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How To Make Schools More Sustainable: Ultimate Guide
It’s no surprise that most schools need to improve their sustainability. With growing concerns about global warming and climate change, schools’ environmental impact shouldn’t be overlooked.
Ultimate Guide: Sustainable Health and Beauty
Although many people choose to limit their use of products when trying to be sustainable with their beauty and health, this doesn’t have to be the case. There are many sustainable cosmetics, health, and hygiene products out there, not to mention ways to create your own!
Ultimate Guide: Creating a Sustainable Workplace
There are many ways you can create a more sustainable workplace, including how you get to work each day and what you bring with you. From small changes like replacing the office supplies you use, to completely overhauling the practices and procedures followed, this guide can help.
Ultimate Guide: Sustainable Home
If you’re here to learn how to make your home more sustainable, you’ve come to the right place! Home is where we spend most of our time, so it’s no wonder that making even small changes can have some of the most significant impacts.
Ultimate Guide: Sustainable Recreation
Regarding sustainable recreation, how and where you play can significantly impact your eco-footprint. This is true whether you’re a homebody, a weekend warrior, or someone who gets outside and active every day. The outdoor gear we use and the destinations we choose can make a difference.
Ultimate Guide: Sustainable Travel
Whether it’s a weekend getaway, a couple of weeks’ retreat on a resort or cruise ship, or an adventurous around-the-world tour, leading a sustainable lifestyle while traveling can be tricky. Sustainable travel doesn’t need to be complicated.
Affordable Eco-Friendly Shoes From Sustainable Brands
You can now find shoes that are so inexpensive you could own a pair to match every outfit – but at what cost to people and planet? The good news is that there are plenty of affordable, eco-friendly shoes made by responsible brands. If you want to start a sustainable lifestyle, why not start at the bottom and work your way up? Check out the nine price-conscious sustainable shoe options we’ve lined up for you!
Practicing Eco-Friendly & Safe Outdoor Recreational Water Activities
Practicing sustainable water recreation involves more than being conscious of our impact on wildlife and choosing environmentally friendly aquatic activities. If you want to ensure your outdoor water fun is the most sustainable it can be, read on!
Best Reef-Friendly Sunscreens 2024
Part of creating a sustainable health and beauty routine is investing in some reef-friendly sunscreen. If you love the water and everything in it, please consider purchasing some sustainable sun protection this year to protect marine biodiversity.
Thirteen Non-Toxic Toiletries To Try
Many personal care products still contain chemicals that have negative effects on the environment and your health. If you’re hoping to create a more sustainable personal care routine that is toxic-free, we’ve got some information, tips, and recommendations for you.
A Dozen Ways To Make Your Small Business More Sustainable and Eco-Friendly
How can you ensure that your small business is safe place to work and part of the climate crisis solution and not the problem? Environmentally responsible companies aim to mitigate their impact by prioritizing sustainable practices. Keep reading to discover a dozen ways to make your small business more sustainable and eco-friendly!
How To Choose Sustainable Accommodations
One aspect of low-impact traveling is supporting and staying in sustainable accommodations. Choosing green lodging options that are mindful of their environmental and cultural impact is the first step in responsible travel.
Creating a Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Bedroom
Are you hoping to make the place where you sleep a little more green? Creating an environmentally conscious bedroom in your sustainable home is more simple than you think. Your sustainable, natural, and eco-friendly bedroom space is just a few simple swaps away!
What is Cruelty-Free and Vegan Beauty?
Most of us have noticed that the vegan lifestyle is becoming more common these days. Many cosmetics brands are taking note and offering cruelty-free options. But what is the difference between cruelty-free and vegan beauty products? Are vegan products more sustainable? And is vegan beauty just hype, or is it here to stay?
Why Is Sustainability Important in the Workplace?
At the core of corporate philosophy today lies the focus on the buzzword – sustainability. But, what is sustainability in the workplace, and why is it important?
