by Amy Wolkenhauer | Family & Life, Renewable Energy
Welcome to Part Two of EcoKarma’s two-part series recognizing the Global Choices and Voices Creating World-Changing Solutions. In Voices Among the Changemakers, taking a look at the not so silent ways businesses, people, and communities impact the Sustainability Nexus...
by Sharayah Barr | News & Updates
Hello from Ray, your friendly neighborhood site manager that has been missing ’round these parts for a couple of years now! Well, the truth is, I’ve been here, but only behind the scenes. Updating old posts, finding some new writers here and there –...
by Sharayah Barr | Footprint
I really just want to dive right into what we’ve been up to as a family unit this past year. There’s a time to hmm and haw about the goals that 2020 seemed to unravel— but instead I’d rather focus on what we did do. Local campgrounds were a popular...
by Amy Wolkenhauer | Family & Life, Renewable Energy
Merge the people and ideas influencing environmental sustainability globally, and we discover that it’s our planet’s most prolific industry to-date. The movement envisions world-changing solutions born out of the need to preserve our cultures, nourish ecological...
by Amy Wolkenhauer | Food & Drink, Health
If natural isn’t any better than a conventionally produced product and organic doesn’t mean 100% organic, why do we even bother with labels at all? Natural and organic labeling is supposed to help us make better and more humane food and skincare choices, but all this...
by Amy Wolkenhauer | Health
Finding the best natural toothpaste for your personal care routine isn’t just about the ingredients. Bathroom plastics are sucking the life out of our planet with waste and pollution, furthermore devastating marine mammals and sea birds. Data suggests that...
by Amy Wolkenhauer | Food & Drink
If you eat organic fruits and vegetables, skip plastic bags, and carry your water, then switching to the best organic wine will be a snap. You may not know it, but drinking organic wine helps conserve watersheds and tributaries, making it easier for plants, animals,...
by Amy Wolkenhauer | Home & Kitchen
Store-bought natural cleaners and cleaning products have been on the market for over 130 years, attracting consumers to fresh-smelling products. Now, there’s a kind of re-evolution in consumer demand not only for sustainable products—but sustainable manufacturers,...
by Amy Wolkenhauer | Health
Over 500 million plastic shampoo bottles wind up in landfills every year. Many also contain PFAs (Perfluoroalkoxy alkanes), which is the same stuff in firefighting foam and Teflon. Those chemicals then enter our drinking water, causing disease. Gross, right?...
by Sharayah Barr | Family & Life, Home & Kitchen
Learning how to reduce water waste, requires you first to look at where your waste is occurring. Americans have woken up to our increasing water waste according to a recent survey where only 9% of respondents were not concerned about water waste. It’s...
