For the last few years, I’ve been slowly using up the remainder of a 4-roll wrapping paper kit to package up my holiday gifts. Buying paper products that someone is just going to throw away has always made me flinch. So many families’ wrapping paper ends up in landfills after a relatively short, sparkly moment […]
Environment
Plastic-free Vegan; A Journey, Part II. Single-use Plastics.
If you are following along, you will have completed the first assignment in Part I of this series: mindfulness regarding the plastic around you. I hope that it has sunk in just how saturated we are with plastic; it is literally everywhere and in practically everything – including us. At this point it is easy to […]
Developing Greater Self-Compassion
If I had to choose one central message I try to convey through my work, it would be the importance of developing self-compassion. As I understand it, self-compassion means being kind and loving toward yourself when you are faced with difficulties, pain, or feelings of inadequacy. Self-Compassion and Veganism Vegans, in my opinion, may be in […]
How You Are Helping the Environment by Being Vegan
“Everyone is talking about fuel efficient vehicles, but they would actually do more for the earth by becoming vegan.”-Emily Deschanel I am vegan for ethical reasons, but veganism is also one of the best ways to be environmentally conscious. Global warming is happening. We try to combat it with recycling, carpooling, and reusing simple things. […]
Sustainable Vegan
Protecting the environment and coming up with sustainable farming practices has become a hot topic in the last few years. More and more people are realizing that we can’t just keep taking from the earth without giving back and helping replenish it’s resources. It’s to our advantage to be mindful about how we harvest crops, […]