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85% of the world’s population has been affected by human-induced climate change
Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a non-profit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change.
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Low waste shopping
If you read Sustainably Amber’s post on Tips for Reducing Food Waste, you might be in the market for eco-friendly grocery shopping. Amber has collated some excellent tips just for you! Always keep your reusable bags in your vehicle - that way you will never forget them. For those times Read more…
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Clothes Swap
The most environmentally friendly option that has been gaining a lot of traction over the past few years is the “Clothes Swap”, a small party where people bring valued but no longer used clothing and exchange them for a few items brought in by another participant.
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Tips for Reducing Food Waste
During the pandemic I became more aware of how I stored my food to maximize its shelf life. As we all know a lot of grocery stores were low on food so I made an effort to make sure I put to use every single piece of food I bought.
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Earth Day 2021—Restore our Earth
Every now and then, I think about this particular scene in “The Graduate,” a 1967 film with Dustin Hoffman. “One word: Plastics” In retrospect, it seems a harbinger of our current plastic pollution woes. Indeed, according to a July 2019 National Geographic Magazine article, “Plastic pollution has become one Read more…
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Food Scraps: Waste or Resource
We throw away 30-40% of our food, 133 billion pounds worth $161 billion, every year. That’s bad!
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Aspiring to bring sustainability, reuse, and creativity to even wider audiences.
Dear friend of Spare Parts,When Swedish activist Greta Thunberg traveled to the United NationsClimate Action Summit in New York she could have flown, but that would have contributed to carbon emissions. Knowing that her carbon footprint could be reduced, she sailed the Atlantic carbon emission-free. That is the kind of Read more…