This week on the blog, we focused on repurposing items already in your houses into new items. We find this to be effective because it prevents us from purchasing products that can be expensive and unnecessary. Here are a few of Golden Dandelion’s favorite repurposing projects for the week. Most pasta brands keep their sauce…
Tag: environment
Accomplishments of 2019
Stopped Accepting Miscellaneous Free Stuff As soon as I started college, I became surrounded by hundreds of free items that people handed out at booths to promote their various clubs and organizations. I wasn’t as environmentally-conscious as I am now, and looking back, I realize how much clutter this merch created. I did not use…
Are Plastic Bags More Sustainable?
In early March 2019, a fishermen found a dying Cuvier’s Beaked whale in the Philippines, choking up blood and swimming poorly before its untimely death off the coast of Davao City. Marine mammal expert and curator at the D’Bone Collector Museum, Darrell Blatchley, brought the deceased whale back to the lab where he discovered over…
Packing the Planet// A Guide to Traveling Sustainably
Shopping tote Consider how many plastic bags you have accepted from retail stores in your lifetime. Does it amount to 10, 100, 1,000, or even more? They are flimsy, thin, and intended for single-use. Surely, you may use them to clean after your dog after a long walk or as a trash bag for a…
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