Reducing Waste Archives - Family Footprint Project

When Convenience Hurts the Environment

Often, it seems to me, convenience hurts the environment. Specifically, I'm thinking about...

How can you manage organic waste if you can’t compost at home? We are fortunate to have a garden...

After a somewhat mixed year in 2020, what is my key 2021 focus for our family footprint project?...

I’ve gathered together some low waste Advent calendar ideas for you to share with your family this...

Last year I made a number of reusable fabric gift bags to wrap our Christmas gifts, to make our...

When I wrote about dressing sustainably, one tip I gave was about clothing repairs. The longer we...

Homemade yoghurt is one of the things I suggested you could try making from scratch at home. At...

Makeup can be a plastic intensive product but makeup remover doesn't have to be. A while ago I...

I have sung the praises of shampoo and conditioner bars before but I have not written about a...

Plastic Free July starts in just under a week. I've signed up to refusing plastic for the month....