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The smell, look, and feel of lush, freshly-cut bright green grass makes for an experience like no other. Unfortunately, having a grass lawn also makes for an environmental impact like no other. Because of this, and the fact that...

In the United States, our National Park System is made up of 63 sites that technically have ‘National Park’ as part of their name.  However, if we consider national park sites, the individual units of land managed by the National...

Some of us aren’t blessed with a local farmer’s market in our neighborhood, we don’t have the time to find and sign up for a local CSA, and/or perhaps we just lost the small organic food co-op down the...

Not that long ago, thrift shopping and buying secondhand was not always considered a cool thing to do or talk about. Perhaps unfairly, it was often thought of for people who couldn’t afford new clothes at retail stores. After fast...

As you may remember back in 2017, the United States announced that it will pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement and officially exited on November 4, 2020. After this, many US states became even more aware of the...

Online shopping: it's likely something we've all done—and we've been doing a lot more of it recently. In the U.S. alone, e-commerce sales reached $1.03 trillion in 2022, passing $1 trillion for the first time ever. Online shopping can fall...

Sustainability trends and sustainable lifestyle changes may end up shaping this century. They’re trickling into every aspect of our life. You can now see more solar panels on roofs, less single-use plastic water bottles and more eco-friendly grocery tote...

If you've ever been thrifting, you already know that it's so much more affordable than retail shopping. You may not have thought about another very important aspect of thrifting, which is... The environment! In addition to the landfill buildup of worn...

Did you know that showering is a big part of each household’s water use? According to the EPA, it accounts for around 17% of indoor water use. Every family is estimated to scrub a dub with around 40 gallons...

I'm thrilled to see that more and more people are thinking about their carbon footprint, including when it comes to grocery shopping. "Back in the day," people didn't think think twice about tearing off multiple single-use produce bags and...