Americans send millions of tons of textiles to landfills every year. Unfortunately, this doesn’t surprise me. We’ve long established ourselves as a throw-away culture that relies on fast fashion, but it doesn’t have to be this way. You can shop smart, buy the things you love and repurpose the things you don’t into something new. […]
Time is precious, just like Earth’s resources. Digest these 6 sustainable tips during your morning subway commute. 1. Mini-shop (I made that up) I go almost daily to my local Key Food’s grocery store. If you have a convenient market nearby, you should too. Why? I buy only what I’m going to make that night […]
While on a mission to make my life more sustainable, I recently came across reusable make-up pads. I was actually searching for organic cotton rounds and reusable rounds popped up in my search before I even realized that they existed. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised. I came across an article recommending Urban Outfitters […]
Climate change is stressful. Yet Arcadia Earth, the pop-up exhibit just north of Houston in NYC, soothes. Made entirely of upcycled materials, each breathtaking and immersive installation is designed to offer solutions for reducing and reversing your impact on the planet. Amidst calming smells and earthly and oceanic sounds, walking its 15 rooms is akin […]
I want to age gracefully. Eyes may roll as I’m not yet thirty, but I mean it. I want to look like myself in later years, albeit an older version, but still the most natural and best-looking rendition I can muster. Next to sunscreen, sleep, and my mom’s genes, though, what really can be done? […]
Mila couldn’t have matched the restaurant better if she’d tried. Clad in a white cap and trousers, a blue and white striped tee, and denim jacket paired with a vintage Chanel bag and colorful scarf, she arrived at nautical-inspired Bondi Sushi restaurant in NYC toting several bags filled with garments. She had just come from […]
From Berlin to Sydney, Mumbai to NYC, over 4 million people came out to strike against climate change on Friday. Demonstrators took to the streets in the primarily youth-led movement to protest against fossil fuels and demand net zero emissions by 2050. I was one of them as I participated in my first march ever. […]
I was pissed that I didn’t have a compost bin when I moved to Brooklyn. Plenty of my friend’s buildings came with a distinctly brown trash can meant for recycling organic matter but mine was curiously absent. Finally settling in Brooklyn was supposed to signify a change for me. It was supposed to be my […]
