Responsible Goods for Back to School: The Best Picks and Tips
Gearing up to go back to school can be stressful if you’re trying to tread lightly on the planet. Conventional school supplies, disposable sandwich baggies and packaged food wrappers usually head straight to landfill and stay there forever, breaking down into small pieces that pollute the environment. Cheap, single-use plastic products for young students also…Read the full article
Say Goodbye to Plastic Straws (+ Giveaway and Flash Sale!)
Earth Day Countdown: Week 6 Every week for the past six weeks we’ve shared facts about single-use, offered the chance to win reusable products, and offered discounts to empower you to break wasteful habits. In honor of Earth Day, we’re urging you to please stop sucking. Facts: The Single-Use Plastic Straw Similar to single-use plastic…Read the full article
Say Goodbye to Takeout Containers (+ Giveaway and Flash Sale!)
Earth Day Countdown: Week 5 Each week between now and April 22, we’ll give you powerful facts to share, offer you the chance to win reusable products, and give you discounts to empower you to break wasteful habits. Facts: The Single-Use Takeout Container Takeout containers and other food packaging account for 32% of all waste…Read the full article
Say Goodbye to Plastic Utensils (+ Giveaway and Flash Sale!)
Earth Day Countdown: Week 4 Each week between now and April 22, we’ll give you powerful facts to share, offer you the chance to win reusable products, and give you discounts to empower you to break wasteful habits. Facts: The Disposable Plastic Utensil 40 billion disposable plastic utensils are used in the U.S. every year,…Read the full article
Say Goodbye to Plastic Cups (+ Giveaway and Flash Sale!)
Earth Day Countdown: Week 3 It’s officially Earth Month! Each week between now and April 22, we’ll give you powerful facts to share, offer you the chance to win reusable products, and give you discounts to empower you to break wasteful habits. The global impact of our throwaway plastic cup habit is staggering. Plastic cups…Read the full article
Say Goodbye to Plastic Bags (+ Giveaway and Flash Sale!)
Earth Day Countdown: Week 2 Earth Day is a month away! Each week between now and April 22, we’ll give you powerful facts to share, offer you the chance to win reusable products, and give you discounts to empower you to break wasteful habits. The throwaway sandwich baggie is so common that 20 million of…Read the full article
Guest Post: Turning Green’s Project Green Challenge Truly Changed My Life
Tamsin Stringer is a senior at Bloomington High School South and was named Project Green Challenge 2016 Champion. She was born in the UK, spent her early childhood in Japan, and has now lived for ten years in Indiana. At school, she is a student leader for the club Students Advocating for a Greener Environment…Read the full article
Green Thursday: Best Resources for Eco-Friendly Back-to-School Products
While you’re soaking up some much-needed summer rays, the back-to-school season is right around the corner. We recognize how important it is to start off the school year feeling totally equipped to take on the world. But the sad reality is that so many popular back-to-school products aren’t doing you – or the planet –…Read the full article
Five Last-Minute DIY Mother’s Day Gifts
Mother’s Day is coming up and many of us try hard not to buy into the holiday shopping frenzy and instead celebrate with gifts that are more thoughtful and less wasteful. Let’s keep it up! Here are some useful and meaningful ideas for DIY Mother’s Day gifts: Homemade salve From one of our favorite blogs, Food 52, this naturally…Read the full article
The Turning Green Waste-Free Starter Kit
Our New Waste-Free Starter Kit New this month, we’re teaming up with our partner, Turning Green, to offer our first waste-free starter kit with four of our most popular reusable essentials. When transitioning to a zero-waste lifestyle, preparation is half the battle. Most people see the benefit and have the motivation to change habits, but they just don’t know where…Read the full article