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Sara Goddard

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Green That Life is your guide for sustainable living. Its purpose is to provide practical tools, tips, and resources related to a variety of sustainability topics, including waste reduction, pollution prevention, food waste, environmental activism, and more. Green That Life founder, Sara Goddard, is an environmental activist, sustainability adviser, and elected official. Sara’s mission through GTL is to provide original content that helps inform and inspire.

These plant based foods aren't as planet friendly as you'd think.

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5 Plant Based Foods You Think Are Planet Friendly But Aren’t

Continuing with Green That Life’s debunking, myth-busting themes, let’s look at healthy, plant-based foods you might think are planet friendly but aren’t. Related: 7 Sustainable Habits That Aren’t and the…

How to discuss climate change this holiday season without pissing off everyone.

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How to Discuss Climate Change This Holiday Season Without Pissing Off Everyone

Ah, the holidays… The most wonderful time of year, but also a time where tensions can run high as touchy topics pop up in conversation. Throw climate change into the…

Green gifts for good protect our planet while delighting the giftee!

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9 Gifts for Good That Support Environmental Causes

Running out of gift ideas? Whether it’s the holiday season, a birthday, or any special occasion, consider giving a gift that also supports a worthy environmental cause. These green gifts…

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The 21 Best Eco Friendly Gifts for People and Planet in 2021

The holiday season is here! Make this year’s gift-giving one that both your recipients and the planet will love with Green That Life’s Best Eco Friendly Gifts. Before You Start…

Eco-friendly gift giving isn't just about the gift. Eco-friendly wrapping is just as important!

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An Eco-Friendly Gift Giving Guide to Green Your Holiday Season

We think of the holiday season as a time of no-holds-barred generosity and abundance, but it’s also an incredibly wasteful time. It doesn’t have to be! Check out Green That…

World leaders wishing good luck on climate action at COP26

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Commentary

Are Our Leaders Copping Out at COP26?

As I watched the latest coverage of the COP26 climate summit, that unsettled feeling I’ve had since the conference began morphed into something harder to pinpoint — Frustration? Despair? Panic?…

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Make 2022 a Green New Year: 30 Easy and Effective New Year’s Resolution Ideas

It’s that time of year for taking stock of the past year while also planning ahead for the new one. As you think about your new year’s resolutions for 2022,…

Natural landscaping means a beautiful AND healthy yard that's safe for all.

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It’s Fall! The Perfect Season to Switch to Natural Landscaping

Have you been toying with the idea of switching to natural landscaping but think it’s too late this year? It’s not! Fall is the perfect season to make the transition…

Lobbying for change is effective when done right!

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Take Action

Lobbying For Change: 7 Effective Ways To Make Your Legislators Take Notice

With a monumental climate crisis looming over the planet, individual efforts to produce meaningful change can seem a futile exercise. Nothing could be further from the truth. Lobbying for change…

25 Things You Think Are Curbside Recyclable but Aren't

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25 Things You Think Are Curbside Recyclable But Aren’t

As you stand in the kitchen with your empty paper coffee cup, do you wonder whether you should put it in the garbage or recycling bin? All of us have…