The Eco Journal

Not Ready for Reusable Toilet Paper? Try These 5 Simple, Sustainable Swaps.

Reusable Toilet Paper is taking the internet by storm, but not everyone can get behind it. This blog post highlights five easy, eco-friendly, and sustainable items you can add to... Read more...

The Hidden Dangers of Dust

Did you know your dust bunnies might be harming you and your family? Discover the hidden dangers of dust and how you can combat them in the most sustainable way! Read more...

Best Sustainable Valentine's Day Ideas For Outdoorsy and Indoorsy Couples (and Singles!)

Is it just us or did the holiday season fly by surprisingly fast? Soon we’ll need to put our thinking caps on –yet again– and brainstorm on all the fun... Read more...

Woman writing in her journal for sustainable New Years Goals.

Sustainable New Years Resolutions You Need to Add to Your List (small changes, big impact!)

Written by Konstantina Antoniadou. Let’s not sugarcoat it; the idea of setting a New Year’s resolution for 2023 may strike you as particularly exhausting. Sometimes, all the stigma around... Read more...

The Business Of Composting: How Food Waste Makes Money

Written by Konstantina Antoniadou. How does food waste make money? What happens when we send something over to the industrial composting facility? Is commercial composting really sustainable? Here’s everything... Read more...

How to Throw an Amazing Sustainable Holiday Dinner Party

With the holidays right around the corner, you are probably ready to start brainstorming on the best sustainable dinner ideas that will dazzle and delight your friends and loved ones. Granted,... Read more...

Vegan Mushroom Bites with Miso Stuffing

Easy to make and packed with flavor—making them the perfect appetizer for a dinner or party. You’ll savor each bite of these mushrooms. Ingredients 24 crimini mushrooms Olive oil... Read more...

Vegan Salted Caramel Carrot Cupcakes

Soft and moist carrot cakes topped with coconut cream frosting. The perfect mix of sweet, salty, and healthy! Ingredients Carrot Cake 2 cups finely grated carrots 1 ½... Read more...

Phthalates: The Endocrine Disruptors You Need To Avoid & Best Alternatives

Written by Konstantina Antoniadou. Plastic food packaging, vinyl flooring, fluid bags, cosmetics, nail polish — what’s the not-so-secret, “everywhere chemical” in our most used household and cosmetic products? Phthalates!... Read more...

How Non-Coastal Litter Still Ends Up in the Ocean

Last month, we invited our local community to do a coastal trash pickup with us. We were met with such proactive individuals and couldn’t help but feel a special kind... Read more...

Top 10 Books About Sustainability

Written by Elizabeth Waddington. There are a great many excellent books out there that have been written on the topic of sustainability. Authors have come at this topic from a... Read more...

Have Eco Anxiety? Read This.

Written by Konstantina Antoniadou. Eco-anxiety, ecological anxiety, eco-distress, or climate anxiety; no matter the label you decide to slap on your must-justified chronic fear of environmental doom, know that you... Read more...