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Teaching you to create a sustainable home for yourself and for the planet. 🌎

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    You Don’t Have to “Earn” Rest (opens the original)

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    I not-so-secretly love home renovation shows. My favorites right now are Ugliest House in America and Scariest House in America. Home renovation shows are oddly satisfying. I get some weird pleasure out of home renos that I didn’t have to do or payoff myself, but I still feel entitled to judge. They also scratch my itch of being nosy and looking at other people’s houses from the comfort of my own couch.Recently there’s been a commercial that plays during most HGTV shows. It features s

  2. Issue · Aug 31, 2026

    How to Make Your Home 1% Better (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="768" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!X2aa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b57a08c-0b3d-40b9-9167-b5724a825fa7_576x768.jpeg"

  3. Issue · Aug 6, 2026

    Expensive Things That Are Actually Worth It (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PFKi!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f016a68-5979-40ca-a473-ca54a25f2414_4032x3024.

  4. Issue · Jul 21, 2026

    I'm a Prepper... No, Not That Kind (opens the original)

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    <img alt="photo of brown wooden cabin in forest during daytime" class="sizing-normal" height="2000" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1449158743715-0a90ebb6d2d8?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaH

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