E-scooters Have a Dirty Secret. Electric scooters began showing up in Santa Monica, California, about 2 years ago; and now, you can see thousands of them in over 100 different cities worldwide, run by 10 primary companies. With that many companies in the industry and a valuation in the billions, we began to wonder about […]
Greenism
Indoor Plants Can Increase Your Life Expectancy
Humans can benefit greatly from interacting more with plants. Human life has transitioned from being mainly an outdoor endeavor to spending more than 85% of the time indoors. The development of information technology has allowed people to connect and stay connected to a computer environment; decreasing the amount of time that they spend outside interacting with […]
What’s in My Water? Why Your Water Quality Matters and How to Fix It
Ever wonder about the quality of your H2O? How do we know our water quality and if we’re settling for what we think is fresh filtered water? Water quality can be thought of as a measure of physical, chemical, and biological characteristics, all on a scale of “DO NOT DRINK THIS” all the way down to water […]
Hawaii Becomes The First to Ban Sunscreen: Here’s Why
Hawaii bans sunscreen in an effort to protect coral reefs and the environment. Hawaii has approved legislation that aims to ban certain types of Sunscreen and more than 3,500 skincare related products containing harmful chemicals. The two chemicals in questions are; Oxybenzone and Octinoxate. These chemicals are frequently added to sunscreen as an ultraviolet light […]
The Horrible Truth About Our Plastic Usage
The truth about our plastic usage I love the ocean. This love is expressed through my underwater photography and amateur freediving (holding my breath while swimming underwater). Back on dry land I am also a busy mother and ‘everyday consumer’. Each time I filled my supermarket trolley with the weekly groceries for my family, a few questions haunted […]
800,000 Volunteers Planted 49.3 Million Trees In One Day
Indian officials have reported that on July 11th, 800,000 volunteers from Uttar Pradesh spent 24 hours planting 49.3 million trees along roads, railways, and on public land. The saplings were raised on local nurseries and are made up of 80 different species. This magical effort was in part due to India’s commitment to the Paris […]
Studies Show Increasing Rates of Suicide in India Due to Climate Change
Although more than three quarters of world’s suicide happen in developing countries, there’s still little research on the issue. The problem is becoming alarming in India, where one fifth of the world’s suicides occur. In numbers, around 12,602 farmers committed suicide in 2015, which was one of the worst years registered. And, since 1995, more […]
Areas of the Barents Sea Reached 20ºF Above Average in 2016
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) has just released its annual summary of the global climate, the State of the Climate 2016, written by nearly 500 experts from around the world. The results of this report not only confirm a common thought -2016 was the warmer year on record- but also show hair-raising data and climate […]
Polluted Tourism – The State Of Our Seas
Yup – we’ve stabbed the environment in the heart yet again. This week it was revealed that a second trash vortex has been discovered in the Pacific Ocean, three decades after the original Great Pacific Garbage Patch was found. This latest marine monstrosity is said to measure one million square kilometers – that’s bigger than […]
How One Impossible Foods Veggie Burger Could Save the World
The Umami Debut Here in Los Angeles, we are total health foodies. We love a fresh green juice, super fruit smoothie, gently massaged kale salad, literally an avocado anything, and most importantly: Veggie Burgers. When we heard Impossible Foods was coming to Hollywood’s Umami Burger, we screamed in joy (so much that we almost wet our Lulu Lemon’s). All […]