By Charlotte Ward For generations, flutters of orange wings in the spring and fall have delighted people of all ages in South Carolina as they marvel at the migratory monarch butterfly. But populations are dwindling. According to the Xerces Society, monarch butterfly populations, found east of the Rocky Mountains, used to number in the hundreds […]
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Eco Guilt v Mom Guilt
Someone asked me recently how disciplined I am when it comes to living sustainably. She asked me if I’d rethink a children’s activity because of plastic and waste. The answer is sometimes yes and sometimes no. For example, we don’t do balloons for birthday parties anymore but we do buy those little fruit snack packets […]
The Eco Answer To Those Old Batteries In The Drawer
Anyone else have a big bag of guilt (aka alkaline batteries) that they need to discard in a sustainable fashion in order not to hate themselves? I do try to use rechargeable batteries but when the smoke detector is beeping or the kids are distraught because their toy dinosaur/ minions toothbrush/ bubble machine has stopped […]
A New Upstate Service Will Refill Any Plastic Container On Your Doorstep!
We all need to cut back on the wasteful and environment-harming single-use plastic we buy but making products from scratch can take time and resources. In recent months, I have been using Amend Market, a new Upstate service that parks up outside my house and refills hand soap, multipurpose cleaner, and laundry powder in the […]
The Night Climate Change Roared In And Confronted Me
On Father’s Day, my Greenville city neighborhood, Marshall Forest, was decimated by a microburst storm.The phone emergency warning came as the punishing winds were already upon us. As the house groaned, and the lights flickered and died, my husband and I saw the dark shadows of trees falling into our garden and sprinted to scoop […]