Creating a sustainable workplace involves the integration of environmental and social values into company culture and decision-making processes. This may include environmentally sustainable work practices such as efficient use of energy, managing waste effectively, reducing carbon footprint, and creating a workspace conducive to the health and well-being of its workforce.
Sustainable Camping Essentials You Need for Next Summer
Perhaps you camp every weekend you can sneak away, or maybe you’re more of a once-a-summer kind of camper. Either way, there are some hiking and camping essentials for eco-friendly nature enthusiasts that you just can’t do without. If you’re hoping to practice environmentally-friendly recreation while you spend time outdoors, you’ll want to make sure you choose some sustainable & green camping gear.
Great Eco-Friendly Gifts for the Tree Hugger in Your Life
Perhaps all we need is a better road map to lead us to eco-friendly gift ideas. If you struggle when thinking about gifts for eco-friendly people, this article will help!
Eco-Friendly Electronic Devices – Planet Positive & Sustainable Gadgets
Most of us would be lost without our mobile phones, iPads, or laptop computers, myself included! But, if we want to live a sustainable lifestyle, we should consider how we can be more eco-friendly with our electronic devices.
Planet-Friendly Potty Time: Eco-Friendly Toilet Paper vs. Bidets
Although they showed up centuries ago in France and are popular in many countries worldwide, North Americans haven’t hopped on the bidet wagon. Could we make a more sustainable environmental choice if we switched from (eco-friendly) toilet paper to a bidet? Let’s find out!
Environment and Sustainability Podcasts for a Sustainable Mind
If you’re looking for a way to learn about sustainability that doesn’t require hours of research and reading, why not try a podcast? Take a break from the true crime (am I right?), and check out some of these top-rated, highly recommended environmental and sustainability podcasts!
Sustainable Wine Brands and Winery Tours
Over the last couple of decades, winemakers all over the world have been adopting more sustainable practices. Sustainable wine brands are now seeking certification to showcase their care for the environment and their workers. Whether you’re headed to your nearest bodega to grab a few bottles for a dinner party or hoping to take some sustainable winery tours on your next vacation, we have suggestions!
Earth-Friendly School Supplies – Sustainability in the Classroom
Nothing lets us know that school is around the corner like back-to-school shopping. The newest trend in school supplies is sustainability! If you hope to be more earth-friendly this year while preparing for back to school, check out these sustainable kids’ school supplies I’ve rounded up.
Eco-Friendly Apps for Sustainable Travel
Socially responsible and eco-friendly travel can be made easier with sustainable travel apps. Green apps can help us choose sustainable accommodation, find local restaurants and businesses to support, and can even save us money! Read on to discover some of the best eco-friendly apps for sustainable travel.
The Best (Sustainable) Shaving Soaps for Sensitive Skin
Finding a shaving soap or cream that you like and that works for your sensitive skin can be tricky. If you hope to make a sustainable, earth-friendly choice, consider shaving soap bars! Going plastic-free in your health and personal care routine doesn’t have to be difficult. Switching from old-fashioned shaving cream canisters to shaving soap and brush is one of the easiest changes you can make.
The Best Eco-Friendly Fabric Softeners
Want to know how to make your clothes softer and beat laundry static without using traditional dryer sheets or liquid softeners? Many fabric softener alternatives are now available, and finding one that fits your sustainability needs is easier than ever. Read on to discover the best eco-friendly fabric softeners.
Environmentally Friendly Work Commute – Become a Green Commuter
One of the more effective ways we can begin to live a more sustainable lifestyle is to reduce the emissions we create while commuting. There are far more environmentally friendly modes of transport than each of us driving solo to work and sitting in rush hour traffic daily. Keep reading to learn the definition of sustainable transport, sustainable transportation examples, and tips and advice on how to create an environmentally friendly work commute.
Sustainable Travel Toiletries: Eco-Friendly Essentials
If you travel often, you may have mastered packing like a pro and paring down your toiletries for vacation to allow yourself only carry-on luggage. It might now be time to consider how sustainable and eco-friendly those toiletries are. As a sustainable digital slomad, who travels from place to place, I have some experience and recommendations for sustainable travel toiletries I’d like to share with you.
