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Earth Day Every Day!
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items I had a family member with an Earth Day birthday, so it's always been easy for me to remember: April 22nd. But the longer I live on this planet, the more I recognize that we need to celebrate EVERY day as Earth Day. We've only got one, and humans hav...
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Learn About Earth Day
Reduce, Reuse, Recyle
Sustainability Now
Make a Difference With Activism
Learn About Earth Day
Earth Day is one of those celebrations that some people go all-in on, some are simply aware of the name, and others don't even know it exists. So here's a bit about Earth Day if you want to learn more. As a holiday, I love it for its purity and purpo...
The official Earth Day website has so many great ideas and resources for how you can take action in environmental and sustainability practices.
Earth Day 2025 | Activities & Resources for April 22 - Earth Day
The Earth Day website has great lessons and curricula to help teachers and parents educate kids on the climate and environmental issues.
Climate and environmental literacy
An interesting article on the history of how Earth Day was created
The History of Earth Day - Earth Day
I absolutely loved this book when I was a kid. I liked to do the simple projects that would make a small difference, and I even spearheaded a school recycling campaign in fifth grade for Earth Day. We competed against the sixth graders to see who cou...
50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the ...
I love the Reasons To Be Cheerful website. It's filled with hopeful stories about people who are finding and implementing creative solutions to the world's problems. I also love the way it sparks my own creativity to think through ways that I could m...
Climate + Environment Archives - Reasons to be Cheerful
Great article about Earth Day geared toward kids from National Geographic.
Earth Day facts and history
A lot of simple yet salient ideas of ways you can make an impact in healing and caring for the planet.
100+ Ways To Heal The Planet blog — HEAL THE PLANET
Reduce, Reuse, Recyle
If you have to pick one “R”, choose to reduce your waste, especially single-use waste. Then reuse as much as possible. If you can't avoid it, recycle it.
The best part of these reusable cotton rounds is that they're softer on your skin than the disposable kinds. Plus, bamboo is a fast-growing crop, so it adds to the sustainability impact.
Organic Bamboo Cotton Rounds | Reusable Facial Pads | Zero Waste Set | Sustainable Product | High Quality
Wrapping paper is such a silly single-use item. These beautiful, reusable flannel wraps are both gorgeous and elevate a gift's style.
Flannel Gift Wrap | Reusable, Soft, Durable 16” or 20” square Cloths to replace paper wrap
Switching from paper Kleenex tissues to reusable cloth handkerchiefs was the easiest and most pleasant thing to change up.
12 floral handkerchiefs; women's new vintage style hankies; dozen
Menstrual cups are one of the best and easiest switches to make when you're starting to ditch single use waste. I'm thankful that they've become so much more popular and easily accessible. Pro tip: you can soak them in hydrogen peroxide to sterilize.
Pixie Menstrual Cup - No Metals or Toxins - 100% Medical-Grade Silicone - Ranked 1 for The Most Soft Reusable Period Cup - Wear 12 Hours - Tampon Alternative - Buy One We Give One (Large)
The combination of a menstrual cup and period underwear is a great and easy way to cut down on single use menstruation waste. Plus, it saves money, and I personally find it a more pleasant system than pads or tampons.
Leakproof Period Underwear | Saalt
Great book with helpful, concrete, doable ideas to get you moving toward a lower waste lifestyle.
101 Ways to Go Zero Waste a book by Kathryn Kellogg
There are some really helpful and simple ideas in this post to help reduce wastefulness and reuse as much as possible.
40+ Easy Zero Waste Projects for the Home
I love Project Repat! They hire displaced textile mill workers and divert T-shirt’s and other textiles from landfills by making tshirt quilts out of them! I’ve had some made for gifts and for myself, and they’re so soft and comfy.
T-Shirt Blanket Company | Custom T-Shirt Quilt Maker | Project Repat
Swiffer dusters may be efficient, but that’s a lot of landfill fodder for something that’s so easily reusable and washable. Bonus, these hold up better as you dust!
