Road Trip Essentials: What to Pack When Traveling with Kids
Everyone looks forward to summer vacation: school is out, work slows down and it’s the best time to plan a few trips with your family. Whether they are short trips…Read the full article
10 Tips to Help You Raise Eco-Conscious Kids
To ensure that our planet remains healthy for future generations, it’s our responsibility to teach kids how to be eco-conscious. According to the EPA, Americans generate about 254 million tons of…Read the full article
Traveling Zero Waste – Tips from the Freid
Below is a guest blog post from Alex Freid at PLAN, who just wrapped up the Patagonia Worn Wear College Tour, and his attempt to travel zero waste for 14 weeks and 15,000…Read the full article
Four Reasons We Love Bulk Bin Shopping
Buying food and personal care products in bulk is catching on as the zero-waste movement is becoming more mainstream. It’s becoming so popular that you can buy almost anything in bulk…Read the full article
Plastic Pollution and The Plastics BAN List
Thanks to research done by four organizations devoted to solving the plastic pollution problem, we now know the most harmful plastic products on the market in California—and the alternatives. The Plastics…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…Read the full article
Five Ways to Honor the Planet this Earth Day
Our favorite day of the year is this Saturday, April 22, marking the birth of the environmental movement. More than 1 billion people acknowledge Earth Day every year by participating in…Read the full article
Guest Post: Six Things You Didn’t Know About Plastic
Think you know what’s in your coffee cup… or closet? Think again—it could contain a type of plastic that’s polluting the environment and/or endangering your health. With nearly a decade…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…Read the full article
Blog Share: Zero Waste Around the World
So much of what you’re able to do to reduce your waste depends on whether there’s a culture of and facilities for shopping sustainably, composting, and recycling. So while some of…Read the full article