’s...
On Board with the Big Brands
This week, we ordered some Q-Tips, and we’ll be the first to say it: it feels really weird to carry a brand-name product! We thought long and hard before buying...
On Board with the Big Brands
This week, we ordered some Q-Tips, and we’ll be the first to say it: it feels really weird to carry a brand-name product! We thought long and hard before buying...
Step 1: Refuse
A few months ago, I was listening to a podcast on decluttering, which is something that’s always on my mind. My Type A brain loves order and longs to have less....
Step 1: Refuse
A few months ago, I was listening to a podcast on decluttering, which is something that’s always on my mind. My Type A brain loves order and longs to have less....
A Picnic PSA
With the solstice past and highs in the 90s, it’s now officially, undeniably summer! That, to me, means picnics and potlucks and parties…lots of events with people and food! It...
A Picnic PSA
With the solstice past and highs in the 90s, it’s now officially, undeniably summer! That, to me, means picnics and potlucks and parties…lots of events with people and food! It...
Make a Simple Silverware Pouch
We all hate plastic forks, right? In addition to the colossal waste of turning petroleum into a little plastic stabber that you use to eat five bites of cake and...
Make a Simple Silverware Pouch
We all hate plastic forks, right? In addition to the colossal waste of turning petroleum into a little plastic stabber that you use to eat five bites of cake and...
Packaging and Reuse Guide
Our current grocery systems not only generate way too much packaging waste, they put the burden of disposing that waste on the consumer. That's not how we roll at Full...
Packaging and Reuse Guide
Our current grocery systems not only generate way too much packaging waste, they put the burden of disposing that waste on the consumer. That's not how we roll at Full...
Working Toward Wellness
It was great to see a few of you yesterday morning at the SENT Hi-Crest Second Saturday Market and introduce you to our newest partner: Full Circle Soap! We had...
Working Toward Wellness
It was great to see a few of you yesterday morning at the SENT Hi-Crest Second Saturday Market and introduce you to our newest partner: Full Circle Soap! We had...
Seeds are Sprouting!
It may not be visible to every naked eye, but we've been hard at work this week on our website, doing some spring clean-up as well as making behind-the-scenes changes that will...
Seeds are Sprouting!
It may not be visible to every naked eye, but we've been hard at work this week on our website, doing some spring clean-up as well as making behind-the-scenes changes that will...