How To Shop Sustainably on a Budget
There is a common conception that living sustainably is expensive. It is usually true that genuinely responsibly made and eco-friendly items tend to have a higher price tag. However, shopping sustainably on a budget is not only possible but not all that difficult!
Hiking Capsule Wardrobe: Less is More
If you love the outdoors enough to need to put together a hiking wardrobe, you probably care about the environment. Whether you spend all of your free time outdoors, you need advice on what to wear hiking, or you just like the outdoorsy chic style, we can help you create a year round hiking capsule wardrobe.
Are Minimalists Happier?
It’s no secret that we, as a society, have spent the last half a century striving to have more. More monetary wealth, more respect, more power, more “success,” and certainly more stuff. Pretty much the opposite of minimal. Can reversing this mindset and becoming a more minimalistic society make us happier? Let’s find out.
Best Environmentally Friendly Backpacks
As always, the most sustainable backpack is the one you already own. But, understandably, sometimes it needs to be replaced. If you can’t find what you’re looking for secondhand, an environmentally-friendly backpack should be your next stop! We prioritize the planet when we purchase a higher quality and durable backpack made from sustainable materials.
Eco-Friendly Beach Toys for Summer Fun in the Sun!
There are many issues with plastic beach toys, especially for the health of both your children and the environment. Thankfully, there are safe and sustainable options for your beach bag the next time you need to keep your kids entertained during sunny days spent with the family!
The 10+ Rs of Sustainability
We’ve all heard of the three Rs regarding sustainability and the environment – reduce, reuse, and recycle. But some of us may not know that there are FAR more Rs to consider if we want to lead our most successfully sustainable lifestyle.
Beauty Product Certifications Explained
Whether you’re a professional makeup artist, an average cosmetic products user, or simply looking to create a more sustainable beauty routine, having a better understanding of the label can help! From ingredients, the environment, social standards, to animal cruelty, this article aims to help explain the industry’s numerous certifications for health and beauty products.
The Best Sustainable Lunch Boxes and Accessories
As a middle school teacher for fourteen years, I have seen my share of weird school lunches and lunch boxes. Help make schools more sustainable by using eco-friendly lunch boxes and accessories for yourself or your children. If you need a new insulated lunch box, snack container, or sandwich bag for the next school year, I’m here to help you find the perfect one!
What to Pack for a Year of (Sustainable) Travel
Whether you’re headed on a round-the-world trip, or planning on staying in one country or continent, deciding what to pack for a year of travel can be challenging! Living sustainably out of a suitcase poses many challenges, and expert packing requires some forethought. Let me help you make sure you’ve packed everything you need and haven’t included any extras you don’t.
Best Sustainable Hiking Boots and Shoes
When it comes time for a new pair of hiking boots or shoes, sustainability, versatility, and comfort are key. I’ve looked into the best sustainable hiking boots and shoes to help you decide the next time you wear out your current ones from all of your exploring!
Why is Grass Bad for the Environment?
With the advent of the first lawn mower in 1830, lawns became more accessible to everyone, and an explosion ensued. Keeping up with the neighbors became the trend, and today we still regard a lush, full, green, and weed-free healthy lawn as a status symbol. It’s time to change that.
Sustainable Clothing for Work
Whether you work in an office, a school, as a tradesperson, or online, there are many ways you can make your work clothing more sustainable, ethical, and eco-friendly. Read on to discover how to choose more sustainable clothing for work.
How To Create a Plastic-Free Beauty Routine
Just as minimalism is best for a sustainable lifestyle in general, so is it for paring down your beauty products. No one expects you to eliminate everything, but focusing on having fewer multi-use products for everyday use made from sustainable materials and ingredients can go a long way.
Ecotourism: Another Way to See the World
With so many of us flocking back to travel post-pandemic, practicing sustainable travel is essential to protect our planet, people, and future generations. Ecotourism is another way to see the world by supporting local communities and the local economy while keeping our carbon footprint in mind.
