Green your kitchen in five creative ways. When it comes to green savvy, your kitchen space is totally dialed in. You are, after all, a die-hard Your Daily Thread reader. From upgrading to energy efficient appliances to ditching plastic for…
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Ditch single-use water bottles for this greener alternative. This single-use water bottle: destroys our environment at a rate of more than 60 million bottles each year. Some plastic bottles contain Bisphenol A (BPA), a potentially dangerous chemical that can leach…
Save the planet one cup at a time. This paper cup: Ah yes, you know it well. Your old pal that you get your favorite latte in. Not only is it ending up in landfills at the rate of billions…
Hello America! Today is your day…to recycle! Today is America Recycles Day, a day where you pledge that no matter how bulky it may make your purse look, you will hold on to your empty water bottle (the one that…
Thinking Beyond the Nylon Tight Pantyhose. What was once a ladylike necessity has turned into a fashionable must-have for layering in the colder-months. According to PopSci, the nylon was actually invented in 1938 in response to the modern woman’s dissatisfaction…
Written by Sara Roderick, Image via Orphanjones The Skinny >> Listen up Cadet. It’s time for some basic training: reduce your level of consumption; reuse what you have; and recycle what you can’t put to good use. Think about this:…
Remember when you used to rock that awesome leather jacket and you thought it was the coolest thing you owned and wore it to death? Nowadays, it sits in a box in the attic or in the back of your…
Adhering to the summer theme, what says summer more than camping? Whether you rough it, tent it, camper or RV it, you tend to not have all the comforts and accoutrements of home when sleeping under the stars. Because of…
As part of our YDT Meatless in May campaign to raise awareness and help fight global warming, I have taken on a 30-day commitment to be meat free. Since I am amping up my personal efforts to do my part…
Los Angeles is a fashion-friendly city and Angelenos like to buy clothes! Fluctuation in styles and body size mandates the exchange of old clothes for different ones, and for L.A.’s 9 million inhabitants, this is a closet-cluttering process. So what…
The Story of Stuff just goes to show how unfamiliar reuse can be in a society of obsolescence. But with the economic tide-shift, I imagine more people are getting creative and reusing rather than restocking. My husband/housemate recently got a…
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