Favorite Spring Quotes: I Am Calm Again
“With the coming of spring, I am calm again.” Gustav Mahler Browse Postconsumers for More of Our Best Spring Content Our Gardening Inspirations and Resources Homemade Eco-Friendly Spring Cleaners Spring Upcycling Ideas Get More Inspirations Like This: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Pinterest | Google+ | Medium Photo Credit: Khánh Hmoong via Flickr
Twenty-Five Projects to Help Save the Planet This Summer
So what are you doing with your summer? For most people, summer means a time of increased free time, vacations, and even some relaxation. We understand that, for some, that’s certainly not true. But for anybody who is involved in most education calendars or has kids in school, who works a job with a slower summer season or who regularly takes their vacation time in the summer, things are slightly less stressful and [...]
Favorite David Suzuki Quotes: Children Should Play in the Mud
"We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact, too often we tell them it's dirty and dangerous." David Suzuki Learn More About the Environment and Consumerism with These Resources Global Warming Resource Center Tree Hugging Resource Center Save the Planet Resource Center Water Conservation Resource Center Energy Conservation Resource Center Recycling Resource Center Essential [...]
Favorite David Suzuki Quotes: Stop Plastic Bag Use
"We humans have become dependent on plastic for a range of uses, from packaging to products. Reducing our use of plastic bags is an easy place to start getting our addiction under control." David Suzuki Learn More About the Environment and Consumerism with These Resources Global Warming Resource Center Tree Hugging Resource Center Save the Planet Resource Center Water Conservation Resource Center Energy Conservation Resource Center Recycling Resource Center Essential Postconsumers Center Photo [...]
Favorite David Suzuki Quotes: Population Growth, Technology and Natural Systems
"Rapid population growth and technological innovation, combined with our lack of understanding about how the natural systems of which we are a part work, have created a mess." David Suzuki Learn More About the Environment and Consumerism with These Resources Global Warming Resource Center Tree Hugging Resource Center Save the Planet Resource Center Water Conservation Resource Center Energy Conservation Resource Center Recycling Resource Center Essential Postconsumers Center Photo Credit: kris krüg via Flickr
Five Cities Headed to Zero Waste
Earlier this month, we talked about how there was a delta gap between the amount of material that most cities are trying to recycle and what’s actually getting recycled. To be honest, the article (along with an earlier one this month on how Americans seem to not care about environmental issues at present) were more than a touch depressing to us. After all, these are issues that we’re patently passionate about. So while [...]
Favorite David Suzuki Quotes: The Human Brain
"The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet from outer space: a single entity in which air, water, and continents are interconnected. That is our home." David Suzuki Learn More About the Environment and Consumerism with These Resources Global Warming Resource Center Tree Hugging Resource Center Save the Planet Resource Center Water Conservation Resource Center Energy Conservation Resource Center Recycling Resource Center [...]
Favorite David Suzuki Quotes: Ecologists and Economists
"You would have thought that our first priority would be to ask what the ecologists are finding out, because we have to live within the conditions and principles they define. Instead, we've elevated the economy above ecology." David Suzuki Learn More About the Environment and Consumerism with These Resources Global Warming Resource Center Tree Hugging Resource Center Save the Planet Resource Center Water Conservation Resource Center Energy Conservation Resource Center Recycling Resource Center [...]
The Relationship Between Consumerism and Global Warming
You can take a quick scan and see that all of our content this month, which is Earth Day month after all, is focused on environmentalism. It may at first seem mildly out of place given our stated mission of inspiring the mainstream against industrial and addictive consumerism. But we’d argue that society’s addictive consumerism and the state of the environment, climate change, pollution and global warming are intricately linked. Today, we’ll be [...]
Favorite David Suzuki Quotes: Good Change
"Change is never easy, and it often creates discord, but when people come together for the good of humanity and the Earth, we can accomplish great things." David Suzuki Learn More About the Environment and Consumerism with These Resources Global Warming Resource Center Tree Hugging Resource Center Save the Planet Resource Center Water Conservation Resource Center Energy Conservation Resource Center Recycling Resource Center Essential Postconsumers Center Photo Credit: M.G. Kafkas via Flickr
