Conscious Fashion · Sustainable Lifestyle · Exploring California
Fair Trade Month Did you know that October is Fair Trade Month? Today, I’m sharing my go-to store for fair trade goodies called Ten Thousand Villages, which is one of the founding members of the World Fair Trade Organization. Ten Thousand Villages is a non-profit retailer with an online store and 55 brick and mortar […]
As a girl, I aspired to be Ariel in the Little Mermaid. I haven’t pulled it off yet but I’ve kept hundreds of pet fish, relocated to the seaside and learned to scuba dive. Diving feels otherworldly, breathing underwater and interacting with schools of porcupine puffers, sea turtles at cleaning stations and grumpy eels. World […]
Reusable shopping bags and straws are pretty ubiquitous now (Yay!). Have you wondered what environmentally-friendly change to make next? Below are seven sustainable swaps I’ve made over the last year. Did you know that a standard plastic toothbrush can take up to 400 years to break down? Every year, about 450 million toothbrushes are sent […]
Is Clothing Made From Recycled Material Bad For The Environment? I love wearing clothing made from recycled plastic and supporting brands that repurpose old fishing nets and plastic bottles. We can now buy anything from leggings, shoes, and jackets made from recycled plastic. Unfortunately, there’s a negative aspect to clothing made from synthetic material. When […]
Fun fact: scientists recently found microplastics in human poop. The plastic originated from consumed fish, which had eaten broken down plastic in the sea. Plastic pollution is an issue that I’ve been reading about lately. Something that was once considered a “wonder material” is now a modern waste problem. I’ve become conscious of the number […]
Our Oceans Are Drowning in Plastic Every day, we generate around 3.5 million tonnes of plastic waste. This is ten times the amount we produced a century ago. On Saturday, September 15th, the largest one-day volunteer event in California takes place. Volunteers will be getting together to take part in the International Coastal Clean-Up Day organized by […]