Alternatives to Grass Lawns: 3 Great Eco-Friendly Ideas
Green grass lawns are largely considered a staple of well-kept yards, but they require enormous amounts of water and fertilizer to keep green and beautiful.
Lifestyle
Lifestyle explores how sustainability expresses itself in the rhythms of everyday life — the choices we make at home, in the garden, in the kitchen, in our wardrobes, and as we move through the world.
This section focuses on practical guidance, thoughtful reflections, and grounded ideas for reducing waste, consuming more intentionally, and reconnecting with the environment. We explore cultural habits, home practices, and the shifting values behind how people live in a time of ecological urgency.
Whether you’re searching for simple steps or deeper lifestyle shifts, this category brings together stories that make sustainability feel personal, possible, and meaningful.
Why Reducing Your Waste is Essential for A Better World
We produce 2.01 billion tonnes of solid waste per year across the world. And out of the billions of waste produced, only a few percent gets recycled.
Understanding the Impact of Planting Trees for the Planet
Trees play a vital role in combating climate change. Do your part to plant more today and become a hero for the earth.
Colorful Standard: In-Depth Review of this Ethical Brand
If you are looking for soft, comfortable, quality casual clothing that has been thoughtfully created in an amazing array of colors, look no further than Colorful Standard.
Sustainable Bathroom: 6 Tips for an Eco-friendly Routine
Sustainable Bathroom Guide: It can often be the most wasteful room in the house, but these simple tips will aid you towards the goal of creating an earth-conscious and sustainable bathroom space. By Liz Buckley and Marie Nieves What is an eco-friendly bathroom? An eco-friendly bathroom minimizes the use of resources, wastes and energy. There … Read more
7 Ways to Make Your Workout Routine More Eco-Friendly
Your workout routine is an essential part of keeping your body healthy. But, as more people are beginning to realize, it’s important to keep our environment healthy as well.
4 Great Tips For Attracting Wildlife Into Your Garden
Guide to Attracting Wildlife Into Your Garden: Even the most modest of gardens can become an outdoor metropolis where wildlife can thrive. Small changes can open up a window for you to observe and enjoy what nature creates. By Monty George, co-founder of online furniture store, Furniturebox The key to attracting wildlife is to provide … Read more
Almost Zero Effort to Zero Waste Your Kitchen
Don’t be intimidated: Giving your kitchen a zero waste makeover takes almost zero effort; it’s as easy as pressing a button.
Companion Planting: Eliminating the Need for Pesticides
Managing pests in an organic garden is a complex and challenging–though often rewarding–endeavour. Companion planting might help.
Zero-Waste Kitchen: 4 Simple yet Effective Tips
Zero waste is a set of eco-habits that don’t appear instantly. However, simple steps will not require a lot of effort and money but will make your kitchen cleaner.
Kitchen Scraps that are Good for the Garden: Share Breakfast with Your Plants
A good breakfast for us may be eggs, orange juice, a banana, and a hot cup of coffee or tea. Believe it or not, this is also a good meal for your plants.
The Ultimate Guide to Enjoying a Zero Waste Christmas This Year
Never mind its reputation for waste: It’s possible to have a zero waste Christmas, enjoy every minute of it, and not come across as a Grinch.
Make Your Food Shop More Sustainable by Asking These 5 Simple Questions
Our food shop is so intrinsically connected to how we treat the environment, though it often doesn’t cross our minds as we do this weekly chore.
What is Vegan Leather? It’s Creation and Environmental Effects
Not only is it a more humane choice, it could be argued that it’s the only type of leather that can contribute to biodiversity, and to a brighter future for our fragile planet.
The Ethics of Secondhand Clothing
Secondhand Clothing is without a doubt the more ethical choice, especially as compared to fast fashion. As with most things, however, the ethical nuances of the rise in thrift stores are deserving of further consideration.
Why You Should Choose Cruelty-Free Cosmetics
If you’re interested in cruelty-free cosmetics but aren’t quite ready to make the switch, these are a few things you’ll want to consider.
The History and Safety of Teflon and PTFE: What Is Teflon? And Should I Be Concerned?
PTFE, and the associated brand Teflon, is found in kitchens across the world. Just as common, perhaps, are concerns over just how safe these products really are.
Ways to Care for the Planet: Good for The Earth, The Body, and The Bank Account
5 Ways to Care for the Planet: These simple tips will help you to care, not only for your own health, but for that of the planet too.
10 Tips To Start Living Sustainably During This Pandemic
Regardless of events taking place in the world at large, these 10 simple things will help you to live a more sustainable life.
Throwaway Fashion & Fast Fashion: Facts and 4 Great Tips
Throwaway Fashion, Or Fast Fashion, is more than just a callous disregard for the true value and cost of creating clothing and fashion accessories. It is also incredibly harmful to the environment.
A Sustainable Guide to Edinburgh
Scotland’s capital city has romantic appeal, defined by its gothic architecture and a skyline littered with spires that have inspired reams of poetry.
Choice Overload: Why Are We Not Happy Despite So Many Choices in our Lives?
Consumers today are more aware of the impact of their choices on others and the environment. Sustainable options might help achieve decision satisfaction.
Living Sustainably: Why It Cannot Be All About Me
We all need to fight for our governments to deliver the broad-scale, top down changes that are needed so that we can live in a reasonable yet sustainable way.
Top 10 Reasons to Grow Your Own Organic Food
Growing your own organic food has many benefits: It’ll bring you pleasure, help you stay healthy, and be a way of introducing sustainability to your family, friends and future generations.
A Beginners Guide to Zero-Waste Living
Not so very long ago, zero waste living was something few people had heard about. Today, it’s top of the list for many eco-conscious people.
Your Carbon Footprint: 10 Things You Can Do to Decrease It
While we wait for governments, car companies, and power providers to create the infrastructure to allow us all to aim at living zero net carbon lives.
How To Go Carbon Neutral
If we hope to avoid the impending climatic disaster, carbon neutrality should be the goal of everyone, but is net-zero carbon emissions truly achievable?
What does the future hold for Borneo’s Bajau Laut?
Visitors to Mabul Island in Borneo flock to witness some of the most diverse marine life remaining in the world. But whilst there, they are almost guaranteed to meet another mysterious community that call the sea home.
Uttarakhand; Sarmoli, The Mountain Life
Sarmoli is not a place you go to visit; Sarmoli is a place you go for an experience.