Organic Agriculture

When we think of sustainability, our minds often go to things like fossil fuels and plastic. We don’t instantly consider food, which is why we’ll be taking two parts to talk about organics and genetically engineered foods!

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Amanda Seale
Zoos, Aquariums, + Conservation

Conserving the animals that we have here on Earth is proving to be quite a challenge. For this post, we’ll delve into all of the nitty-gritty details about extinction, animal conservation, and the role zoos + aquariums play.

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Amanda Seale
Sweet for Sustainability

Valentine’s Day has been around for a couple of centuries, but its origin story is still a bit convoluted. Whether the day started as a celebration of Catholic Saints or as a new take on a Pagan fertility festival, the day has come to celebrate our sweet tooth just as much as our romance.

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Amanda Seale
Composting: Heaps of Fun

Most of us have been in that spot where we go to the grocery store and stock up on veggies, only to find a fridge full of spoiled wishful thinking at the end of the week. While food waste is a big deal, what happens (or doesn’t happen) to our food waste when we send it to the landfill might be an even bigger cause for concern.

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Amanda Seale
How the Grinch Greened Christmas

For a lot of people, putting up the Christmas tree is what signals the start of the holiday season. Some households put the tree up before Halloween is over while others will wait it out until Thanksgiving has come and gone. What some people don’t know is that the type of tree means something in terms of sustainability.

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Amanda Seale
Turkey Day

With Halloween behind us, we can now begin to look forward to copious amounts of food consumption, extravagant parades, and the potential for out-of-town relatives.

This month, we’ll be featuring two separate posts covering all things Thanksgiving – starting with the carbon footprint.

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Amanda Seale