In a quest to be more sustainable, buying your produce and meats locally can be one of the best ways to lower your carbon footprint while getting to enjoy some delicious and healthy meals. The food that we buy from supermarket chains often travels an average of 745 miles (1200km) to get from the farm to your dinner plate. The closer your food is to home, the fewer transportation emissions. The farther the food needs to travel, the higher the need for processing and refrigeration…

Moving away from home into a college dorm can be one of the most exciting or nerve-racking parts of college!. From new friends to beer pong tournaments, this is where all the fun happens! Most students are living on their own for the first time and will learn a lot of lessons the hard way. Fortunately, recycling doesn’t have to be one of those painful experiences cause luckily there is no hangover when it comes to being green! Living in a dorm room can be…

Wine and cheese go together like wine bottles and upcycling do. After your next girl’s night in or wine and cheese party, instead of putting your bottles in the recycling bin, give upcycling a try! Doesn’t that sound like a fun idea? You’d be surprised by how many ways there are to upcycle a wine bottle. An upcycled wine bottle can make an excellent addition to any wine lovers home or make a wonderful gift. It’s time to pull out that cork, pour yourself a…

Green teams are the faces of sustainability at university and college campuses all over the world. A dedicated army of eco-conscious individuals that work hard to make their school greener and create a better world for future generations while putting their institution on the map for its green practices. If your school is in need of some green love but is lacking a sustainability department, you could be the Eco-Messiah that your school didn’t know it needed. All the cool campuses are doing it, here’s…

When the single serve coffee brewer started to take off several years ago, the convenience of being able to make an individual cup of coffee at the press of a button had everyone in a tizzy, and sales have continued to rise. No seriously, in 2014 Keurig sold enough coffee pods to encircle the earth’s equator 10.5 times! However, there is a downside to the convenience, with coffee pods piling up in our landfills by the billions. The inventor of the K-Cup, John Sylvan, is ambivalent…