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Reusable bags are a safe way to shop. (Photo taken in pre-coronavirus days!)

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Reusable Bags And Your Health: Separating Fact From Fiction

With the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic that has consumed and disrupted our lives, we’re searching for ways to stay safe: Wear a mask. Practice social distancing. Wash your hands.…

The Green Starbucks Cup (Photo credit: Starbucks/Twitter)

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The Green Starbucks Cup: Green or Greenwashing?

Starbucks recently unveiled in selected locations, a prototype for its new eco-friendly beverage cup. This fully recyclable and compostable “Green Starbucks Cup” sounds like a promising alternative to the beverage…

Your food choices matter and beef ranks low for a climate-friendly diet.

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How to Fight Climate Change With Climate-Friendly Food Choices

Our food choices matter. This seems like an obvious statement: Choosing the cheeseburger with fries instead of that seasonal kale salad will probably impact your waistline more than the salad. …

Bagging your recyclables is a form of wish-cycling.

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Are You Wish-Cycling? 10 Simple Tips to Recycle Right

Are you recycling or wish-cycling? You may have no idea what wish-cycling is, but in our desire to be environmentally responsible through diligent recycling, we’ve all succumbed to it at…

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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…

Is recycling a waste of time? It can seem that way.

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Is Recycling a Waste of Time?

Is recycling a waste of time? I was wondering this very question the other day while reading a Facebook post about recycling plastic. Someone had asked if it was possible…

Plastic pollution - from plastic straws to bottle caps - is at a crisis point.

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15 Simple Ways to Ditch Plastic Straws and Other Single-Use Plastic

So you’re looking to whittle your waste, but unsure how to start. Reducing your dependence on single-use plastics – plastic straws, plastic bags, plastic bottles – is an effective yet…

Keep it natural for an eco friendly holiday.

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Green That Holiday: 6 Easy Tips to Make it an Eco Friendly Holiday

With a little pre-planning, it’s not difficult to “green” your holiday. Try these easy tips to make yours an eco friendly holiday! An Eco Friendly Holiday Mindset If there’s one…

Yes! You can have a fun AND green Halloween!

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Your Ultimate Guide for a Green Halloween

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…

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…

Reusable Bags And Your Health: Separating Fact From Fiction

The Green Starbucks Cup: Green or Greenwashing?

How to Fight Climate Change With Climate-Friendly Food Choices

Are You Wish-Cycling? 10 Simple Tips to Recycle Right

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

Is Recycling a Waste of Time?

15 Simple Ways to Ditch Plastic Straws and Other Single-Use Plastic

Green That Holiday: 6 Easy Tips to Make it an Eco Friendly Holiday

Your Ultimate Guide for a Green Halloween

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

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