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Get Outside – Earth Day Scavenger Hunt

What better way to celebrate Earth Day than heading outside! Every year our family heads outside on Earth Day and we do a fun scavenger hunt. This year, I thought I'd turn our annual tradition into a printable for you to enjoy with your family. The best part about our Earth Day scavenger hunt is that we try an incorporate the 3 R's in our hunt. It isn't only about looking for things, this is about doing things for our environment. After all, it's important that we all do our part to keep our ...

In our quest to cut down on single use plastics, and single use everything, I've created a simple coffee cup sleeve template and tutorial. If you add up every trip to the coffee shop that you make in a week and then multiply it by the number of people in the coffee shop, you quickly realize how many single use cups and coffee cup sleeves are being added to our landfills every week. I've been touting how much I love the super inexpensive reusable coffee cups from Starbucks. Over the last few ...

Every year we look forward to attending the Green Living Show. It has become an April tradition for our family. There is something about checking out all the new green living ideas that I find super motivating. This year was no exception. I've pulled together a few of our faves from the show. Green Living Show Highlights Jocelyn's Soil Booster - As you know, we have a little urban backyard garden. We try and grow as many edibles as we can. However, you can't grow healthy veggies without ...