
Collection Easy Ways to Reduce Your Environmental Impact
When it comes to making more sustainable choices, it’s all about progress, not perfection. So, here are some ways you can start reducing your waste, shrinking your environmental footprint, and living more sustainably. Try some out and see what works for you!
No Groceries For a Year: One Couple’s Homegrown Journey
Could you go an entire year without going to the grocery store? Would you know the first thing about when to plant your tomatoes? What about raising your own livestock? Or foraging in your backyard? For most of us, living off the land would feel like a near impossibility, but for one Canadian couple, their inexperience became a source of inspiration. Their goal: go an entire year without buying anything from the grocery store.
Read MoreWeeds are a Good Thing! Why the Biodiversity in Your Backyard Matters
It's difficult to fully comprehend the stunning complexity and diversity of life on our planet, and even more difficult to understand how deeply that complexity and diversity matters. Ready for a deep dive into why biodiversity matters? Read on to see how you can help the planet by starting in your own backyard!
Read MoreWant to Reduce your Waste? Here’s a Guide to Get You Started
If you’ve ever stood in front of an array of waste bins at the airport holding your empty coffee cup wondering “Is this garbage? Is this recycling? What do I do with this stuff?” and you desperately wanted to do the right thing but didn’t know what to do, this is the article for you. We’re going to break down what’s waste, what’s not, and what we can do to make waste a thing of the past.
Read MoreRestoring the Rainforest by Helping Locals Become Eco-Entrepreneurs
Can you make an impact on saving a rainforest, even though it may be far from your front door? With this nonprofit, you can do just that and help save the rainforest from your couch!
Read MoreStop Stressing and Start Living with These Helpful Meal Planning Hacks
How do we waste less food and less money? Meal planning can seem daunting, but these simple tips and tricks can make life easier, more delectable, and give us the freedom of mind to actually enjoy our food and leisure time.
Read MoreReduce, Reuse, ReTuna! The Swedish Mall Selling Only Recycled Goods
When you think of the mall you probably don’t think of it as a hub for environmental innovation. But in Sweden, one mall is taking the old and making it new again, combining a revolutionary recycling center with a reused, restored shopping experience.
Read MoreNo Space Wasted: The Urban Honey Bees Making City Life Sweeter
Urban jungles are saving the future of our most precious pollinators. Cities may seem like strange places to find beehives, but from New York City to London to Detroit, bees are thriving in their new urban environments. Here's how you can help them out!
Read MoreGet The Most Out of Your Groceries: Easy Ways to Use Food Scraps
Wait! Before you throw away that banana peel or compost your coffee grounds, you can give them another life. Here are some simple ways to start reducing waste and maximizing your grocery budget.
Read MoreEasy Ways to Go Green: The Compost Pick-Up Services Coming to a Stoop Near You!
Wait! Before those food scraps in the garbage, here's an easy way to make a positive impact as you go about your daily routine. Turn your food waste into a resource without having to make a compost pile in your own backyard by having it picked up and taken away, right from your front door!
Read MoreTurn Your Junk Mail into a Masterpiece: How to Make Paper!
Stop throwing away your junk mail! With a little water, that recycling could become your next notebook, card, or to-do list. Let's rethink our conceptions of waste and think critically about recycling, all with a fun new activity: paper-making!
Read MoreIs Going Zero Waste Really Possible?
Have you seen those people who can fit a year's worth of garbage into a mason jar? Is that even possible? Meet a family that tried to live zero waste for a month and see how it went!
Read MoreOur Plastic Waste Problem: It’s Not About Perfection
We all know that plastic waste is a huge problem, but what are we supposed to do about it? Turns out there's a lot we can do with just a few little changes!
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