A Year Without Buying Fast Fashion Clothes
I’ve changed my personal consumption habits over the past few years to avoid buying fast fashion clothes from the likes of Target, H&M and Forever 21, but it can be hard to avoid the cute new styles when you pop…
Eco-Goals for a New Year
This is such a great time of year. We get to immerse ourselves in the excitement of the holidays, and we also get to look forward to a blank slate and a chance to better ourselves for a new year.…
10 Places to Buy Secondhand Clothing
I grew up hating shopping for clothes. Just the very idea sent exaggerated eye rolls to the person nearest to me. Throughout my childhood and teenage years, I was overweight and awkward, so it was the opposite of fun to…
Winter Eco-Bucket List
Anyone else obsessed with goals and to-do lists? 🙋♀️ It can be fun (and addicting!) to challenge ourselves to live life to the fullest by penning goals to achieve at career, personal projects, and more. This year, I started making seasonal…
DIY Zero Waste Craft Activity
Craft activities are so much fun. I used to love meandering through Michaels, thinking about all the creative possibilities. I took beading classes, painted, and attempted to crochet. I bought coloring books, marker sets, and stamps. Since I’ve adopted more…
How to Take Climate Action This Fall
If you’ve been following environmental news lately, you’ve come to the realization that we need to take action now and in very big ways. As individuals, it’s not always clear where to put our time, especially when we have a…
Four Season Foraging
Four Season Foraging teaches people how to safely and sustainability identify and harvest wild edibles. I connected with Maria, the founder of Four Season Foraging, to learn more about the Minneapolis-based company. In the interview, learn more about urban foraging…
Rerip
Rerip is on a mission to keep surfboards out of the landfill. I connected with Meghan, the co-founder of Rerip, to learn more about the organization. In the interview, learn more about Rerip, why it’s important to support zero waste…
5 Ways to Take Action Today
There are so many focuses and priorities when it comes to the climate crisis — the changing weather, environmental justice, soil degradation, fast fashion, animal rights, waste reduction. We know why it’s important to take climate action, but it’s not…
How to Become an Environmental Educator
Ways to become an environmental educator without going back to school I discovered my passion for eco-action after college once I started working in the nonprofit world. I discovered organizations making a difference for our environment, and I realized how…