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Emma
Dendler
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My name is Emma. I am a 20-year-old new to this sustainable lifestyle. I am here to give you my tips as I learn them and help beginners begin their sustainable life...
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Real Christmas Trees Vs. Fake Christmas Trees // The Environmental Impact of Christmas Trees
Let’s start by addressing some of the big facts off the top: real trees take time, energy, and water to grow, but fake trees also take...
Emma Dendler
Dec 2, 20205 min read
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The Best Zero-Waste Laundry Detergent Review (Eco-nuts, TruEarth, BunchaFarmers, and 7th Generation)
Ready to make the swap to a more eco-friendly, natural, low-waste laundry detergent but don’t know where to start? I got you! In today’s...
Emma Dendler
Nov 26, 20206 min read
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The Truth About Bioplastics // Are bioplastics REALLY better than plastic? Bioplastics & composting
It today’s iteration of “where does our waste go” let’s talk about bioplastics. We’re going to dive into what they are made of, how they...
Emma Dendler
Nov 25, 20208 min read
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How to have a Low Waste Thanksgiving // Vegan Friendsgiving Feast
How to have a lower-waste Thanksgiving Obviously, it’s not entirely possible to have a perfectly zero-waste Thanksgiving in all...
Emma Dendler
Nov 15, 20205 min read
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The Truth About Black Friday and the Importance of Shopping Small
Happy holiday season. With the holiday season, like I’ve been saying, comes waste. As Americans, we produce 25% more waste from October...
Emma Dendler
Nov 11, 20204 min read
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What happens to our e-waste? How is tech recycled?
Next up in my “where does our waste go” series, we’re talking about electronic waste. Where does our technological waste go? The value of...
Emma Dendler
Oct 28, 20207 min read
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50+ Vegan Halloween Candies
You might be wondering...what makes candy non-vegan? A lot of things, unfortunately. The most common non-vegan ingredients in candy are:...
Emma Dendler
Oct 24, 20201 min read
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How to have a low waste Halloween
Make your own costume It is estimated that 2,000 tons of plastic waste are disposed of every Halloween in costumes alone! So, make your...
Emma Dendler
Oct 15, 20202 min read
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Zero Waste Halloween Costumes
This Halloween, consider making yourself a DIY Halloween costume instead of buying a costume made of polyester and most likely made in...
Emma Dendler
Oct 7, 20207 min read
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How to make your school Zero Waste
I know school has been back in session for a while now whether online or in person, but I wanted to talk about how to be more low waste...
Emma Dendler
Oct 4, 20207 min read
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How climate change and natural disasters are related (California forest fires 2020)
I didn’t plan to write this, but I saw several posts about the current wildfires in the US and I felt like I should educate myself on the...
Emma Dendler
Sep 27, 20205 min read
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What is greenwashing anyway? Are companies lying to us?
Let’s dive into Greenwashing. Greenwashing is the portrayal of false impressions or providing misleading information about a company...
Emma Dendler
Sep 24, 20205 min read
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Surprising things you can recycle
A couple months ago, I made a video outlining things that you CANNOT recycle in your curbside pickup or that cannot be recycled as a...
Emma Dendler
Sep 20, 20204 min read
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How to Recycle Paper at Home (How many times can paper be recycled?)
I was inspired to do the original recycle from a TikTok video I saw. I thought it was such a cool eco thing I can do by myself! Then, I...
Emma Dendler
Sep 16, 20205 min read
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Wasteful Things I Hate About Japan
No country is perfect. I have lived in Japan for nearly 2.5 years at this point so it’s hard for me to compare it to other countries....
Emma Dendler
Sep 13, 20205 min read
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The Best Vegan Pumpkin Bread
If you’ve tried my banana bread recipe, you’re going to love this one. I had a spare can of pumpkin and we had a typhoon so it was...
Emma Dendler
Sep 10, 20202 min read
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What Happens to our Paper Recycling?
Today, in our “what happens to our waste” series, we will be exploring paper. Often thought of as the holy grail of...
Emma Dendler
Sep 9, 20205 min read
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100 Things I No Longer Buy as a Minimalist
Today, I wanted to talk about some things I have quit buying since embarking on my zero-waste/minimalism journey. Since I have decided to...
Emma Dendler
Sep 6, 202012 min read
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How to Turn Food Scraps into Natural Dye for clothing, food, paint, and more
The back-story of why I wanted to try to make DIY clothing dye out of food scraps is when I ordered some eco-friendly socks. I received...
Emma Dendler
Aug 27, 20203 min read
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Why climate change is everyone’s business.
Let’s clear one thing up: no one can achieve perfectly zero waste and it goes beyond physical waste. It is shipping waste, waste that the...
Emma Dendler
Aug 23, 20206 min read
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