6 Must-Read Books on Climate Change and ECO Activism

6 Must-Read Books on Climate Change and ECO Activism

The concern over climate change is growing, but there’s a lot of misinformation and science denial that we face. If you want to be an environmental activist, you need to be well-read on climate change, the environment, new technologies in the renewable energy world, and the tactics being used to stop the advancement of new energy.  Read up on the […]

5 Things You Can Do to Live ECO on Lockdown

5 Things You Can Do to Live ECO on Lockdown

Being environmentally-friendly during a time when it’s hard to get out of your house to visit the environment can be tricky, but it’s not impossible! Most of the impact we have on the world comes from the choices that we make in the home. So today I wanted to bring up a few things that you can do to help […]

11 Eco Swaps to Make Your Kitchen ECO

11 Eco Swaps to Make Your Kitchen ECO

There are many aspects to reducing your environmental impact on the world. Sometimes it takes changing habits, sometimes it takes replacing environmentally UNfriendly things with eco-friendly options, and sometimes it takes both. But one thing is certain: there are many ways to make your life more eco and if you try to tackle everything at once, it can easily become […]

What is an ECO Shower?

What is an ECO Shower?

Most people are aware that when you drive a car, that smoke that comes out of the tailpipe is gross and bad for the environment. It’s something that we can intuit; It looks gross and smells gross. You can feel it negatively affecting the quality of the air. So it’s not a big stretch to believe that the same smoke […]

Why Become Vegetarian?: Animal Welfare & Science

Why Become Vegetarian?: Animal Welfare & Science

In part 1 of this series on vegetarians, we talked about what a vegetarian is and what the difference is between a vegetarian and a vegan is. Now I wanted to talk about the reasons why someone would choose to go vegetarian.  In part 2, we talked about two reasons that vegetarians may choose to be vegetarian: culture and religion, […]

The Carbon Footprint of a Strawberry

The Carbon Footprint of a Strawberry

Have you ever thought about what the carbon footprint of a strawberry is? Ever considered how much of an impact a strawberry has on climate change? Probably not. I certainly hadn’t. Let’s carbonalyze a strawberry. Okay, I made that word up. But it works. Carbon + analyze. I like it. I’m keeping it. Let’s say you live in New York. […]

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