There’s so much plastic in ordinary floss containers. So I decided to try out something a bit different…

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By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Articles, Design, Earth Care, Education, Getting Started, Health, Home, Impact, In Our Lives, Personal Change, Photos by Sara Barkat, Plastic, Product Reviews, Self Care, Simple Ideas, Technology, Waste, What Can We Do
There’s so much plastic in ordinary floss containers. So I decided to try out something a bit different…
By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Articles, Beauty, Being a Poet, Childhood Memories, Climate, Ecological Grief, Ecopoetics, Education, Fairy Tales, Home, Hope, Impact, In Our Lives, Nature Stories, Ocean, Philosophy, Plants, Plastic, Sea, Short Stories, Transcendence, Water, Wisdom
House on a hill. River down below. And the rains speckling the grass, dots of cold, salt-ocean.
By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Articles, Beauty, Design, Getting Started, Home, Hospitality, In Our Lives, Love for Others, Personal Change, Photos by Sara Barkat, Plastic, Product Reviews, Simple Ideas
Check out this colorful twist on Bees Wrap, that doubles as a gorgeous giftwrap idea for the holidays!
By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Articles, Climate, Education, Food, Home, Impact, In Our Lives, Photos by Sara Barkat, Plastic, Waste, What Can We Do
We embarked on a hunt to solve the ultimate mystery — just what, exactly, ends up in the trash?
By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Abundance, Articles, Beauty, Books, Climate, In Our Lives, Personal Change, Photos by Sara Barkat, Plastic, Reflections, Self Care, Simple Ideas, Technology, Trees, Waste, Wisdom
The search for a tailor’s awl for an art project becomes a meditation on the intersection of the useful and the beautiful. Buying secondhand isn’t just good for the earth, it’s good for us too.
By Sara Barkat Filed Under: #whatcanwedotoday, Articles, Beauty, Earth Care, Food, Home, Plastic, Self Care, Simple Ideas
I’d been enamored of the little wooden bee button for weeks, so I finally decided to try out bees wrap sandwich wraps. Beautiful! I also learned a lot more than I bargained for about the intriguing history of preservation and art.
By L.L. Barkat Filed Under: A Legacy to Be Proud Of, Articles, Beauty, Home, Hospitality, In Our Lives, Plastic, Self Care, Simple Ideas, What Can We Do
Why consider living free of plastic? Even the dolls know the answer to that question. (Out of the mouths of babes.)