Green Living
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30 Day Sustainable Living Challenge: Start Here!
I am so excited for this challenge! I’ve been wanting to put together a 30 day sustainable living challenge since I first started my blog 10 months ago and it’s finally happening! What is a Sustainable Living Challenge? Living sustainably means living in a way that doesn’t harm the environment, or causes the lowest impact on it. Green-living, eco-friendly, and zero-waste are all terms that are used to describe a sustainable lifestyle, but they all have slightly different meanings. Green-living: A broad term used to describe making choices to use environmentally friendly products and services Eco-friendly: Another broad term meaning not harmful to the environment Zero-Waste: A movement that focuses…
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Lifestyle Shop: How to Live a More Enchanting Life
Products and brands I use daily and refer to friends and family I believe that even day-to-day life should be enchanting. That’s why I’ve put all my favorite products in one spot so my readers can easily navigate and browse through my recommendations. Welcome to The Peaceful Burrow Lifestyle Shop! My favorites include eco-friendly and sustainable products, kid/pet/family-related things, and anything that has helped make my life easier or more beautiful in any way – because they’re both important! I’m going to break this down into categories: Home, garden, beauty, clothing, kids, and travel. This post contains affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission, at no cost to you,…
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The Best Eco-Friendly Prime Day Deals (2023)
Deals for Eco-Parents & More! Unless you live under a rock, I’m pretty sure you know that July 11th-12th is a much anticipated and highly celebrated event in 2023: Amazon Prime Day. If you are looking for eco-friendly and sustainable products for your home or kids, I’ve got all the deals for you! (I also have a bonus garden section!) This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission, at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through a link. I only link to products I have personally used or researched. Best Eco-Friendly Prime Day Deals Bee’s Wrap Roll Instead of buying in…
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The Best Gardening Products of 2023
15 Must-Have Supplies to Start Your Garden ? It’s the most wonderful time of the year ? Spring has sprung and that means gardening season! This is basically like Christmas for me. The yard gets spruced up, we plan all our vegetables for the garden, and we tend to seedlings with patience and care. At the end of all this, we are rewarded with ripe tomatoes, fragrant herbs, cucumbers as big as your head, and super sweet cucamelons that the kids pick off the vine daily. Ahhhh I can see, smell, and taste it already. In honor of the gardening season, here are 15 of the best gardening products in…
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3 Ways to Teach Your Kids About Sustainability
Kid’s Earth Day experiments Teaching kids about sustainability can be challenging. A lot of times it can feel overwhelming. It can feel like problems are too big and they can’t relate to them. Show kids the environmental impact of small changes by doing these experiments together this Earth Day. One-week Trash audit Materials needed: 3 large containers, garbage cans, or boxes We go through a lot of trash. The US threw out 292.4 million tons of waste in 2018!! (EPA.gov) For our kids, garbage is a way of life. They don’t think much about where that garbage ends up after it leaves the house in those big black trash cans…
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How to Make Every Day Earth Day
Celebrate Earth Day every day! Earth Day comes every year on April 22nd but we should be treating every day like it’s Earth Day! Here are some of my favorite ways to celebrate Earth Day every day for a more sustainable life. Related reading: How to Count Down to Earth Day3 Ways to Teach Your Kids About Sustainability Grow your food Indoor and outdoor gardens are a great way to be more sustainable in your everyday life. Growing your food means you know exactly where your food comes from and what’s in it (or not in it). If you involve your kids, it teaches them about the earth, the life…
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How to Count Down to Earth Day
Earth Day Countdown: 7 Days to a Happier Planet Earth Day is April 22nd, but instead of acknowledging it only on that day, let’s do a 7-day countdown to Earth Day, focusing on one topic each day for 7 days! If you have kids, this is a great way to get them involved with sustainability and conservation. It’s a learning experience for all! 3 Ways to Teach Your Kids About SustainabilityHow to Make Every Day Earth Day For more ways to be sustainable, check out these 10 ways to live a more sustainable life TODAY. Day One: Conserve Water With everything you do today, think about how you can conserve…
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The Ultimate List of Eco-Friendly Laundry Products
25 Best Eco-Friendly Laundry Products You Didn’t Know You Needed We all have to do laundry. But if you’re looking to live a more sustainable life, it can be hard to know where to look for eco-friendly, low waste, and sustainable laundry products. These 25 best eco-friendly laundry products will be sure to help you like laundry just a teensy bit better. At least you’ll align with your sustainable values. And that feels good! This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission, at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through a link. I only link to products I have personally used or…
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How to Make Your Laundry Routine More Eco-Friendly
2 Minute Read What is an eco-friendly laundry routine? An eco-friendly laundry routine is one in which we prioritize sustainability and green-living to reduce our impact on the environment by altering our routines or products. It’s good to have a sustainability mindset in all areas of your life, but don’t get overwhelmed. The laundry room is just one area you can improve your environmental impact! (Click here for 10 Ridiculously Simple Things You Can do to Live a More Sustainable Life Today!) How can I make my laundry routine eco-friendly? If you are looking to live a more environmentally-friendly and sustainable life, your laundry routine can be an easy place…
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How to Shop at a Thrift Store: 8 Essential Tips
Thrifting is one of my favorite things. I have found some amazing deals on new items while thrifting (price tags still on!) and I have also found unique and vintage items that have stood the test of time and are still going strong. I am excited to share with you the benefits of thrifting as well as how to shop at a thrift store! Why Shop at Thrift Stores? Thrifting for our Planet When you shop at a thrift store, you are giving those items you purchase a chance at a second (or third, or fourth) life, rather than dooming them to the landfill. According to the EPA, Americans generated…
