All posts by: Amanda O.

About Amanda O.

Amanda and her family live in a renovated sustainable & toxin-free Airstream travel trailer in Washington.  When she’s not homeschooling or enjoying the mountains, she blogs about their adventures & her recovery from multiple autoimmune diseases and toxic mold poisoning at Treehousedaily.com

Have you heard of “Phantom Power”?  No, it’s not a new musical or a super-hero character.  You do probably have “Phantom Power” in your home right now! Phantom Power refers to the electricity going to an unused item that is still plugged in.  Most sources guesstimate that at least 10%  of the electricity in the average American […]

Happy Earth Day! Did you know that today is the 45th Earth Day?? It has certainly grown into a wonderful day to educate, inspire and support green-living and reducing waste. Those of you joining me on this journey probably feel like you’re living Earth Day every day.  I know I sometimes feel that way.  Earth Day isn’t […]

Springtime has arrived in full force here in Colorado.  In typical Rocky Mountain fashion we’ve had several days of 80 degree temperatures followed by snow.  What is Springtime like where you live??  Are the trees budding and flowers popping up yet? Our local Farmer’s Market started again on the 4th. The Farmer’s Market coming back […]

San Francisco made national news by banning plastic bags recently.  Rwanda, Bangladesh, and several other countries have also banned single-use non biodegradable bags.  As a nation that uses billions of these bags annually this seems extremely daunting to most Americans. However, making a replacement is a simple baby step.  Most likely you have reusable grocery bags […]