Last year, I was fortunate enough to discover the blog “the Zero Waste Home” (http://zerowastehome.blogspot.com) written by Bea Johnson.  From the start, this blog captured my heart, body and soul.  It gave me a gazillion ways I could reduce my waste, and offered, in exchange for doing enough of them, that I would have a harmonious, healthy, minimalistic, clutter-free environment in our home.