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Recycling: Enough Already?

Does it make more sense to recycle our trash or to just, well, trash it? The popularity of recycling waste is undeniable. Recycling waste is a topic many now agree on. And yet, its critics abound.

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A Historical Take on Dumping Grounds: Trash to Treasure

People have needed effective solutions to deal with trash since the beginning of human civilization. Native Americans kept dedicated sites for their trash, too. These mounds of refuse provide a glimpse of prehistoric life. What can we do with all our trash today?

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What It Means to Be Sustainable in the 21st Century

By now, sustainability as a concept has worked its way into everyday life. But knowing the definition will not by itself bring sustainability into your life. What does sustainability mean to you, and how can you incorporate it into your everyday life?

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How Sustainability Benefits Your Small Business

For entrepreneurs looking to start a sustainable business, now is the best time to do so. As reported by Business Line, businesses that follow a sustainable strategy are 2.5 times more likely to be successful than those that don’t,

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Seven Healthy, Productive Ways to Deal With Climate Anxiety

We hear from most news channels about the degraded state of our planet. It’s bound to produce anxiety for many. And yet, there are things you can do to reduce that anxiety. Taking small actions to save our planet is a worthwhile way to relieve climate anxiety.

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The Roadmap to Launching Your Green Business

Many entrepreneurs feel like it’s impossible to follow green practices in their business, or to even make a difference. If you’re curious about entrepreneurship, and you want to help the environment, launching a sustainable business might be in your future.

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Book Review — Mindset Medicine: A Journaling Power Self-Love Book

Mari McCarthy has done it again: she’s written a book of inspiration for living your best life. She says that self-acceptance and a healthy dose of self-respect will lead you to find your best self. Grab your journal and follow her prompts to find your best life.

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The United Nations: Then and Now

The United Nations celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2020. After the carnage that was World War II, 50 nations gathered in San Francisco to agree to the “United Nations Declaration” that no such war would again occur.

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What does the UN have to do with the future? How about 17 Sustainable Development Goals?

By now, most people are quite aware of climate change and at least some of the problems it’s causing. So what is being done to counter it? The UN has an answer, or 17 of them, called the Sustainability Development Goals.

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A circular economy: the wherefore and the why

Ever since the induction of the Industrial Revolution, the developed world has run on the concept of a linear economy. Based on the “take-make-waste,” model of production, a linear economy has been the preferred method of commerce since the mid-nineteenth century. A circular economy, on the other hand …

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