How Can We Help Save Bees and Butterflies? 🦋

If you read this blog, I'm assuming you care about the environment. And those of us that care for the environment are mostly aware that bees and butterflies have been in trouble for quite some time. They not only contribute to pollinating our food, regulating our ecosystems, and increasing the global economy, but they contribute …

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Mindful Gift-Giving Guide

Winter has arrived. That cozy time of year that warms our hearts and asks us to reflect, be grateful, and celebrate all the beauty and bounty of life. One of the most wonderful parts of the holiday season is giving to those that you love and letting friends and family know how much you appreciate …

Environmental News Stories We Should Be Paying Attention To

With everything going on this past year, environmental news and its importance has been placed on a back burner, overtaken by pandemic related issues as well as social and political chaos. While it may be understandable that we are focused on other important news stories right now, 2020 is set to be the hottest year …

The BushFire Crisis: Help Heal Australia

For two months, the world has watched in horror and despair as one of the most beautiful and diverse continents on our planet is ravaged by fire. While New South Wales and Victoria were most affected by the bushfires, much of the country was covered in blazes, some uniting into super fires. More than two …

The Crisis in the Amazon

There are little words to describe the heartache that I feel watching the Amazon rain forest, one of the most beautiful, sacred, and bio diverse places on the planet, burn. It has been an emotional past week seeing the headlines and really meditating on what this means and how insignificant my problems feel compared to …

The Black Mambas: Victory for Women and Wildlife

Women are strong, beautiful forces of nature. We are capable of anything we put or minds to. Two powerful, inspiring groups of women are proving just that by taking a stand against poaching in different regions of Africa. It is difficult to predict how many animals we truly loose to poaching each year due to …

What is EcoFriendly Interior Design?

As the importance of sustainable practices becomes more clear, "green" or eco friendly interior design has become more popular and critical than ever before. Many people are finally looking into what it means to welcome green living into their homes and every day lives. Over-use of practical building materials and deforestation have had devastating effects …

Does Meat REALLY Impact the Environment?

Animals aren't the only ones suffering at the hands of the meat industry; Mother Earth is right there with them. Our planet is in worse condition that ever before. In a time when environmental health seems to be ignored by our current U.S. government, (The secretary of agriculture comes from the biggest chicken-producing state in …

The Urgency of Ending Extinction

The most basic goal of every living being on Earth is to reproduce and prolong life of its species through genes and evolution. What does it take to push a species so far from obtaining that goal that it ceases to exist entirely? For 860 known species of extinct animal, it seems that simply trying …