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Zero Waste Wins & Struggles

Learning to embrace a zero or low waste lifestyle takes time and patience. Sometimes new products or practices just don't work for us or our families. Sometimes we have to fail a few times before we succeed. Here, we share our wins and struggles with you as we learn to live a more sustainable, eco friendly lifestyle. We'd love to hear from you about your own green journey too!

Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

Jul 22, 20223 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

It's been a while since I've done one of these updates so I figured it's time. Like everyone else, we've been hot and trying to survive...

December’s Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

Dec 17, 20213 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

December’s Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

Don’t know about you, but Thanksgiving through January tends to be super busy for my family. Yes, there are “the holidays” but both of my...

“That’s not yogurt either” and other funny stories from my low-waste life

Dec 8, 20215 min read

“That’s not yogurt either” and other funny stories from my low-waste life

Whenever two cultures collide, there are bound to be some funny and awkward stories and low waste culture and standard American culture...

October Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

Oct 21, 20213 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

October Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

This month has been a mixed bag in terms of zero waste and environmental efforts. I think I’ve mentioned before but my schedule has gone...

Beyond Zero-Waste Efforts

Sep 30, 20213 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

Beyond Zero-Waste Efforts

I’ve been thinking about how I can work to prevent climate change on a larger scale. As someone with a full-time job, two children and is...

September Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

Sep 23, 20212 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

September Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

Well, school is back in session and my schedule has gone from zero to a million very quickly. Convenience and time saving hacks come into...

August’s Zero Waste Wins and Goals

Aug 26, 20213 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

August’s Zero Waste Wins and Goals

For our family, this is the last true week of summer vacation before school starts again! Three of us head back to schedules and our...

July’s Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

Jul 22, 20213 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

July’s Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

How has your summer been going? After a June marked by concerning heat, New Hampshire’s July has been filled with the opposite weather –...

June’s Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

Jun 24, 20213 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

June’s Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

The school year is over and it’s summer vacation! If you’re like me, your routines change during July and August, and that can affect...

May’s Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

May 20, 20213 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

May’s Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

Somehow it’s May and we’re already nearing the end of the school year. It’s been quite the ride, correct? Yet the days move forward, the...

April Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

Apr 28, 20213 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

April Zero Waste Wins and Struggles

As we’ve discussed here on the site, we’re all somewhere on our “zero-waste journey.” It’s pretty impossible to practice a perfect...

Why does it have to be so f-ing hard sometimes?

Apr 8, 20214 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

Why does it have to be so f-ing hard sometimes?

I just spent an embarrassing amount of time figuring out what to do with a bunch of empty dog food bags. I’m sharing this story because I...

Monthly Zero-Waste Wins

Mar 29, 20213 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

Monthly Zero-Waste Wins

Happy Monday! As I’ve mentioned on the site before, I am somewhere in the middle of my zero-waste journey. I have some fast fashion...

Small Wins: Tiptoeing into Sustainable Living

Mar 16, 20212 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

Small Wins: Tiptoeing into Sustainable Living

I have been listening to The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg on OverDrive whenever I am in...

What Are Your Recent Zero Waste Wins?

Feb 24, 20213 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

What Are Your Recent Zero Waste Wins?

If you’ve been reading GreenLifeNH for a while, you likely know that I don’t drive an electric car and sometimes like a good hamburger. I...

Less-Waste Living in the Time of Corona

Dec 2, 20203 min read

GREEN IN COVID-19

Less-Waste Living in the Time of Corona

In some ways, it feels ironic to me that Hannah and I started this site during the Covid crisis, because my living habits have changed a...

Zero-Waste: Is That A Helpful Term?

Oct 19, 20202 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

Zero-Waste: Is That A Helpful Term?

The other day, our kids were at school, so my husband and I took a rare walk just the two of us. Like many couples these days, our...

I Have a Confession to Make…

Jul 29, 20202 min read

ZERO WASTE WINS & STRUGGLES

I Have a Confession to Make…

I have a confession to make – sometimes I feel like a hypocrite. The other day, in order to break-up the heat and give ourselves a little...

Your Period can be Low Waste too!

Jun 25, 20201 min read

Your Period can be Low Waste too!

For many women, having their period means a pile of trash each month – used tampon applicators, wrappers, pads, and the boxes they all...

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