Let’s make this year’s shopping mantra: shop local and shop small! Show some love to your favorite merchants. Online shopping doesn’t have to only benefit the big players like Amazon. Going directly to a retail merchant or manufacturer’s site will breath more life and profits into their business.
Let’s show the Earth, as well as our sweethearts, some love this Valentine’s Day!
Now, more than ever, food waste and food loss must be addressed! Food production and transport disruption is a more common occurrence as extreme climate change unfolds in real time. Our food systems require technological and infrastructural support in anticipation of the future disruptions guaranteed on the horizon.
It’s a new day! And hopefully we are ready to examine how to move forward and be effective in a time of extreme climate stakes. Read on for some thoughtful discussion from climate advocates centered on this very topic: how does one bravely proceed with the sober knowledge of the environmental challenges facing us?
While we are protesting and making our voices heard in demand for racial justice, it is important to remember that our daily, environmental decisions are in fact a powerful act of advocacy for social justice. Environmental advocacy must not be eclipsed by the pandemic or social upheaval. They are all inextricably linked. Be safe, raise your voice for justice, and raise your eco-consciousness daily.
Free, or next-day delivery is hard to resist and even expected by online consumers. It may be convenient but is it really free? Not when you consider the impact on our environment and communities. The seduction of expedited shipping results in more congestion, pollution and landfill-bound cardboard. Let’s break down these boxes and explore ways to ease our dependence on next-day delivery.
Your shopping cart and eating habits can be a powerful tool to combat climate change. By eating just one vegan meal a day, an individual can save the equivalent of driving coast to coast and back, and 194,667 gallons of water per year. “OMD” – one plant-based meal a day is a significant way to reduce your greenhouse-gas footprint.
For Earth Week, in honor of our children’s future, let’s make our own New Green Deal. Every person can take steps for a more sustainable future. Here is a list of easy to adopt initiatives that will make a difference to our environment.
Conscious-consumption and a demand for transparency is sending a message to the fashion industry. Fast fashion may be cheap, but it is expensive to the environment. jGj explores how ethical fashion lines are giving unsustainable, fast fashion a run for it’s money.
Don’t be intimidated by idea of a Zero Waste lifestyle. Going Zero Waste blogger, Kathryn Kellogg, will convince you that it’s not as impossible as it sounds
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