Healing Our Piece of Earth

So I called Beth Remmes, a woman who lives in the Atlanta area who runs a company named Zola Goods. Beth answered her cell phone as she hiked down Stone Mountain, the largest mass of exposed granite in the world, and I thought of how this whole eco-thing is very much like climbing a mountain some days. Yet there was Beth, on the downhill, a gorgeous website up and running, a network of in-home sales coordinators established nationwide, and numerous community presentations about the power we have as consumers--and the eco-alternatives we can choose--under her belt.

Zola, of Italian origin, means "piece of earth." According to Beth, by making small changes, each of us can heal our own piece of earth and together create an abundant future for our planet. Beth believes Zola Goods empowers people to make small, affordable changes in the types of items they would purchase anyway. You'll find gift wrap, cleaning kits, lunch kits (featuring our fave, Klean Kanteen!) plus the Zola Starter Kit, which includes a light bulb, a power strip, dryer balls, and a low-flow showerhead which could save you $275 each year as well as 2580 lbs of carbon emissions and 25,000 gallons of water.

If the prices are a little steep, consider Zola Goods as really welcome and useful holiday gifts for those on your list who are dipping their toes in eco-living. Or, you might even try adapting some of Beth's ideas as your own homemade versions. I, for one, am going to make snack sacks out of fabric remnants, and I also like the idea of potting the little baby trees that are growing all over my yard and giving them as gifts.

In the meantime, as always, join me in continuing to try to "find the good."

Healing Our Piece of Earth