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Why Protecting the Environment is as Important as Ever. What You Can Do From Home.

April 22nd. As the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, I and other environmental activists had been preparing eagerly to celebrate this milestone–a day that would mark the vital need for…

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Earth Day Turns 50! Is it Time for a New Vision?

Earth Day Turns 50! This big birthday has been on my mind since I participated in a sustainability conference last fall where the theme of our panel was Earth Day…

Banning plastic bags has proven effective in reducing plastic pollution.

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Is Banning Plastic Bags the Solution to Our Plastic Problem?

Oddly enough, banning plastic bags is on my mind these days. In a few weeks, New York will join a handful of other states to ban these single-use plastic menaces.…

A positive message is the key to engaging others in taking climate action.

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Climate Action: 5 Effective Lessons for Engaging Your Community

With the effects of our climate crisis making its way ever more into our lives, now more than ever is the time for climate action. You may be ready to…

Plastic straw pollution can be reduced with paper straws!

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Plastic Straw Pollution Sucks! But Do Bans Work? Your Questions Answered

Plastic straw pollution sucks! But what can we do about the problem? Let me back up a little and delve briefly into plastic bags. In 2011, I spearheaded a reusable…

Taking action is essential to halting climate change.

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Taking Action … What’s the Point if You Can’t Save the World?

Despair. That’s the underlying vibe I get these days from the environmental community. I understand. Taking action to protect the environment is an endless struggle for seemingly little gain. Even…

A fun activity, like this water conservation activity, is one way to make a kid an eco kid.

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Taking Action

How To Inspire Your Kid to be an Eco Kid

Greta Thunberg, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Isra Hirsi. Do you recognize any of these names? They’re all young environmental activists: each one an eco kid. Along with many young people around the…

One high impact green lifestyle change: food scrap recycling (aka composting)!

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7 High Impact Green Lifestyle Changes That Help You and the Environment

Which green lifestyle changes have the highest environmental impact? In my opinion, they’re the ones that help shift personal habits but are easy to accomplish. Try one or more of…

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7 Ways to Make it a Plastic Free July 2019!

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…

How do you inspire others take action with you? Read on!

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Taking Action

7 Ways to Inspire Others to Take Action With You

A Story Before I Dive in on How to Take Action I remember a luncheon I attended years ago to benefit medical research on the health effects of pesticide use…

Why Protecting the Environment is as Important as Ever. What You Can Do From Home.

Earth Day Turns 50! Is it Time for a New Vision?

Is Banning Plastic Bags the Solution to Our Plastic Problem?

Climate Action: 5 Effective Lessons for Engaging Your Community

Plastic Straw Pollution Sucks! But Do Bans Work? Your Questions Answered

Taking Action … What’s the Point if You Can’t Save the World?

How To Inspire Your Kid to be an Eco Kid

7 High Impact Green Lifestyle Changes That Help You and the Environment

7 Ways to Make it a Plastic Free July 2019!

7 Ways to Inspire Others to Take Action With You

9 Ways to Stay Sustainable During the Pandemic

Food Waste Recycling: 7 Steps for Easy Home Composting

Climate Change and Diseases: What’s the Connection?

Happy Virtual Earth Day! 6 Ways to Celebrate From Home

Reusable Bags And Your Health: Separating Fact From Fiction