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🎉 A mom trying to reclaim celebrations for her kids' planet

🌎 On a mission to interpret + explain the language of sustainability

01/08/2022

What do you do with your broken crayons? If you’re like me, there are bags of them lying around, and if you’re also like me, you just can’t let them go to waste. So you upcycle them by melting them into new shapes!! 🖍➡️♥️💙💜

Did you also know that there is a National Crayon Recycle Program that reclaims your broken or unwanted crayons and crafts them into new, fun crayon shapes (sold under the Crazy Crayons brand)?? 🦖🦕⭐️🐙🐠🦁🦒

And they manufacture more than 12 million new crayons a day?? (I guess I’m not the only one with that bag of broken crayons lying around.)

Well, I love these recycled crayons as a party favor that gives a second life to a beloved childhood creative staple! If you’re looking for a gift that keeps crayons out of the landfill and puts smiles on faces, check out Crazy Crayons and our own website for party favors featuring their beautiful creations!!

25/07/2022

Well, it’s been a while! But there is nothing like a birthday celebration for inspiration! While wishing happy birthday to my daughter Camilla, I want to call out for making it great with a reusable yard sign! Nothing says happy birthday like a six foot tall party hat!

I’m also linking in my profile to my own website for party favor packages (and maybe other things in the future) that put our kids and their planet first. Please check it out, let me know what you think, and order some party favors if you like!

12/09/2021

You should know that I am not a naturally crafty, DIY-inclined person, but I love, love, love upcycled items and materials. That means that you take something that is not particularly valuable, that is headed for the garbage or recycling, like an empty tissue box, and turn it into something useful. This is a great concept to help keep birthday parties from being too hard on the environment.

Bonus points if you can use tissue paper that you received in a gift or find recycled paper (mine is recycled)! ♻️💚

10/09/2021

Did you know that it’s difficult for scientists to state with certainty how long it takes for plastic to decompose in a landfill because some of the first plastics ever to be thrown away are still hanging around in landfills? How much land will need to be dedicated to landfills in 50 years at the rate we are going?

And when paper and food waste decompose slowly in landfills they emit methane, a greenhouse gas that is at least 25 times more warming than carbon dioxide?

The garbage that we produce to capture a moment of joy will be a burden for our children for years to come - let’s make a promise to them to bring more awareness into how we purchase, celebrate, and discard! 💚

Photo by Lidia Nada on Unsplash (and stats for landfill decompose rates are from assorted Google - estimates vary)

07/09/2021

The rain that Ida dropped on my town was unprecedented and catastrophic, coming so closely after Henri saturated the ground. Floodwaters were 14 feet high in some areas, destroying homes, businesses, and schools. We were very lucky - our house is fine - but the damage is everywhere, including in the environment.

Flooding brings contaminated water with chemicals, oil, and sewage flowing into local bodies of water - rivers and for us, the Long Island Sound - and leaves behind all sorts of garbage and pollution. These kinds of storms are catastrophic for both humans and the planet.

On this Labor Day, I also want to share a huge thank you to the teams from the local sanitation commission who have been out all weekend hauling away the never ending piles of destroyed belongings.

It’s hard to think about parties when this is happening outside the door, but if I can see one positive spin it is this: so many people have mobilized to assist those who have been hit the hardest in this crisis. If we can apply that kind of energy and immediacy to changing the way we relate to nature, maybe we will have a chance to prevent future Idas.

31/08/2021

Since I’m on vacation this week, I’m taking a time out from Materials Monday to share this amazing photo from the Green Animals Topiary Garden in Portsmouth, RI. My son is admiring a massive daddy long legs art installation set among the beautiful gardens there. Did you know that spiders are gardening friendlies? They eat pesky garden visitors like aphids and mosquitoes! 🕷🕸

30/08/2021

Spotted on my family vacation in Jamestown, RI! Major thanks to the local residents who have planted pollinator gardens all around the town for the benefit of all of us. I love the assertiveness of this sign! Nice to see people sticking up for the bees! 🐝

27/08/2021

Hi IG friends! As some of you know I am working on my own small business idea around environmentally-thoughtful children’s birthday party favors and supplies! 🎉

I have been helped by Launch1000, an accelerator program sponsored by Westchester County, and for the program, I need to find out from potential what it takes to turn them into loyal, repeat customers! So what does it take for you to come back to a company or product over and over?? What does a company need to do to make you a fan?

Thank you!!!

26/08/2021

There was a thought-provoking article in the New York Times about how we are all swimming in cotton tote bags, and it prompted me to take stock of my own bag of cotton tote bags that never get used. To be clear: reusable bags are important solutions as long as they DO get used. But it is true that tote bags pile up as give-always from conferences, events, and companies, and most of them will never be used enough to warrant the resources that went into their creation. (The NYT article says it takes 20,000 uses!!!!) The companies that gave the bags away may pat themselves on the back for being environmentally-conscious, but their impact is probably no better than if they gave out plastic.

It reminds me of the party favor dilemma - you feel the need to give something, but how do you do it in a way that isn’t wasteful? Let’s think more creatively outside the box - or bag - to consider what we actually need and what actually makes us happy as human beings. ❤️

What does your cotton tote collection look like?

24/08/2021

Plastic gets a very bad rap in sustainability circles, and it mostly deserves it, being both dependent on non-renewable resources to make and typically designed for a one-way trip to the landfill. It is also very clever at escaping into the environment and snarling itself among trees, birds, and fish. 🌲🦆🐠😥

But on the other hand, it is light-weight, durable, and versatile, so it is everywhere and seems to be in everything, including our clothing! In that regard, it really is a wonder material.

The problem is that it is too cheap. When it is so cheap to make new plastic, there is little incentive to recycle it, and without that incentive, the recycling businesses can’t operate.

As consumers, what we can do is:
1. Prioritize reusables as much as possible;
2. Look for items made out of recycled plastic (post-consumer, if possible) when we find ourselves in the market; and
3. Build our awareness of the different plastic blends that are out there, keeping in mind that once things get blended (like items made of bioplastic/ plastic mixes or blended fabrics) they become very difficult to recycle!

21/08/2021

Eggshells are great for your compost pile! They are full of calcium, which helps plants grow. In fact, plants love them so much that you could add them straight to your soil to help your garden grow. Grinding your eggshells into little pieces and sprinkling them in your garden accelerates the process, since it takes less time for tiny pieces to break down. And apparently, eggshells deter pests! 🥚🧯🐛

18/08/2021

You all know I have a soft spot in my heart for composting, so in honor of I would like to ask you to consider writing to your representatives in support of two new bills that have been introduced in Congress - the COMPOST Act and the Zero Food Waste Act - by Congresswomen Julia Brownley, Ann McLane Kuster, and Chellie Pingree. Senator Cory Booker has introduced companion legislation in the Senate.

These acts will make more funding available for composting infrastructure at all levels, including your home! In your letter to your representatives, you can remind them that according to Project Drawdown, reducing food waste is one of the top most effective solutions available to mitigate climate change!
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