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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.
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25 Terrific Green Kitchen Gift Ideas for the Home Chef in 2022

  • November 9, 2022
  • Sara Goddard
Green That Life has sourced 25 eco-friendly kitchen gift ideas for that special home chef in your life.  All are made by brands with superior sustainability records, and most are…
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Green gifts for good protect our planet while delighting the giftee!
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9 Gifts for Good That Support Environmental Causes 2022

  • November 1, 2022
  • Sara Goddard
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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Leaf mulching adds valuable nutrients to your soil.
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Leaf Mulching: 4 Easy Steps for a Green and Healthy Yard

  • October 25, 2022
  • Sara Goddard
It’s fall, and with the start of the season, people haul out the rakes and leaf blowers in an endless quest to remove all trace of leaves from their properties.…
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Vote for the Planet! Here's how.
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Vote for the Planet! Your Complete Voter’s Guide

  • September 11, 2022
  • Sara Goddard
Calling all environmentalists, climate activists, tree huggers, and greenies: Vote for the Planet! Yes, I’m talking to you — that person who’s a committed and caring protector of the environment;…
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Yes! You can have a fun AND green Halloween!
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Your Ultimate Guide for a Green Halloween

  • September 10, 2022
  • Sara Goddard
Ugh. When I think about how much I wasted over countless Halloweens … It’s scary! Yes, it’s entirely possible to have a fun and frightening Green Halloween. It just needs…
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An eco friendly school lunch is good for you and the planet!
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Everything You Need to Know to Pack an Eco Friendly School Lunch

  • August 1, 2022
  • Sara Goddard
This school year comes with a variety of extra considerations and concerns. Whether your kids are attending school full-time, taking some classes online, or spending the entire school year at…
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Climate leadership is needed from our elected representatives.
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Where is The Climate Leadership in Our Government?

  • July 15, 2022
  • Sara Goddard
The unbridled impunity with which fossil fuel companies and plastics producers greenwash their activities is deeply entrenched. It’s accepted with ignorance or cynical resignation by a nation that lacks robust,…
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Take part in Plastic Free July!
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7 Ways to Make it a Plastic Free July 2022!

  • June 1, 2022
  • Sara Goddard
What is Plastic Free July? Plastic Free July is a global movement that empowers people to be part of the solution to plastic pollution. The concept is simple: Participants are…
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15 Smart Ways to Reduce Energy Use and Take Control of Your Soaring Gas Bills
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15 Smart Ways to Reduce Energy Use and Take Control of Your Soaring Gas Bills

  • April 27, 2022
  • Sara Goddard
The devastating war in Ukraine has roiled energy markets, causing steep prices at the pump and shockingly high utility bills. While the European Union has encouraged citizens to conserve and…
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Big Meat and Dairy exert an extraordinary level of influence.
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Big Meat and Dairy’s Unsavory Pushback on Climate Action

  • April 3, 2022
  • Sara Goddard
The Big Meat and Dairy industries are copycats — copycats of Big Oil, that is. (Big Oil, for their part, copied from Big Tobacco.) Fueled by extraordinary wealth, these industries…
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Sara Goddard

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.

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