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05/16/2015

Small steps - big effect! Pick up litter, create cleaner greener habitat.

Tommy Kleyn, a guy in the Netherlands, has showed us just how easy it is to volunteer in your community. He cleaned up a heavily polluted waterfront on his way to work, and all he had to do was wake up half an hour earlier every day until the trash was all gone.

08/12/2014

Join us for Green Drinks Hartford at reSET on June 11!

Every month people who care about the environment and sustainability meet up for drinks, discussions and a good time.

05/30/2014

June Green Drinks is on the calendar; add it to yours!

The fun starts at 6pm with complimentary snacks and super fun name tags! ! Fresh drinks will be mixed on the spot by JD from RipeWe've also got a small collection of speakers who want to tell you about exciting new ways to get involved and make change in CT this summer. Think beach clean-ups,…

05/20/2014

You may be a natural beauty, but that doesn't mean your beauty products are. Check out this fun post from our guest blogger, Sami Jo Jenson.

Most likely, some really nasty stuff. Once you start mass-producing anything, sacrifices tend to be made. Somehow, we went from making our own soap from nutrient-rich olive oil and volcanic ash to ...

05/15/2014

Please take some time to support a local company with their amazing sustainable design launch - a compostable sugarcane coffee cup sleeve. Only 7 more days to crowd-fund! Spread the word!

TreeSleeve is made from 100% upcycled sugarcane, and for each purchase we plant a tree within a deforested part of the world!

05/13/2014

Coffee is amazing. Fair Trade makes it even better.

After crude oil, coffee is the most sought after commodity in the world, putting it ahead of natural gas, gold, sugar and corn. Worldwide, over 500 billion cups of coffee are consumed every year. C...

05/12/2014

The 6.3kW solar array might not produce enough energy to power the White House, but its symbolism is important.

05/06/2014

If you were inspired by the ocean theme at this year's Trashion Show, find more info about Ocean Waste here and see how YOU can make a difference.

If you haven’t heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, prepare to be alarmed. Swirling about in the northern Pacific oceanic gyre are trillions upon trillions of pieces of plastic and other marin...

05/03/2014

Come check us out at Re:Create CT today in West Hartford (Elizabeth Park 11-5). We'll be showing you how to make fresh sugar scrubs and giving out samples (among other super fun activities in our booth). See you later!

04/29/2014

Our latest blog post includes a link to one of our fave TED talks. Check it out!

3,000 tons of paper towels end up in US landfills EVERY DAY. Ask yourself, how many times a day do I use a paper towel? We’re not just talking about at home, but consider public restrooms or the of...

04/22/2014

HAPPY EARTH DAY EVERYONE! To celebrate, here's an amazing link to more amazing links of amazing photos of wonderful nature-type things.

Nature Picture Library offers the best nature photographs from the world's finest photographers, to license for commercial and creative use. More than 250,000 high resolution images online, from tigers to turtles and elephants to sharks. Thousands of new pictures are added every month. We create wil...

04/15/2014

Using a canvas bag when you grocery shop is one of the most profound ways YOU can have an impact on our planet. Check it out...

Over 1 trillion plastic bags are used every year worldwide; over 1 million are used every minute. That’s an awful lot of plastic, most of which isn’t being recycled. A single plastic bag can take o...