Make your Holiday mantra: Quality, not quantity. Most of us don’t need more stuff. Take a breath, be mindful, choose thoughtful gifts. But it’s not just about what you buy – HOW you buy can really have an impact. Follow these jGj tips for a lighter footprint this Holiday Season.
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.
September 20 is a call to stand with the youth Climate Strikers across the world who are taking the future of this planet into their hands. Led primarily by a coalition of youth-led organizations, the 9/20 Climate Strike is an intergenerational event that will launch an entire week of climate action across the world. The next generation of voters are taking the lead. Stand with them. Stand with your planet.
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.
Send a delicious Valentine’s Day message to those you love! A gift from any of these 10 Ethical Chocolate companies reveal your heart for fair trade and the farmers and artisans that make Feb. 14th so sweet.
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.
The average household creates 25% more trash during the holidays. Confused about what’s trash and what’s recyclable? Here are some helpful post-holiday hacks for all that we discard.
The most effective deterrent to plastic waste in our environment is us! Keep the recent ‘Plastic-Free July’ pledges going with these 10 single-use plastic hacks.
Since China is no longer interested in our plastic & paper waste, Americans are forced to take a sober look at what “away” actually means in a throw-away culture. We can no longer be comforted by the fact that there is a recycling solution for most packaging. Any material intended for single use must be ruthlessly scrutinized at this point.