How Does Upcycling Help the Environment?
I’m sure you’ve heard of the term upcycling, where old materials and objects are turned into new, higher-quality items. But how, exactly, does this benefit the environment and help you lead a more sustainable lifestyle, you ask? Read on, my eco-friend!
Sustainable Digital Slomads
A new trend has started to take hold of a small portion of the population. One in which the traditional lifestyle of settling in one place, owning or renting a home, commuting to work each day, and starting a family – is not the norm. It wasn’t even until a couple of years ago that I heard the term “digital nomad,” but you can bet that I had already been wondering how I could spend the rest of my life traveling.
Sustainable Park Ideas
Would you agree that natural areas in our communities and cities are essential for sustainable development and recreation? I firmly believe this is true, and it is of utmost importance that we create sustainable parks that help protect the environment and provide natural areas for ourselves and future generations.
Reducing Water Use At Home
Use this guide to save more water indoors and in your garden and yard. Each area of the house contains three sections – easy-to-implement tips that require zero to no effort, some more challenging strategies, and the more labour-intensive or expensive options. Only true water-saving warriors will pursue all three. Which type of water saver are you?
How To Dispose of Old Makeup and Cosmetics
No matter what your beauty routine looks like, there will come a time when you need to dispose of some old makeup, cosmetics, or personal care products. Before you chuck them in the bin, please consider the following!
How to Choose an Eco-Friendly Sunscreen
Sun protection should be one of your first thoughts when planning on spending time outdoors – regardless of the season! Outdoor lovers know that harmful UV rays can lead to painful sunburns or even skin cancer, so for your health and the environment, pack that eco-friendly sunscreen for your next sustainable outdoor adventure.
Sustainable Classroom Ideas: Tips for a Green Classroom
As a former teacher, I know that over the summer, you start to think about all the things you could do better for the next school year. Make it your goal to create a more environmentally friendly classroom this year. While other teachers may focus on curriculum, classroom management, pedagogy (and the list goes on), dare I say encouraging more sustainable living might be more important?
Best Eco-Friendly Camping Tips
Planning a camping trip in the great outdoors? Want to lessen your impact on the environment while you spend time in nature? I’ll help you make your next trip more environmentally friendly with just a little extra effort and these eco-friendly camping tips.
Easy Activities to Teach Kids About Sustainability
If living sustainably means accessing and using resources in such a way that the needs of future generations aren’t compromised, then teaching kids about this topic from an early age should be priority number one.
Top 10 Sustainable Cities in the US 2022
What makes a city sustainable? It takes more than you think to become a top-ranked city for sustainability in the United States. In this article, I’ve outlined at least one outstanding initiative that each of America’s most sustainable cities has implemented. I have also suggested some green activities to do when you visit! Find out which one is the nation’s greenest city here.
Eco-Friendly Beauty Product Packaging
With over $393 billion in revenue worldwide in 2022, the environmental effects of the beauty industry can be detrimental. Without a switch to eco-friendly beauty product packaging, we’ll continue to dump single-use plastics into our landfills.
How To Compost Like a Pro
Whether you have acres of land to play with, a tiny yard, a balcony, or even some cupboard space, you’ve got options for a compost bin! Learn how to compost like a pro and turn your kitchen waste and other organic materials into nutrient-rich soil you can use in your flower beds, potted plants, or garden.
Eco Child’s Play: Sustainable Children’s Toys
Sustainability practices start at home, and this includes the choices we make about our children’s toys. The toy industry is the most plastic-intensive industry in the world. If we don’t change how we’ve been manufacturing and purchasing toys, our impact on the environment and our kids’ health will continue to increase.
Eco-Friendly Beach Products – Sustainability in the Sand!
When it comes to fun in the summer sun, we can help protect people and the planet with our choices of beach essentials. The optimal sustainable beach products are made from natural, organic, chemical-free materials and ingredients.