3 Ways To Evaluate the *Real* Sustainability of Your Favorite Beauty Brands
From formulation to packaging, beauty products go through more processes than I can count before they land in your bathroom cabinet. And with each and every step, brands make decisions that render the products more or less...
These biodegradable plates made from pineapples will sprout if you plant them in soil
The Colombian company Lifepack hopes its plantable plates made from pineapple crowns will reduce global plastic waste. It also makes plantable coffee sleeves and sandwich containers.
If you want to find a sustainable, cheap way to keep guests warm this winter, consider infrared heaters — here’s how they work
Patio heaters and log burners rely on fossil fuels and contribute to poor air quality, whereas greener, cost-efficient alternatives like infrared heaters don't.
Eco-Conscious Carbon Footprint Scores Are Coming to a Fast-Casual Menu Near You
There was a time—not terribly long ago—where calorie counts on menus were a novelty, not the norm. (In 2006, New York City became the first city to adopt calorie labeling on chain restaurant menus and menu boards and in 2018,…
Clean Beauty- and Why It Is Essential
Sitting inside this category of buzzwords, clean beauty, already on the upswing in early 2020, is predicted to become more prevalent. Walking through the beauty aisle can often be confusing and overwhelming. It can be hard to make sense of…
Zero Waste for Beginners
The zero-waste movement has the ability to be incredibly impactful. And while I don’t believe that any one person can be entirely zero waste or create no waste at all, I do think we can run into trouble when people…
IKEA’s Chic, Sustainable Tiny Home—Now Open for Virtual Tours
The retail giant teams up with ESCAPE and Vox Creative to create a stylish, 187-square-foot dwelling that’s eco-friendly at its core. IKEA is no stranger to clever design for small spaces—but the furniture giant recently took on a tiny living…
18 Slow Fashion YouTube Channels To Help You Dress Better
In the age of ever-changing fashion trends and overconsumption, slowing down your purchases for the sake of the environment can feel like a daunting task. Fortunately, there are more than enough of YouTube channels out there to inspire us. We…
9 Ways To Make Everything You Do in the Bathroom More Eco-Friendly, According to a Sustainability Expert
Your bathroom is due for an eco-friendly makeover. Get this: Humans flush 270,000 trees down the toilet every day, which means that right now is the best moment to invest in a bidet. But if a butt spray isn’t your…
The Costume Institute’s ‘About Time’ Exhibition Subtly Points to Sustainability as the Future of Fashion
If time used to march along in a straight line, progressing at regular intervals of minutes, days and years, that all seemed to change in 2020. As the pandemic forced people to stay home, the routines we’d relied on in
