A place to talk about living in a sustainable way. The focus here is on individual lifestyles, not big technological fixes. Things like growing and cooking your own produce, repairing instead of replacing, and reusing instead of throwing away.
This is a friendly and collaborative community, for people who want to work towards improving the sustainability of their lifestyles. Everyone who is working towards that goal is welcome here, no matter what point you are starting at.
Search sustainability ratings for thousands of fashion brands. Learn their impact on people, planet and animals. Discover new ethical clothing labels.
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I’ve just found this website while trying to find a sustainable backpack
It has a directory of brands you can filter with various criteria, the most important of which is the rating, which goes from “we avoid” to “great” and is based on different factors that compose the overall sustainability of the brand.
I like the approach, especially for the fact that you get a description of every aspect for every brands, which are Planet, People and Animals
As rich westerners fuel demand for the ancient fragrance, a lucrative race for the resin is killing the trees but leaving little of the trade’s profit for those gathering it
https://youtu.be/eW2Z_8mAzSs Did you know that the most widely used substance in the entire world, after water, is concrete?? You'd think it was paper or plastic or wood even, but more concrete is used every single day across the world than any of those materials... and for what it's worth, it's con...
Amidst global concerns of exceeding the Earth's capacity, upcycling has gained prominence as a solution, driven by conscious consumption and the circular economy's principles. Upcycling helps reduce the amount of waste that would have made it to the landfills and repurposes items that would have bee...
Eco-Libre is a volunteer-run project that designs libre hardware for sustainable communities.
Eco-Libre's mission is to research, develop, document, teach, build, and distribute open-source hardware and software that sustainably enfranchises communities' human rights.
Eco-Libre's mission statement
We aim to provide clear documentation to build low-cost machines, tools, and infrastructure for people all over the world who wish to live in sustainable communities with others.
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity's demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. We maintain this deficit by liquidating stocks of ecological resources and accumulating waste, primarily carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Earth Overshoot Day is hosted and calculated by Global Footprint Network, an international research organization that provides decision-makers with a menu of tools to help the human economy operate within Earth's ecological limits.