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Sustainable swaps
Flower pot candle from Pollumination
Five eco-friendly household items to switch to in 2021
COURTESY MATADOR VODKA
WHAT WAS ON your New Year’s resolutions list? Do you want to leave a smaller carbon footprint? Use less paper? Or maybe save animals and eat more veggies? Whatever it is, we could all benefit from making more eco-conscious decisions. Local businesses are helping Baton Rougeans make sustainable choices. Here are some eco-friendly household items to consider switching to this year. Cotton gift bags from The Hope Shop Save some trees and package your gifts in these stylish cotton gift bags. Instead of getting a gift in a disposable bag, the recipient gets a two-in-one gift including the item and a reusable bag.
Flower pot candles from Pollumination Who says you have to throw away your candle holder after the wax is melted? Pollumination makes eco-friendly candles that double as candle and plant holders. After the wax melts away, clean the pot and use it as a planter. It even has a hole at the bottom to keep your plants well-drained. Loose herbal tea from Adornleaf Tea Co. Do you enjoy harmful chemicals being infused into your tea through synthetic tea bags? No, thank you. Ditch the tea bags and shop locally blended loose herbal tea from this Black woman-owned business.
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Dot Menstrual Cup from The Hope Shop Ladies, say goodbye to maxi pads and tampons. With this reusable menstrual cup, you can save money, cotton and a monthly trip to the store to restock menstrual products.
Sub-irrigated planters made from Outside Stimuli Who knew so much science could go into planters? This downtown plant shop makes sub-irrigated planters from upcycled plastic containers. Inside each planter is a recycled plastic bottle where the plant is housed that allows the adornleaftea.com grower to see the roots, handsproducinghope.org soil and water drainage to outsidestimuli.com monitor the plant’s pollumination.com progress at all stages.
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A fit new year
5 out-of-the-box ways to work out in Baton Rouge
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WORKING OUT CAN get tedious. Mix it up this year by trying a new fitness class around town. Here are some local spots to get moving.
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For a mix of cardio, dance and muscle toning | Barre 3 | barre3.com For indoor rock climbing at Louisiana’s largest climbing gym UpTown Climbing | uptownclimbing.com For kickboxing and self-defense classes | Baton Rouge Krav Maga batonrougekravmaga.com For pole dancing and aerial hoop classes | TWRL | twrlbr.com
WINNERS BREEDLOVE BEAUTY CO., a Baton Rouge beauty business, was one of nine sellers in the United States featured in December on eBay’s Holiday Marketplace, a virtual platform connecting sellers with shoppers who want to find oneof-a-kind gifts and support small businesses. breedlovebeautyco. com
For group or solo strength and conditioning work Geaux CrossFit | geauxcrossfit.com
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