Food Simple & creative solutions to reduce food waste Marilou Cabatingan, 12/28/202307/14/2026 You buy a bag of apples at a gas station in Utah, eat two, and three days later you’re tossing the rest into a trash can at a motel in Nevada. That’s $6 straight into the garbage. Multiply that by every snack, half-eaten sandwich, and forgotten yogurt cup over a… Continue Reading
Travel Hiking with your Dog: Our favourite Trails and dog-friendly Hotels in the European Alps Marilou Cabatingan, 07/10/202307/14/2026 Dog owners planning an Alpine trip face a specific problem that general travel guides don’t solve: leash rules vary by country and region, cable cars often have conflicting policies, and “pet-friendly” hotel listings rarely explain what that actually means at check-in. This guide covers real trails, named hotels, and the… Continue Reading
Travel Family Summer Vacation – 12 Sustainable Ideas Marilou Cabatingan, 06/27/202307/14/2026 Last summer we almost booked a $4,200 all-inclusive in Cancun before my 11-year-old asked whether flying there was terrible for the environment. She wasn’t wrong. We rerouted — Amtrak’s California Zephyr, a working sheep farm in Colorado, two nights at a KOA near Rocky Mountain National Park — and it… Continue Reading
Travel Green travel calendar for – part 1 Marilou Cabatingan, 01/30/202307/14/2026 You’ve finally decided to take that trip to Croatia. You found a small, family-run guesthouse instead of a resort chain. You’re packing a single carry-on. You even checked whether the ferry from Split to Hvar runs on LNG. And then you booked the trip for the second week of August… Continue Reading