May 13th is World Migratory Bird Day! Our feathery friends are busy flying back from their winter beach homes to enjoy the local summer, but unfortunately, they will likely come across a lot of litter. Let’s welcome our birds back by cleaning up their environment and reducing our waste together!

April showers bring May flowers 🌸, and so does some good compost! As we get our gardens going this spring, we thought we would revisit composting again this Waste Not Wednesday. The task may seem daunting, but after you set up your pile, it’s a low-maintenance process with a huge return.

Our favorite day is almost here—Earth Day! 🌏 This Waste Not Wednesday, we want to share some amazing facts about Earth, biome by biome, that we hope inspire gratefulness for our one and only home!

Are you surrounded by a mountain of junk? Does the spring weather have you wanting to tidy up and open your windows, but you can’t even reach the windows because of all the STUFF you acquired throughout the year, particularly over the holidays? Don’t push it into a pile and light a match just yet! This Waste Not Wednesday, we’ve got a strategy to help you declutter without just throwing it all away. Instead of, “out with the old, in with the new,” we’re saying, “repurpose the old, and make room for the new!”

The farmers markets are almost here, and we can’t wait! Not only does it mean we will get to see many of you at the markets where we set up shop, but we are excited to buy fresh, local produce from our farmer friends as well. Did you know that eating seasonally can also help the planet?

Imagine it—the Easter Bunny is hopping down the bunny trail with a basket of goodies when, suddenly, his cottony tail gets SNAGGED on a jagged piece of a broken, plastic egg holder. 😱 His hop interrupted, he loses his balance and then slips on a few candy wrappers and slides down the hill. His precious bushel of eggs is catapulted into the air, then lands on the sidewalk at the bottom of the hill, smashed to bits. A single tear falls from his eye and rolls down his fluffy cheek as he thinks of the children he loves being so disappointed on Easter morning. Tragedy!

Okay, maybe being sustainable on Easter doesn’t need to be as dramatic as that…

Happy International Day of Forests! 🌲🌲🌲 When one gets bogged down by the nitty gritty, it’s hard to see the forest for the trees. Let’s step back together and observe our forests so that we can better protect this precious habitat.

The grass is turning greener and buds are popping up on the branches. Spring is on its way! Like us, maybe the changing of the season is inspiring you to get your gardening on. Gardening really comes down to four simple things: seeds, soil, energy (including light), and water. In each of these categories, we have a few tips to grow your best, most sustainable garden yet!

Though the snow storms loom, the time for spring cleaning is just around the corner, and we’ve got our best spring cleaning tips for natural, inexpensive, and easy ways to clean your home.

This Waste Not Wednesday, let’s talk about perfection. Did you know that every time you use a reusable bag, a penguin gets its wings?

Just kidding. What happens is one fewer bag goes into the landfill. Sometimes though, you’re stuck using that bag, and you might feel like you personally let down a penguin somewhere. Sankoty Sustainables exists to provide easy alternatives to reduce waste. We believe one small change can snowball into more, but the truth is, if we accept nothing less than perfection, we are guaranteed failure. So how do we avoid the perfectionist trap?