It’s not just an issue, it’s the only issue.
Main takeaway from our tour of the recycling center: Stop using so much stuff. In October, 350 Fairfax, our local grassroots climate advocacy group, launched a Plastic Free Challenge. I learned a ton, and throughout the month was able to change a lot of habits. To prep for the challenge, we did a tour of the recycling
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I’ve seen so much advice lately about the most effective way to advocate for your favorite issues. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed, so I decided to boil it all down into a few easy steps. Basically, what all advocacy advisers (Indivisible Guide, MoveOn to name a couple) tell you is to get off social media and
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A few months ago, I had back surgery and my mother came to take care of my kids for a week while I was recovering. Funny story- as soon as I got home from the hospital, she didn’t put me to bed and feed me chicken soup like a nice, normal mother would. No, I
I don’t know about you, but the more I read about climate change, the more freaked out I get. It’s hard not to just curl up in a ball about it, but of course, that’s not what we moms do, right? That’s never an option for us – we soldier on in the face of
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