What Your Astrology Says About You This Earth Day
We each will interact differently with these signs depending on our own charts, but I like to think that, as a collective, we are all feeling the impact of these three signs similarly. I hope that as we enter another Earth Day astrology will help us think honestly about how to serve Mother Earth and uplift all beings who call her home.
A Tale of Two Eco-Cities
The ambition of the eco-city is to improve the lives of people and society through environmentally minded urban planning and management. There are, essentially, two eco-cities: the eco-city in theory, and the eco-city in reality.
An Ode to Libraries
For many of us, living through a pandemic has highlighted not only our need for community and social interactions, but also the importance of having access to public infrastructures, services and community resources.
Thoughts on Plastic Free World
It is devastating to think that more than 1 million plastic bags are dumped in the trash every minute. With no proper disposal system and only the ocean to go to, no wonder research states the number of plastic in the sea will soon be higher than the number of fish known to humankind.
What’s the Environmental Impact of a Forest Fire?
There are currently over a dozen active wildfires burning in California. Each year, more individuals must evacuate their hometowns to reach safety. Though many individuals focus on forest fire prevention efforts, it’s also essential to evaluate its impact on the environment.
A Guide To Making Your Wedding Day More Sustainable
One of the most popular changes that people are making to their wedding plans is to make their wedding day more sustainable.
Celebrating Women’s History Month with Five Environmental Leaders
This Women’s History Month, let us support and uplift the messages of women of color in environmental spaces. To combat the oppressive systems these women and others speak out against, we can follow their lead and join their acts of resistance.
SUSTAIN Takes SXSW
Giddy up folks, the SUSTAIN team is headed to Austin, Texas to attend South by Southwest 2022!
A New Phase of the Pandemic and Climate Change
Two years have passed since the pandemic started. This period of time went by extremely fast than I have ever experienced.
The Commercialization of Sustainability
Pop culture usually characterizes sustainable living as buying $50 t-shirts, sporting expensive reusable water bottles, and purchasing metal straws. Each of these practices share one thing in common: they require us to buy more products.
The Decal Project
HarperSage’s The Decal Project is a community-led effort that spreads awareness of human trafficking through thoughtfully placed decals in local communities.
Hand Me Up
Hand Me Up is the antithesis of the outdated linear business model that encompasses extraction, pollution, consumption, and waste.
The Trope of “Nature”
Most people no longer are knowledgeable or aware of how to coexist with nature. The nature outside our own backyard has become a spectacle, a destination to seek out.
8 Easy Ways to Green Your Next Vacation
Just because you’re going on vacation doesn’t mean you can take time off from your eco-friendly habits.
Meet The Green Consumer Project
The fashion industry as we know it produces over 10% of all humanity's carbon emissions, pollutes the oceans with micro-plastics, and stands as the second-largest consumer of the world's water supply.
The Rise Of the One Stop Sustainable Shop
Eco Collective started in the way many of us begin our sustainable journeys– in the bathroom staring at a collection of plastic-wrapped toiletries.
An Inside Look of Pre-Loved Podcast
Pre-Loved Podcast is about loving secondhand style. It’s also about education. It’s about mending, up- cycling, reselling, dead stock, working as a vintage stylist, community development, flea markets, resale apps, fashion history, and more. It’s about a global industry that’s poised to grow, and fast.
Let’s Talk Trash
Waste, especially plastic waste, is becoming an ever-daunting concern that is purposefully suppressed. To account for the massive amounts of trash humans are producing, landfills are growing in size and number on a daily basis.
A Starter Guide to Sustainability in College
College is busy, and it can be tough to have sustainability on the mind. However, at the same time, this landslide of new experiences can be a great opportunity—as we young adults live on our own for the first time, we are forming life-long habits. Learning green habits now can allow us to incorporate sustainability into our lives for the future—so a few years down the line, we won’t even think twice about choosing paper packaging over plastic.
Giving Credit Where It's Due
Despite recent interest in environmentalism and sustainability, BIPOC communities have not received long-overdue credit for current ‘trends’ and ideals. It's time we recognize the cultural roots of practices characteristic of the environmental movement.