How can you describe a book such as this? “The Humanure Handbook” by Joseph Jenkins. How about a cult classic, for a start. It had been on my to-read list for a long time and I must admit, I was not entirely sure what to expect when I first sat down with it. It is, […]
Repair reuse recycle / Repurposing
How to sew a patch on a garment – mending those jeans
I don’t know about you, but it always strikes me as a terrible waste of resources to throw away a garment, no matter how old, just because a small portion of it is worn out. Especially so when that small portion of the garment is in an out-of-the-way, not that noticeable location. Say, like the […]
Mental health / Personal level
Treat your projects as jigsaw puzzles, not monoliths
If you, like me, are an ecofrugal person who keeps starting new projects, or want to start new (big) projects, you might also be hit by project overwhelm. A project may seem so big and so daunting that you just never carve out the time to get it done or even get started. So, what […]
Book reviews
Book Review: Blessing The Hands That Feed Us by Vicki Robin
Can I just begin by saying that I love, love, loved this book? I didn’t just like it, I absolutely adored it, as Angela can attest to because I kept gushing about it in our convos as I was reading it. I am not sure how Vicki does it, but she has this amazing way […]
DIY / Homemade
Ecofrugal hobbies
Hobbies are more than just a device to pass time. Having hobbies we enjoy help mental health, can build community with other hobbyists and can create some outright gorgeous things. Here I have compiled a list of some of my favorite ecofrugal hobbies to inspire you! By necessity, my hobbies have always had to be […]
Change and acitvism / Environmental / Zero-waste
Simplify your electric life
To the uninitiated, there is something almost magical about electricity. You flip a switch and out comes heat, light, movement, sound or a whole slew of other things, including the wast and world-changing internet. But do we need everything electronic under the sun? The problem with electronics From a purely frugal and personal standpoint, owning […]
Change and acitvism
What we can do to help
I wanted to write a review about Blessing the Hands That Feed Us by Vicki Robin today. It is a gorgeous book about community, climate change, resilience, and hope. I have been raving about its uplifting tone to Angela several times in our twitter convos. But then Black Lives Matter happened. And everything else became […]
Around the web
Ecofrugal around the web – May 2020
Hi all, welcome to our ecofrugal around the web rounup for May 2020! Have suggestions for posts or people you think deserve to be featured? Shoot us an email (ecofrugals (a) gmail (dot) com) or tag us on twitter! This month, we are focusing more on social justice, people of color and diversity. It breaks […]
Global level / permaculture
Reclaiming yards – no dig
Lawns are a strange thing, are they not? They produce nothing of value, require lots of energy in the form of fertilization, watering and mowing, and yet literal millions of acres is devoted to it around the world, especially in North America and Europe. When you dig into the history of lawns, they really are […]
Change and acitvism / Environmental
Baby Steps to Ecofrugality: How to Slowly Transform Your Life
While it may seem that living sustainably comes naturally to me these days, my life looked very different even a decade ago. While the environment is something I’ve cared about most of my life, I didn’t think too much about my personal impact on the Earth – I was too busy living my day to […]