Retail therapy is the cute nickname for coping with emotional distress by shopping. if you feel like getting something new is the only way to solve your issues, you may be indulging in a consumerist impulse every time you add to cart. A low buy challenge is about taking steps to curb our compulsions andContinue reading “Low Buy 2026: Replacing Retail Therapy”
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Demystifying “Reef Safe”
Did you know that every year, over 6,000 tons of sunscreen ends up in areas in and around coral reefs? If that sunscreen isn’t made with ocean organisms in mind, that can amount to a lot of environmental damage. Fortunately, chemists and sunscreen manufacturers have figured out how to make sunscreen with less of anContinue reading “Demystifying “Reef Safe””
Unplastic Your Personal Care
Our bathrooms are full of visible plastics, from toothpaste tubes and floss containers, to shampoo bottles and lip gloss tubes. Plus the synthetic ingredients we can’t readily see. The good news is that nowadays there are lots of comparable swaps that are plastic-free or at least unpackaged. As part of Plastic Free July, we’ll learnContinue reading “Unplastic Your Personal Care”