Why I Wish I Could Quit Instagram At the end of last year, I watched Ingrid Goes West. Starring Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen, Ingrid Goes West is about an emotionally dysfunctional woman named Ingrid who upends her whole life …
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Industry Talk
Let’s chat business! Brand coverage, innovations, textiles, resource use, lifecycle analysis, blogging business, critiques, business models, and more.
An Honest Allbirds Review: One Year On
Contains affiliate links I purchased a pair of sustainable wool AllBirds in November 2016. I was looking for an ethical sneaker that would be just as suitable for work as it was for trail and neighborhood walking. The minimal profile …
Ethical Isn’t Always Best: The Case of the $15 Boots
I learned about the ins and outs of thoughtful purchasing when I bought a pair of $15 black boots.
Personal Fitness and Sustainable Living
This post was written by Allison Lambert of The Fit Tutor and contains references to diet and exercise. Personal Fitness and Sustainable Living In a world bombarding us with bikini-body fitness plans, beach-ready diets, and supplements to help us drop …
Fashion Industry and Water Waste: 4 Ways to Be More Sustainable
Written by guest contributor, Emily Folk. Fashion Industry and Water Waste When you go shopping, you consider so much about each garment you try on: How does it feel? How does it look on? How do I have to wash …
5 Very Simple Ways You Can Jumpstart Your Sustainable Lifestyle
Very simple ways to start your sustainable lifestyle today without buying anything or radically changing your habits.
From Herd to Hand: A Story of Sheep Herding and Wool Felting in Morocco, with Amalou
I was compensated by Amalou for my time researching and writing this post. When it comes to ethics, things are not so cut and dried, especially when you start to create value hierarchies that combine attention to people, planet, and …
The Ethics of Blogging: Do Ethical Bloggers Need a Code of Conduct?
The Ethics of Blogging When I use the term ethical blogger, what do you think of? I use it to mean bloggers who write about ethics, and more specifically those who subscribe to and promote a conscientious consumer lifestyle. This, admittedly, …
Sustainable and Ethical on a Budget: 5 Steps
Ethical on a Budget This post was generously sponsored by DoneGood and contains a few affiliate links. Fair Trade Month is in October. I love Fair Trade Month for a few reasons: It unites the ethical community as we swiftly …
Sustainable and Ethical Living Books: 8 To Read
Sustainable and Ethical Living Books This post was written by Kasi Martin and originally appeared on her blog, The Peahen. We can’t buy our way to an ethical or sustainable world. Regardless of what you read in ads, the news, …
Why Conscious Consumers Should Wear Wool
This post was written by Alden Wicker and was originally published on EcoCult. Is Wool Ethical? For a long time, like so many millennials, I was not into the idea of wool. It brought to mind itchy, heavy sweaters and …
Ethical Purity in Sustainable Fashion
Why I became totally overwhelmed by an ethical consumerism culture that demands purity and perfection, and why I quit.
DoneGood Ethical Browser Extension
Note: As of August 2022, DoneGood seems to have phased out their extension and now operates solely as a discount ethical shopping site. DoneGood Ethical Browser Extension This post contains affiliate links DoneGood is a browser extension and app developed …
A Harvest of Thorns Book Review
A Harvest of Thorns Book Review You may recall that I had the pleasure of interviewing/chatting with local author, Corban Addison, about his book on the fashion supply chain a few months ago. He gave me a copy of that …
The Facts About Essential Oils
Get the facts about essential oils, whether they’re work, when to stop using, and some recommendations for what to use.