In the last issue, I hit you up with The Shot & A Chaser of news round-up. Today? I have no chaser. This is a shot, and it isn’t fun. This morning The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the next part of its latest report on climate change and…

Quick Tips For Beginning An Eco-Friendly Lifestyle There are a lot of things to consider when wanting to make a more sustainable and eco-friendly change to your lifestyle. It could be personal choices you make in how you dress, shop, etc. It could be how you live at home. It…

I started Choosing Eco with the intention of being a resource for everyone to help them on their sustainability and low-waste journeys. It was ambitious, and it was (and still isn’t) anything that makes me money. …

Reflection on what I’ve learned and where to go from here After 31 weeks, the Zero Waste Challenge through Hennepin County has concluded. I began chronicling my family’s experiences on December 1, 2020. Since then, I’ve written about challenges in waste creation related to holidays like Halloween and Christmas, I’ve…

With one week to go, the Zero Waste Challenge is nearly done As I write this, we are in the midst of the final week of the Zero Waste Challenge. Naturally, it’s time to begin some reflection, but I’ll save that longer post for next week. When I think about…

Thinking about what we buy This week has seen an increased amount of recycling, which was tied to some necessary upgrades to lifestyle for our dog (he’s old and needs a ramp to more safely go down our backyard stairs). We debated a bit about whether to find a used…

We worked hard this week with post-birthday organizing, and also some random trash. As you’ll see in the trash photo below, we had a very random assortment of items from our basement tool bench that are from the previous owner. …

Yard waste pick-up has started here! This week we embraced the seasonal yard waste pick-up from our county. From April through October, Hennepin county will pick-up yard waste every week. There are no significant limitations as long as you bundle your sticks, bag your weeds, or use a labeled container…

Decluttering and how to get rid of the clutter once you know what has to go It is that time of the year for cleaning and decluttering! Fittingly, Hennepin County and the Zero Waste coordinators hosted a weekend webinar on exactly this topic. My wife and I are pretty good…