[Tiếng Việt bên dưới] Minimal waste; that’s what I’m choosing to call it, because let’s face it, especially living here in Vietnam where we face the challenges of humidity, dampness, and bugs, becoming zero waste would be a very, very difficult thing to achieve (and if you add kids to that mix, ooooh, yeah, even […]

[Tiếng Việt bên dưới] Rethink; it’s something we really need to start doing in our day-to-day living if we want to minimize the waste we’re putting out into the environment. A friend sent me this lovely little rainbow of Rs, and it got me to thinking, how am I using those Rs in my life? […]

[Tiếng Việt bên dưới]Time for a new chapter in our stream-green series: doing the dishes, everyone’s favorite past-time. Hmm, while I meant that sarcastically, I’m pretty sure I’ve got a few friends who actually enjoy washing dishes, I am not of that ilk. Nope, I hate washing dishes, and a dishwasher is a luxury enjoyed […]

[Tiếng Việt bên dưới]When we moved here from Canada, plastic bags felt like a thing of the past…and then we went to the market to buy our produce. Man alive, my first couple of years here I was in agony over the amount of bags in my “plastic bag bag” (can you follow that?!) I […]

[Tiếng Việt bên dưới] Labels. They’re of course on nearly every product we purchase, how else can they let us know what the product name is? What the product is? What’s in the product? There can be a lot of important information on that label for shoppers who are needing to avoid certain ingredients or […]

[Tiếng Việt bên dưới] Just like I promised, time to explore the ways we can stream-green our laundry routine. The funny thing is, at first I was like hmm, maybe I don’t have as many ideas for this. But in the quiet of the night, when my brain decided rest was not the answer, additional […]

[Tiếng Việt bên dưới] The idea of being zero waste can feel rather daunting when we think about all the things we use that create waste. Especially living here in Hoi An, Vietnam, where we do daily battle with the weather and the bugs which can have adverse affects on a variety of household items. […]