https://www.zerowasted.net/members/emilyshepard/activity/ Activity feed for Emily. Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:20:10 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 0a19d266bfd35b07b20d5bb0dca094a4 http://www.zerowasted.net/forums/topic/question-6/#post-1080 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 22:24:19 +0000 Similarly to Vanna and Amber, I think another possible ‘R” could be something that represents ‘external’ aspects of waste that may seem out of our control. Like maybe Resist, Respond or React? Bea covers this a little in one of the last chapters, “Getting Involved”, but it seemed to me that it is mostly focused on people making personal decisions…[Read more]

]]> 7294dd957c606de9fec2bcd7f152a572 http://www.zerowasted.net/forums/topic/possible-books-for-the-next-book-club/#post-1079 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 21:59:44 +0000 Not sure it completely qualifies as a Zero Waste book, but I’ve heard good things about Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture by Shannon Hayes. I think it is about capitalist culture attempts to discredit work in the home – gardening, cooking from scratch, etc in an effort to encourage consumerism – but how this is bad…[Read more]

]]> be199510a4af7f42d7374e3a2488b5bb http://www.zerowasted.net/forums/topic/question-3/#post-1027 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 05:15:38 +0000 I think one of my least successful swaps has been making hummus, which is surprising because it seems pretty simple. Mine always turns out chunky and not very appealing. Sadly, it winds up at the back of the fridge and gets forgotten about and then, after a few months, moldy.
A successful swap has been making our own pinto beans/refried beans,…[Read more]

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