obsessed with local travel & sustainability
Happy World Water Day!! I was recently chatting with my brother and we got into a debate over whether water was renewable or not. Isn’t that what we were all taught in school? That the water cycle is just that – a never ending cycle? Why should we conserve something that’s renewable? World Water Day …
What goes better with travel than sustainability? As someone whose tagline is literally: “obsessed with local travel and sustainability,” I don’t think there’s a better combo, so I’m writing a post on it: traveling sustainably in 2024. First and foremost, let’s just say it – big businesses are the ones that need to pull their …
Guess what time it is? That’s right, time for another blog anniversary post! Somehow three years have flown by since I started You Had Me At Solo. Three Year Recap The first year I focused a lot on solo travel (makes sense since it was the pandemic). It was my last year in college and …
With summer officially around the corner and unofficially here, there is no better time to celebrate National Get Outdoors Day. This event, held annually on the second Saturday of June, is meant to encourage people to engage with the outdoors. If there’s one thing you probably know from reading my blog, it’s that, in addition …
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Happy Earth Day 2023! If you can believe it, I’ve never done an Earth Day post. Every year since I’ve started the blog, I end up taking a break from the end of March until the beginning of July. A “things got busy and this got pushed out of the way” break. But not this …
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World Water Day was last week. It’s observed globally on March 22 and aims to bring awareness to the water and sanitation crisis. This day has been celebrated every year since 1993 but, be honest, have you ever heard of World Water Day? Me either. Until recently. Water seems to be constantly pushed aside for …
2023 is all about traveling sustainably. Travel is an amazing experience that too often comes at the expense of the area you’re traveling to. Traveling shouldn’t mean ruining a community’s climate. Looking to up your travel game? I’ve got you covered with some sustainable travel tips! What is sustainable travel? Sustainability includes the economy, the …
Great news from the UN earlier this month revealed that the ozone layer is recovering! Okay, okay. Backstory first. In 1985 scientists discovered that there was a hole in the ozone layer. Ozone is a gas in the stratosphere (the second layer of the atmosphere) that protects against UV rays from the sun. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) …
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2023 is right around the corner and with it my favorite tradition: New Year’s resolutions. Something about this year starting on a Sunday just bodes so well for our goals. What better time to start living more sustainably than the New Year? There are so many ways to go green, from reducing your carbon footprint …
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Even though I graduated college 2 years ago, I still get excited when stores start to display their back to school supplies. There is just something about the excitement that fall brings combined with new and interesting stationery. Motivation is high and goals are set. Unfortunately, this time is also now synonymous with an increase …
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