Conscious Living, Ethical Style
If you are anything like me, you look forward to summer all year! From the delicious stone fruit, the barbecues and pool parties (doesn’t everything taste better when eaten outside?), to the lazy beach days, and the vacations and weddings, there is nothing sweeter than summer. While we are still in the midst of the
This weekend is a time to celebrate all of our first loves, the woman who wiped our tears, kissed our scrapes, and supported our dreams. The one who stayed up late working on last minute book reports, and woke up early to drive us to swim practice. The woman that worried when we were late
It is the last day of Fashion Revolution Week. One of the most important things we can do to make fashion more ethical to buy higher quality clothing and accessories, love them, and make them last, for at least 30 wears. To celebrate the end of the week, here is my Fashion Revolution Love Story:
Since 2013, each year on April 24th, I reflect on the transparency, inequities, and social responsibility of the fashion industry (you can read my previous thoughts here and here) And each year so far, it has been discouraging. This year is no different. Today marks the five year anniversary of the Rana Plaza Disaster, which
The first Earth Day, in 1970, gave birth to an environmental movement. It brought the environment into the political conversation, and it worked! We have cleaner air, safer drinking water, and more environmental regulations. Unfortunately, today, Earth Day has become a traditional consumer holiday, with giveaways, Earth Day greeting cards (seriously. This exists), Earth Day
There is so much to do to reduce your impact on the environment, and what better time to do it than Earth Day, and to that end, while not completely exhaustive, here is a pretty long list of things to do on Earth Day, and everyday: Get indoor plants Invest in quality not quantity. Learn