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May 11, 2022
How to Travel Sustainably This Summer
With the temperature steadily rising and the first day of summer right around the corner, the Albatross Designs team has begun daydreaming about getting outdoors and making some summer travel plans. If you’re also finding yourself in summer trip planning mode, you may be curious about how you can both achieve your summer adventure goals and also travel sustainably.
Apr 20, 2022
Eco-Friendly Spring Cleaning Tips & Tricks
Now that spring is here, the Albatross Designs team is definitely feeling that ‘spring cleaning’ bug. With this urge to clean house also comes the desire to make sure any cleaning or refreshing efforts are as sustainable as possible. This is particularly important because traditional, store bought cleaning products are not only filled with ambiguous ingredients and harmful chemicals, they are also riddled with plastic!
Apr 12, 2022
Ways to Make Every Day Earth Day
While a lot of focus and eco-friendly efforts get put on Earth Day – and April in general – the habits or actions designated for this specific time of year don’t have to be limited to just now. There are tons of small, daily changes we can make to slowly integrate an eco-friendly lifestyle into our everyday routine and help out our planet along the way!
Apr 1, 2022
5 Ideas for Celebrating Earth Day
Spring has sprung, April has arrived, and it is officially time to celebrate this beautiful planet we call home! While April has been colloquially termed “Earth Month”, most of the environmental efforts this month will probably be channeled into one particular day: April 22nd (a.k.a., EARTH DAY!). Whether you’re planning to celebrate throughout all of Earth Month, during Earth Week, or on the actual Earth Day, here are 5 ideas for activities you can partake in to support our planet.
Mar 7, 2022
What’s It Really Like Using a Safety Razor?
We feel that having many examples and descriptions of the zero waste shaving process across multiple mediums is extremely helpful. We’ve created this post to describe what it’s like to use a safety razor, with the hopes of not only encouraging people to add this zero waste swap to their sustainable lifestyle, but also improving everyone’s overall zero waste shaving experience.
Sep 5, 2018
How Safe Are Safety Razors?
Compared to multi-blade cartridge razors that you pull across your skin, safety razors need to glide. The good news is that this means significantly less skin irritation [and better hair cutting]. But it also means you should be placing a high priority on lubrication before shaving.