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How To Refill: A Comprehensive Guide

How To Refill: A Comprehensive Guide

By Hanna Kohn

As our friends at Dip put it, refill is the new record store. Our shop, along with refill locations around the country, are fantastic hubs....

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Meet the Swedish Dishcloth

Meet the Swedish Dishcloth

By Hanna Kohn

Meet the Swedish Dishcloth. A low waste cleaning solution. Swedish dishcloths are packed with cleaning potential but did you know that they are totally compostable? As the...

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Dryer Balls FAQ

Dryer Balls FAQ

By Hanna Kohn

Dryer Balls are an easy and lovely addition to any sustainable laundry care system but they can be a bit confusing for first time users....

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How Do You Party Sustainably?

How Do You Party Sustainably?

By Hanna Kohn

We’ve passed the Memorial Day marker and moved into the unofficial start of the summer season. It’s time to party! Picnics, BBQ’s, festivals and fairs...

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Thrift Like a Pro

Thrift Like a Pro

By Hanna Kohn

For this installment of Green Living, we caught up with Sami Head from Sandhill Goods, a web-based store that offers curated secondhand modern and vintage...

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Emily Popp, Designer, Sitting on retaining wall with the ocean beyond

DIY Fashion

By Hanna Kohn

An Interview With Popp Town Mall The Popp Town Mall is a sustainable fashion business created by designer Emily Popp.  Located in Madison Wisconsin, The...

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Compost Myth Busting With Green Box Compost

Compost Myth Busting With Green Box Compost

By Hanna Kohn

We sat down with our friend Esai at Green Box Compost to bust some common myths about composting!  Myth: Only fruits and vegetables can be...

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Flowers

Flowers

By Hanna Kohn

All the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today.   We love flowers. They are a silky ray of perfumed hope in a...

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Composting Made Easy

Composting Made Easy

Sasha Stone
By Sasha Stone

Divert your food and plant based waste from the landfill so your waste becomes soil, not methane. Our easy, clean and affordable bucket swap system...

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Sasha Stone

Sasha Stone is the owner and founder of Green Life Trading Co., a refill and sustainable store based in Madison, WI. She has been working to connect people with eco-friendly products since 2018 and  holds a Bachelor of  Sociology degree with a minor in Conservation and Environmental Science from UW-Milwaukee. She has heard it all when it comes to questions about low waste living. Submit your sustainable living questions to Sasha@greenlifetradinco.com.

Hanna Kohn

Hanna Kohn was the Operations Manager & Marketing Coordinator with Green Life Trading Co. where she has been educating and connecting individuals and small businesses with sustainable products and solutions from 2021-2024. She holds a degree in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a Sustain Dane Master Recycler and Water Steward. When she's not at the shop, Hanna volunteers at WVMO 98.7 FM - Monona's Community Radio Station where she hosts Playhouse, a weekly broadcast of music including contemporary electronic, synth pop and jazz.