With going vegan said to reduce our carbon footprint by up to 73%, it’s no wonder that it’s heralded as the single biggest change an individual can make to fight climate change. Historically, veganism means that all animal-based products are removed from your consumption because animals are not commodities. In recent years, a vegan lifestyle has become the cornerstone for environmentally conscious consumers, leading to various labels depending on an individual’s reason to become vegan, such as ... Read More
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18 Ethical Home Decor Shops You Should Know About
Being big fans of bold and inspiring interiors with a conscious maximalist twist, we are always looking for ethical home goods that have stories behind them, whether it's living room decor or artwork to adorn own walls, and of course to gift (and to prove just how beautiful ethical goods can be!). I remember when I first started blogging about sustainable living, I had only two or three home decor shops to pull from, and most weren't really my style, just as close as I could get (and way out of ... Read More
11 Most Affordable Ethical Clothing Brands
I've wanted to share my favorite affordable ethical clothing brands for such a long time now, but I didn't want them all to be minimalist companies lacking in color and variety. Because I know that's not the only affordable and sustainable fashion out there! Here we've rounded up brands that offer most basics for under $100 and most clothing in general for under $200. This is about as affordable as it gets for (new) ethical fashion--if we want a more sustainable world, we need to ditch the ... Read More
Is Acetate Eco Friendly?
Editor's note: With the rise in companies advertising eco friendly sunglasses and hair accessories made of acetate, all of us here have been wondering: is acetate actually a sustainable material? Accessories made of acetate come in beautiful, complex colorways and patterns, often with a chic marbled look. But as we know with virgin plastic, just because it's recyclable doesn't mean it's eco friendly! In this article, our contributor Katie Ford-Thomas digs deeper into this interesting material! ... Read More
The Prettiest Sustainably Made Dresses for Spring and Summer
I'll admit, I've had many a tab open with my favorite sustainably made dresses ever since our Anthropologie fashion post last month. So a dress roundup is at this point overdue. (We've been working on a big update to our shop page over here (eeee!), so spending a few hours ogling over spring dresses was actually quite the productive task. More on that later.) Here are my current fave ethical dresses, from midis with handpainted prints to linen maxis, for some major post-vax ... Read More
Where To Find Eco Friendly Packaging For Your Sustainable Brand
Fair warning, this post is a bit unfinished--in the sense that something like eco friendly packaging is always evolving and as time goes on, so will more options for sustainable brands. I'm in a lot of online communities for freelance designers, and the question of where to source sustainable packaging comes up from time to time. Which is great news... it means that more of our clients are considering the environment in their businesses. Having had this resource in mind for a while, I figured it ... Read More
