Eco bags are gaining popularity as alternatives to plastic grocery bags. But are they really as eco as people want to believe? Let’s dive into it in the video version of Are Eco Bags Really ECO? For the blog version, you can find it at: https://verdantgrowth.blog/?p=225
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 […]
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, […]
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. Part 1: What’s the difference between vegetarian and vegan?Part 2: Why Become Vegetarian?: Culture/Religion & HealthPart 3: Why […]
The video version of my blog post on the basics you can buy to start living ECO! Episode 1! Making videos is a lot harder than I thought. Trying to work up to making one per week!
Despite the recent upward trend of vegetarians and vegans in society, there are still a lot of questions these days about what vegetarianism/veganism is. Because of this, I decided to make a 3-part blog series about vegetarian and vegan diets. The three parts will consist of: Part 1: What’s the difference between vegetarian and vegan?Part 2: Why Become Vegetarian?: Culture/Religion […]
There are a lot of ways to make your home more environmentally-friendly, but one of the best places to start is in the bathroom. Most of the products we use there are continually purchased and repurchased, each time disposing of the containers and packaging that holds it: toothpaste, shampoo, liquid hand soaps, floss, and toothbrushes, just to name a few. […]
Are you looking for an easy eco-challenge to take on? The first challenge I took on when I decided to start this eco journey was to pick up at least one piece of trash every day for 30 days. It barely takes any effort at all (the hardest part is just getting out of the house), but it can lead […]
The Verdant Growth blog is going LIVE in video form! Don’t worry, we’re still going with the blog, but in order to reach as wide of an audience and influence as many people as possible, we decided to start the Verdant Growth YouTube channel! It’s still a new venture, so we’re still learning how to properly shoot and edit the […]
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. […]