Luxury and sustainability used to seem like contradictions, but today, eco-luxury is changing that perception. Travelers no longer have to choose between indulgence and responsibility. The rise of eco-luxury glamping is proving that you can enjoy high-end comfort while still respecting the planet. What Does Eco-Luxury Mean? Eco-luxury is all about balancing extravagance with environmental consciousness. It means staying in places that use sustainable materials, conserve resources, and support local communities — all while providing world-class comfort. Whether it’s a safari tent with solar power or a treehouse with organic cotton bedding, eco-luxury travel lets you experience nature without harming it. What does eco-luxury mean in practice? It’s more than just…
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How to Shop for the Environment This Holiday Season
Advocating for sustainability means aiming to be green in every aspect of life. While holiday shopping seems inconsequential, there are numerous ways you may be buying against the environment rather than for it. Learn some holiday sustainability tips for the festive season. Why Learn How to Shop Sustainably This Season? The past few years have been full of climate change news, from wildfires to hurricanes and more. Half of Americans said the information motivated them to do more to address the issue in 2023. Learning how to shop sustainably is a small step toward reducing your own footprint from the situation. The festive season is the ideal time to exercise sustainable shopping.…
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Unwrapping the Global Plastics Problem
Notpla is a UK-based seaweed packaging company focused on making packaging disappear
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One Can
Less is More: Getting to One Can of Garbage a Year
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Tips to Adopt a Zero Waste Lifestyle
Zero-waste living is when you strive to reduce your trash output by choosing reusable over disposable products, composting organic waste, and recycling materials.
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Recycled Arts and Sustainable Living Festival
June 4th and 5th Yamhill County Fairgrounds 2070 NE Lafayette Avenue, McMinnville). Zero Waste McMinnville had to surrender to the pandemic by curtailing their impactful hands-on volunteer crusade to make McMinnville the first Zero Waste city in Oregon. However, they now feel that the pandemic is manageable for them to re-enter the community with their efforts. Therefore, they invite one and all to join them. They encourage you all to re-engage with Zero Waste McMinnville by joining their effort as a volunteer. They will need help raffling off two electric bikes and volunteers with Zero Waste Oregon and Edible Landscapes of Yamhill County. They also need volunteers to sit in…
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Fix it Forward
When we first moved into our home 40 years ago, the front door lock didn’t work quite right. One day I decided to fix it. Ha! I learned that it just wasn’t that simple. In order to fix it, I needed to understand how it worked. If you want to fix something, it is wise to take the time to find out how it works, how all the pieces fit together. It has become evident that many, many things are out of balance and fundamentally needs fixing: the economy, health care, the food system, partisan politics, climate change and environment, social and racial inequities, and education. This long list can…
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McMinnville Recycled Arts Festival
*Rescheduled to the Weekend of July 23-25 2021 Trash as Art: Learning that Upcycling is Amazing! Celebrating how easy it is to learn to live sustainably! Sustainably made goods from upcycled content; this is a marvelous opportunity to buy unique gifts for the special people in your life. Sip and Shop – A recycled fashion show with emcee Jenn Jarred, local drag personality. $25 admission not only introduces you to recycled fashion, it also gives you exclusive access to over 50 artists’ tables. Come learn how artistic talent and expression uses upcycled items that many of us would toss into the trash and amazingly useful and beautiful objects are produced…
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13 Eco-Friendly RESOLUTIONS for Beginners
If you're just starting out on your zero waste journey or only recently started thinking about how sustainable your lifestyle is, then these ideas are for you
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Green Resolutions for a Green Revolution
I want to be able to look young people in the eye and say that their future was worth making some changes to my personal actions.
