Tag: sustainable living

World Water Day: How Much Do You Really Know About Our Most Important (and Undervalued) Resource

World Water Day was last week. It’s observed globally on March 22 and aims to bring awareness to the water and sanitation crisis. This day has been celebrated every year since 1993 but, be honest, have you ever heard of World Water Day? Me either. Until recently. Water seems to be constantly pushed aside for …

PFAS 101: Where to Find Them and How to Avoid Them

What are PFAS? Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (try saying that ten times fast), better known as PFAS, are a group of man-made chemicals comprised of multiple fluorine atoms attached to an alkyl chain. Chemistry. Basically, this means there are thousands of variations of this chemical. And to our knowledge, they never break down, giving them …

How to be an Environmental Activist

The environment has made headlines a lot in the past couple of years, and most of the time it seems like it’s not good news. It may feel like there’s nothing you can do about it, but the truth is every person is important in helping mitigate climate change. It can be easier than you think …