I want to start by saying thank you. Thank you to every single one of you paying attention. Thank you to every single person that has reached out to me in support, every single person that has challenged my beliefs, every single person that has talked me through my worst moments, and every single person reading this. This piece has been very difficult to write, probably because it’s about me.

Lately, being an activist has been extremely difficult. It’s hard to “turn off”. In the same breath, that’s exactly what I have done. I have turned off. I have been burnt out. I have been tired. I have felt hopeless. This is one of the first of many waves th...

    I just started my journey to zero waste a little over a year ago when I started thinking about how wasteful I had become. When I was in high school I was super interested in recycling and would get on people constantly for littering.Then I got to college where I lived in a dorm and felt like sustainability just flat out wasn’t realistic. I didn’t have my car there, so I didn’t have options of going to a particular grocery store + I was broke as a joke and dealing with my first ever wave of depression.

I got to the point where I would throw things away that could probably be recycled because I was so angry with the system.  

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Composting is not nearly as scary or challenging as you may think! It may be a new habit that takes some getting used to, but I think that a lot of people are intimidated by it and I want to help make it a little less daunting.

Why Composting Is Important

When biodegradable waste like food decomposes in landfills, it produces leachate and methane (a greenhouse gas contributing to climate change that is 84x stronger than CO2). 

This is extremely damaging to the surrounding soil, fresh-water systems, and the atmosphere.

Composting, on the other hand, will enrich the soil, reduce the need for chemical fertilizers, produce beneficial bacteria and fungi...