If you have experienced a loss in your life recently — whether it’s the death of a family member, a divorce, or even a breakup — you know how deeply it can impact every aspect of your physical and emotional well-being. I have been traveling a bit of a rough road myself lately, and I have found these five natural […]
Brad Pedersen, co-founder and chairman of Pela, joins Mitch Ratcliffe to discuss the company’s sustainable products. We recently spent a couple of months testing the Lomi home composter from the Kelowna, British Columbia-based maker of compostable phone cases, low-carbon and low-waste sunglasses, and now, appliances for a sustainable life. Pela launched as a maker of phone cases made from flax […]
Earth911 is honoring the 52 years of Earth Day with 52 Actions for the Earth. Each week through Earth Day 2023, we will share an action you can take to invest in the Earth and make your own life more sustainable. Gardeners love the new year because that’s when the seed catalogs start showing up in mailboxes. If you’ve already […]
Jürgen Pretsch is the founder of SHÄP, a recently launched rental marketplace that focuses on connecting people with items to rent in local communities. SHÄP works to reduce unnecessary purchases and enable sharing without creating a shipping footprint by bringing neighbors together. Reuse and sharing are the best ways to minimize the environmental impact of the products you buy. But connecting […]
This week’s quote is from Nobel Laureate and human rights activist Malala Yousafzai. She was a joint awardee of the Nobel Peace Price (with Kailash Satyarthi) in recognition of her efforts on behalf of children’s rights, including the right of all children to education. Yousafzai said, “One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.” Earth911 […]
If you live in a cold climate, the metabolic activity in your backyard compost will inevitably slow down in the winter. Bacteria and fungi break down your organic matter, but they will be much less active as the temperature dips below freezing, especially for long periods. It’s even possible for your compost pile to freeze solid, although you can always […]
Fancy reusable bottles have long since replaced brand-name bottled waters as status symbols. But even if Evian doesn’t have the cachet it once did, Americans are far from abandoning the single-use plastic water bottle. Americans drink more bottled water than milk or beer. The average American drank almost 47 gallons of bottled water in 2021, and nearly 19% of us […]
Governments from across the world made grand promises last month at the biodiversity conference in Montreal to save nature by protecting 30 percent of the planet’s land and oceans by 2030. But back home many are presiding over the destruction of some of the most ancient and precious protected areas on Earth — sacred groves and places that have long […]