Zero waste is mentioned a good deal on Infomiss. In many places in the US especially progressive urban areas like San Francisco, LA, NY and Seattle, avoiding and drastically limiting waste and packaging is fairly easy. Living zero waste in Asia challenges me as the concept of minimal waste is still not widely popular. I really have …
Minimizing plastic waste is a relatively easy way to reduce your carbon footprint while traveling. Air travel emissions account for our families greatest environmental spend, so we love that our efforts to avoid plastic go along way in reducing our impact and leaving no trace in the cities we visit. Travel and Reduce your Carbon Footprint by Minimizing Plastic …
Downsizing, minimalism and zero waste have dramatically affected our household budget. We handle, process and tidy less which means we have more time. There’s less shopping because we need and maintain less. We’re better at using what we have more creatively without sacrificing outcome. In fact, it would have been impossible for our family to live …
When visitors came to our sparsely decorated, 2,400 square foot home, we would sometimes get asked if we were moving. We weren’t moving (yet), we were becoming minimalists! We began downsizing to spend more time with our children and each other. In 2013, we had 2,400 square feet of stuff and by Dec 2015, we fit everything we …
My story. I was a stay-at-home, homeschooling, mom of two driven kids and I was finding it difficult to find downtime. Taking time to play a 20-minute game with the kids would usually stress me out because I felt behind in everything. Scheduling was not my problem as we were plenty busy with classes, trips, errands and …
So you want to buy your Minimalist friend a gift. What do you do? What would they want or not want? Minimalists tend to be quite selective about what they bring into their space. Generally speaking they may avoid items that can’t be consumed, worn, or use regularly, and preferably, in multiple ways. So what do you …
I used to be more of a last minute packer. Packing for two kids and a meticulous husband, has forced me to embrace planning and lists. A good camping list should be revised after every camping trip, noting what worked, what you ran out of quickly, and what items went unused. This particular camping with kids …
I was feeling overwhelmed from both sides of the time equation. We wanted to spend our (decreasing) time with each other and our kids. We wanted to spend less (increasing) time maintaining our house and activities. I also wanted create a more predictable budget. Our kids seemed overwhelmed by the quantity of their possessions. As our kids grew, …