Sustainable Living

With outdoor temperatures progressively cooling down, plant parents can keep their green babies healthy with these essential winter plant care tips.

Composting doesn’t just do wonders towards minimizing your overall waste, it can be used to turn your decomposed trash into one of the best natural fertilizers; and it’s free.

To further minimize your environmental impact, these sustainable oral care brands are worth investing in, for the sake of your dental health.

What can you do with old pumpkins? From composting to donating to zoos, there are endless options to keep them out of the landfill.

Compostable packaging is becoming more and more popular in restaurants these days, but can this miraculous innovation be recycled, or does it fall into the same trap as its plastic predecessor?

What happens to ladybugs in the wintertime? There's a reason why the red and black bugs are commonly found indoors, when the temperatures start dropping.

Flies are assumed to be a natural part of the composting process by many, but are these little buggers actually necessary or are they just a nuisance?

The toy industry wastes massive amounts of plastic, but these toy companies are taking a stand against the wasteful material and cutting back.

As temperatures are dropping, it's around that time to break out a second layer — augment your autumnal "lewk" with these sustainable fall jackets.

These 15 Black-owned online vintage shops will help you get your thrift on.

If you decide to participate in Amazon Prime Day 2020, peruse a few of our favorite Black-owned businesses participating in the annual event.

Prince George was devastated by David Attenborough’s newest documentary, his dad Prince William revealed.

Zero-waste products use non-vegan, animal-based materials and ingredients far too often. Why isn't anyone talking about this?

Here are eco-friendly supplies for back-to-school or your home office!

If you want to know more about how to start a worm farm, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s how it helps the planet, and how to build your own.

A company called Lia Diagnostics started creating a flushable pregnancy test that is not only sustainable, but will also protect your privacy.

New to a solar panel system? Here’s everything you need to know to get started!

These Black women Instagrammers are putting a spotlight on the connection between climate justice and racial justice.

When it comes to household items, like pillows, it can be hard to know how to go the planet-friendly route for getting rid of them. Here’s how.

Looking for environmentally friendly cat food? Look no further!

National CBD Day is coming up on Aug. 8. Do yourself a favor, and celebrate (aka, chill out) with these must-try CBD products that we seriously love.

What’s the best toothpaste for the environment? Keep your oral hygiene routine clean for you and the planet.

Does eco-friendly weed killer actually exist? Allow us to break it down.

Learn how you can reduce your impact and go zero-waste in the shower!

In an effort to support Black-owned vegan businesses, we’ve rounded up some of the best vegan and sustainable food options out there.

These Black-owned apps will help you find Black-owned companies, support Black entrepreneurs, and live more mindfully and sustainably.

Sephora will no longer sell mink fur eyelashes, after customers demanded the makeup giant stop supporting the cruel fur industry.

These Black-owned, sustainable beauty and skincare brands sell everything from lipstick to skincare to deodorant to toothpaste.

These 10 sustainable, Black-owned small businesses are all worth checking out.

You may be asking yourself if flowers are sustainable — get the answer.

Should kids wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic? Here's how to order cloth masks for children.

Get crafty with these ways to upcycle milk cartons!

Eco-friendly hair dye does exist, meaning you can stay away from harmful chemicals when coloring your hair.

Get inspired and try one of these sustainable Mother’s Day crafts.

There are so many benefits to shopping at a farmers market — learn more.

People all over the world are littering the masks and gloves they’re using to avoid the novel coronavirus.

Quarantine living is not a walk in the park, but there are a few takeaways we can carry into life after the pandemic is over.

DIY cloth face masks can be made without a sewing machine, and can help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

P&G brands Old Spice and Secret are now available in paper tubes — but the corporation is still one of the world's largest plastic polluters.

This is how long it takes compost to break down.