ReUsable Swiffer Style Duster: Washable, Sustainable, Zero Waste and Eco Friendly with 8 Layers, Made in USA, Wedding Gift
This is such a great concept to promote recycling hard-to-recycle items like clothing and electronics, and you get a reward for it in shopping points to partners.
Trashie - Do good, get rewarded
It can be difficult researching different alternatives when switching from plastic. This starter package is a great help.
Zero Waste Cleaning Bundle Set | Solid Dish Soap | Eco-Friendly Kitchen Products | Best Value Cleaning Tool Kit | Zero Waste | Gift for Mom
This store has so many great zero waste options and ideas.
Stainless Steel Straw - Straight, Bent, or Boba Style
Switching out my toothpaste for tooth tabs was a super easy change. I actually feel like the tabs do a better job at cleaning and brightening my teeth than the paste did!
Toothpaste Tablets - Zero Waste Toothpaste - All-Natural, Plastic Free, Refillable, 62 ct.
Little Seed Farm is one of my favorite go-to's for sustainable body care products. Their deodorants are the most effective natural deodorant I've found, and the packaging is low-waste and glass recyclable or compostable!
Little Seed Farm Bodycare Scent Sets
It’s not hard to grow your own loofah gourd sponges, but these have an extra layer added for resilience. They can be used for exfoliation and scrubbing, anywhere you’d use a sponge. The best part is that they’re totally compostable. I just bury mine ...
LooLife Natural Loofah Sponge (3 Pack) - Compostable & Biodegradable Sponge - Vegetable Sponge
These plantable pens are such a neat idea. You write with them until they're out of ink then plant the pen and it grows into a plant!
Plantable Pen Made with Recycled Kraft Paper Pack of 5 I Made from 100% Recycled Materials I Sustainable Stationery
Sustainability Now
One of the best things you can do is support companies and stores that make sustainability a priority!
A friend told me about Misfits Market, and I love their mission! They sell food products that is perfectly fine but would otherwise end up in the landfill or be wasted for various reasons. Sometimes it’s outdated packaging or a weird shape or size or...
Grocery Delivery - Save Up To 30% On Groceries | Misfits Market
A great store to shop from where you can peruse products based on your sustainability and social justice values.
Eco-Friendly & Sustainably Made Products
There's no such thing as a perfect company, especially when it comes to sustainability efforts, but these companies are making a concerted effort.
17 Green Companies That Are Good For You and The Environment - GreenCitizen
Clothes are actually one of the biggest culprits in landfills. I love ThredUp because I'm able to buy high quality, beautiful clothes for a lower price than retail, and it lowers fashion waste footprint in the process. You can click here to save up to 45% on your first order and get free shipping!
thredUP | Thrift. Clean out. Do good.
This site has a great list of simple, straightforward things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint.
25+ Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
This is my local compost exchange. A lot of cities don't have commercial composting citywide, so working with a regional compost exchange organization is a great alternative.
Ozark Compost & Swap of Northwest Arkansas
Buying a share in a CSA is a great way to support local farmers and to help small family farms plan and prepare for their offerings and seasons.
Community Supported Agriculture - LocalHarvest - CSA Finder
Make a Difference With Activism
Activism doesn't have to mean marching in the streets. It just means taking action to make progress.
If environmental issues are high on your priority list, then the non-partisan nonprofit group Environmental Voter Project is a great way to get involved and volunteer! Their mission statement: We identify inactive environmentalists and transform them...
Environmental Voter Project
Voluntourism or volunteering while you travel is a growing movement. It’s a great idea, but there are a lot of things to take into account before you plan a trip. This article has some good food for thought and info to help you make an informed choic...
A Beginner’s Guide to Voluntourism
The Sierra Club has a great toolbox to help you research information from your locale and take action to make positive change!
Toolbox
Ecotourism is a growing movement. It has it's detractors and controversies, but anything that shines a light on sustainable practices is a great thing to explore, IMHO.
What Is Ecotourism?
Some great ideas in how to get kids involved in climate action.
How to Involve Children in Climate Action