Posts in "Waste Management"

Reducing Waste by Buying in Bulk

We all know that the first step in helping the environment is to reduce waste. This means buying and consuming fewer products when you can, and saving energy in every possible way. However, when you do go grocery shopping, buying more can sometimes help the earth more than if you bought less. What I mean [...]

Disposing of the Jack-O-Lantern The Green Way

With Halloween come and gone, we shouldn’t forget that we have now an opportunity to show some more green savvy. How? Well, the most important thing is the Jack-O-Lantern. Before going green , I shamefully admit that at our household we just tossed poor old Jack into the trash. But that was before we knew [...]

Green Toilets and The Unsavoury Reality of Sanitation

Delicious organic produce for lunch, soft sustainable cotton in our bed sheets, color coordinated recycling bins in the garage – going green seems to be all lovely jubbly, until we get to the place that decidedly is not – the toilet. I recently read an article in the UK Guardian on this, under Ethical Dilemmas. [...]

Welcome to the Round House!

Welcome to Yurto, the blog about eco-friendly living in the home. Inspired by the yurt, an ancient circular dwelling place built in tune with nature, we hope to explore the ways we can all make a change for the better in the world that we live in – beginning from our homes. Why is it [...]

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