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Pocket squares were initially handkerchiefs, which were what we used instead as tissues before we made disposable paper ones. People would carry two, one for using and one for looks. Ours are meant to be used AND worn. We call them pocket squares because hankies are much larger and thinner. Our squares are small enough to peek nicely out of a pocket and (unlike their predecessors) they are double layered, which makes them stronger and more absorbent. They’re also decorative cotton and flannel, which is far softer than the canvas used in contemporary pocket squares! I adopted this one after taking...

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If you learn just one thing from us, let it be this.➡️ ♻️ Don't let perfection get in the way of progress. Even "Zero Waste" itself is supposed to be aspirational. It's an ideal, like "good", that we can pursue and emulate. ♻️ You'll need to reassess from time to time. Sometimes you can't do as much, sometimes you'll find you can take on more than before! Adjusting does not mean you are failing now, or weren't trying hard enough before. Life fluctuates. We fluctuate. Allow your life to have seasons. ♻️ Comparison is rough, and we can't stop our...

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If your burger ate your fries, you would notice, right? Most of us are unaware of the full costs of how food animals are raised because it’s happening where we don’t see it. 🍔The actual scale of how much plant food is taken up by being fed to animals is more like if your burger ate your fries, and then everyone else’s fries in the restaurant, and now everyone’s looking at you and glaring. Where’s my fries, Bradley?🍔That’s where we’re headed. Currently, we are growing enough food to feed everyone in the world, but as the global population rises, that’s...

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