Valentines Day gifts don’t have to be wasteful. Here’s 14 simple tips for how to have an eco-friendly Valentines Day this year.
How to Have an Eco-Friendly Valentines Day: 14 Simple Tips
40 Plastic-free Toothbrushes* & Sustainable Dental Care Products for a Zero-Waste Bathroom
Oral hygiene products are the source of a lot of plastic waste in the bathroom and yet something we need to use every day. Fortunately, there are a lot of options for more sustainable dental care items – plastic-free toothbrushes, toothpastes, and even flosses. If you replace your plastic toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes when they’re […]
15 Sustainable Cities That Make Eco-Friendly Travel Super Easy
Sustainable travel is on many of our minds entering 2020 and improving our habits to become more eco-friendly travelers should be on all of our to-do lists. A lot of traveling sustainably comes down to our personal actions, but it’s no secret that some cities make it easier to be green than others. I’ve talked […]
20 Sustainable Travel Bloggers to Follow in 2020 for Epic Eco-Friendly Inspiration
I realized recently that I follow a lot of travel influencers, but not nearly enough sustainable travel bloggers. Entering 2020, I wanted to flood my feed with more eco-friendly vacation inspiration, and also diversify my feed to include more women of color, as the travel sphere can be pretty white. (As a white woman trying […]
6 Sustainable Vegan Makeup Brands
I’m back with another post in my mini-series on sustainable brands and products, this time with 6 sustainable vegan makeup brands I think you all will love. This time you’ll find vegan lipsticks in metal tins, vegan mineral powders in cardboard containers, and even biodegradable glitter. Some brands included offer specific vegan options, but most […]
Sustainable Product Recommendations: A Mini-Series Introduction
Over the past two years, I’ve been researching and writing about how we can each travel more sustainably in our daily lives. What I’ve realized about sustainable travel is this: it really comes down to developing sustainable habits that we practice each day, so that we can continue to implement them while we’re on the […]
Plastic-Free, Vegan Deodorants to Keep Your Pits & Planet Healthy
A list of vendors offering plastic-free, vegan deodorants so you can make your beauty routine for happy pits and a happy planet.
Why This Scuba Instructor Switched To A Menstrual Cup Instead Of Tampons
For many of us ladies, dealing with our periods is a huge annoyance, expense, and literal pain. Most of us can relate to the fear of getting our periods during our long-awaited beach vacation, or the panic when we realize we’ve gotten our period and don’t have the necessary supplies on us. For swimmers and […]
Slow Travel: What it Is and Why You Should Try It
Slow travel – are you familiar with it? I hadn’t heard of this concept until the past year or so when I started meeting people who worked remotely or traveled for a living. (Yes, those people do exist, making a living off of sharing their travel stories through blog, video, and the like. I can […]
Ethical Travel Mistakes: 5 Things We Wouldn’t Do Again and Their Responsible Alternatives
All travelers would like to think our trips are harmless, that tourism is an industry void of ethical issues. Unfortunately, the reality is often quite the opposite. Many aspects of the tourism industry leave the places we visit in worse shape than we left them, whether the impact be on the environment, the wildlife, or the locals themselves. It’s […]