Walking the green path
Once my mother-in-law asked me how and why I became so passionate about sustainability. We had known each other for more than 15 years, and of course she knew the previous [...]
Why are we so disconnected from our food?
When I was in my mid-twenties and I was still living in Venezuela, I remember I used to buy mung beans sprouts every week, but I had no clue which beans [...]
What cognitive dissonance has to do with our choices
The other day, reading an article I found this statement: "life is a choice between what hurts and what hurts worse", this was written by psychotherapist Nicole Sachs and it was [...]
Why quality matters: my slippers story
You have probably heard the saying "You get what you pay for". We often want cheap prices because we feel we need to make a good use and stretch our hard-earned [...]
Road trips and carbon emissions, the conundrum
Last week I wrote a post about a recent road trip we did and shared some ideas to reduce waste. This time I simply want to address the elephant in the [...]