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7 Proven Tips for a Simply Sustainable Thanksgiving

Meghan Sustainability, YouTube Channel November 19, 2020August 21, 2021Carbon Footprint, composting, emissions, food waste, Giving Thanks, Sustainability, sustainable dining, Sustainable Holiday, sustainable lifestyle, sustainable living, sustainable shopping, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving 2020, water usage, Zero Waste

Thanksgiving is looking more than a little different this year. As COVID infection rates are rising in the US and elsewhere, and travel and gathering bans are in effect, we not have only have sustainability on our mind for our planet, but also for everyone’s health and safety. So please, be respectful of your region’s travel and gathering restrictions. Wear a mask. And while it may be a little disappointing to have to modify some traditions, think of it this way: keeping it local and tight-knit is actually more sustainable. You’ll save the emissions from transportation, it’s easier to buy less for fewer guests which will mean less food waste, and staying local means your opportunity to buy local is increased.

Remember the Ozone Layer?

Meghan Climate Science, YouTube Channel November 13, 2020August 21, 2021CFCs, Climate Action, Climate Change, Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect, HCFCs, Kigali Amendment, Mario Molina, Montreal Protocol, Ozone depleting chemicals, ozone hole, ozone layer, Paris Agreement

A few weeks ago, in the midst of rising coronavirus cases worldwide, political upheaval, extreme weather events in the form of back to back hurricanes in the northern hemisphere and typhoons in the southern, and ongoing fires in the American west, Mario Molina, a chemist whose work on the ozone layer earned him a Nobel Prize in 1995, quietly passed away in Mexico City. He was 77. Molina’s work was crucial to enacting the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in 1987, and it made him one of the most consequential scientists of the past 50 years.

Learn more in the latest vid from the Hive!

Vote Like the Survival of Our Planet Depends On It

Meghan Climate Change, Current Events, Environment November 3, 2020December 28, 2020Climate Action, Climate activism, Climate Change, climate change is real, Climate crisis, climate justice, Climate Science, Election Day, Environment, environmental justice, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Racism, EPA, Trump Presidency, vote

We often talk about the power of our vote to spur change in the world. We encourage you to vote for leaders who believe in science and want to ensure our planet remains habitable for all life on it. If there was ever a time to choose to use your power, now is it.

Halloween Sustainability

Meghan Carbon Footprint, Sustainability, YouTube Channel October 29, 2020August 21, 2021candy, Carbon Footprint, Halloween, holidays, jack o lantern, pumpkin, reduce reuse recycle, Sustainability, sustainable, sustainable fashion, sustainable fashion brands, Sustainable Holiday, sustainable lifestyle, sustainable living, sustainable shopping

Ghosts and ghouls, goblins and witches, Halloween is almost here and we have a few tips to help make sure the carbon footprint of your trick or treating is the opposite of spooky. Welcome to the Haunted Hive with our favorite Zom-BEE!

The Great Barrier Reef and Climate Change

Meghan Biodiversity, Climate Change, Oceans, YouTube Channel October 23, 2020August 21, 2021australia, chemical sunscreen, Chemicals in sunscreen, Climate Change, climate change is real, climate change science, coral, coral bleaching, coral reefs, Global Warming, Great Barrier Reef, Greenhouse Effect, ocean acidification, ocean plastic, Oceans, sunscreen

The Great Barrier Reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia and can be seen from outer space. It is the world’s biggest single structure made by living organisms, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometers (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometers (133,000 sq mi).

More Tricks, and Still No Treats

Meghan Biodiversity, Climate Change, Global Warming October 20, 2020October 19, 2020Biodiversity, Climate Change, climate change is real, Climate crisis, Climate Science, Global Warming, habitat loss, Halloween, locusts, red tides, ripple effect, swarms, zombie fire

It’s almost Halloween, the spookiest time of the year, complete with ghosts and goblins, witches and black cats, scary stories and… climate change? Most of us have at least some small knowledge of the increasing effects of climate change on our planet—increased global temperatures, warming seas, rising seas, melting ice caps, bleaching corals, biodiversity loss, fires, floods, and more. There are, however, some spookier anomalies taking place around the world–so many, in fact, our first article on the subject screamed for a second.

Life On Land

Meghan Biodiversity, Environment, YouTube Channel October 16, 2020August 21, 2021Biodiversity, biomass, Climate Action, Climate Change, climate change is real, Climate crisis, climate justice, Climate Science, extinction, mountains, Paris Agreement, sustainable development, United Nations, wetlands

Hey swrmers! Welcome back to the Hive! As our world seems to become more and more divided, it becomes clearer to us at the Hive, that the only way forward is together. So, we’re bringing it back to the Sustainable Development Goals this week.

All Tricks and No Treats

Meghan Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming October 7, 2020October 7, 2020Climate Change, climate change is real, climate change science, clouds, extreme weather, Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect, greenhouse gases, Halloween, methane, strange, weather, weird, wildfires, zombie fire, zombie storms

It’s October, the spookiest month of the year, complete with ghosts and goblins, witches and black cats, scary stories and… climate change? Most of us have at least some small knowledge of the increasing effects of climate change on our planet—increased global temperatures, warming seas, rising seas, melting ice caps, bleaching corals, biodiversity loss, fires, floods, and more. There are, however, some spookier anomalies taking place around the world….

Sustainable September Wrap Up? Nope!

Meghan Carbon Footprint, Sustainability September 30, 2020September 30, 2020composting, Energy Consumption, Energy Star, plastic free, Plastic pollution, Recycling plastic, Recycling tips, reduce reuse recycle, Sustainability, Sustainability certification, sustainable, Sustainable Challenge, sustainable dining, sustainable energy, sustainable fashion, sustainable lifestyle, sustainable living, sustainable personal care, sustainable shopping, sustainable travel, Sustainable Wardrobe, water conservation, water usage

September’s over. But tomorrow’s a new day, the start of a new month, and a brand new opportunity to implement some of the sustainable living tips we’ve talked about for the last 30 days. So, here are some quick links to every day of our sustainability challenge so you can give it a go all over again!

The California Wildfires

Meghan Climate Change, Global Warming, YouTube Channel September 17, 2020August 21, 2021Climate Action, Climate Change, climate change is real, Climate crisis, Climate Science, wildfire

While some still seem to find it difficult to believe, and claim that even science doesn’t know what’s happening, we disagree. And we’re not the only ones. Climate scientists, leaders around the world, and the people of our planet who are facing existential threats to their homes, lives, and livelihoods all understand that climate change is real. And it is happening right now.