Let’s countdown our faves from 2021 and take them with us into a more sustainable 2022!
Read moreCountdown to a Sustainable New Year
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Our Sustainable Gift Picks for the Holidays
Have yourself a sustainable happy holiday season!
Read moreTop Ten Sustainability Tips for Right NOW
Today, swrmers, we’re going to give you some straight up, achievable actions to get you skipping along that path to your most sustainable self. This is our Top 10 list of what you can do TODAY to make a positive difference. They range from super simple to more time consuming, but they’re all important and importantly, absolutely doable!
Read moreClimate Science: What is a Sustainable Carbon Footprint?
This week we put a value on living sustainably that we all should be striving to achieve, and give some guidance as to what contributes to that value.
Read moreZero Waste Pantry: How to Save on Groceries & Eat Well
Zero waste is a way of living without polluting the planet. The goal is essentially to leave no trace — creating no garbage as you go about your daily activities.
Read moreGreenwashing: Smoke, Mirrors, and Lies, Oh My!
Greenwashing is the process of conveying a false impression or providing misleading information about how a company’s products are environmentally sound. There are many different ways that a company can greenwash their product or image. The marketing by massive corporations is done by very smart people with enormous budgets, so there’s no shame in having fallen for greenwashing. But we’re here to help make sure it doesn’t happen again!
Read moreKeeping it Sustainable This Holiday Season, The Top Ten
We hope your holiday season is off to a great start and you’ve taken a moment to enjoy the gorgeous lights, décor, and changing seasons around you. If 2020 has taught us anything, taking time to appreciate and be grateful for the little things and, more substantially, the people in our lives and what truly makes us happy is more important than ever. And with that in mind, today we’re going to get into some tips for how to get through this holiday season more thoughtfully and more sustainably.
Read more7 Proven Tips for a Simply Sustainable Thanksgiving
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.
Read moreHalloween Sustainability
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!
Read moreSustainable September Wrap Up? Nope!
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!
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