How you can make a difference as a consumer. There is no doubt about it, coffee is a cash crop, and it isn’t going anywhere. And like with any financially lucrative resource found in the developing world (Honduras, Ethiopia, and Indonesia are a few of the top producers), there is a lot of room for […]

When it comes to garbage and handling it ecologically, clothes are one of those things that can feel difficult. When they are in good shape, it’s easy because there are plenty of charities with thrift stores that will happily pass them on. Or, they can be given to friends or family. But, the more problematic […]

Almost a week after Hurricane Michael smashed into the Florida Panhandle with winds of 155 mph, authorities Tuesday reported that 12 people have been found dead in Bay County, the hardest-hit area that includes Panama City and Mexico Beach. This announcement from Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford will potentially increase the storm’s national death total to 26 people. But […]

Private Peter Brown sustained an injury serious enough to prevent him performing his duties as a parachute rigger in the Australian Defence Force. Yet, he explains, “from the outside looking in, a lot of people wouldn’t know that I shattered my leg.” “Coming from that is the mental side of things,” he said. “Having people […]

These days, it seems like everything has a “healthy, green, environmentally friendly” alternative—with an additional cost. But there’s no reason to hand over all of your money in the name of living an eco-friendly lifestyle. Here are nine surprisingly simple and (relatively) affordable tips for creating more sustainable habits. 1. Play into the collagen craze. […]

Just east of Mexico Beach is Port St. Joe, a slip of a town that caught the lip of Michael’s eye when it slammed ashore Wednesday. Resident Scott Collins’ two-story townhouse lies right on the border between the two. The home was damaged by falling trees but stayed standing, which is more than he could […]

By Adrian Mcdermott  Landfills are more than just dumping grounds. A fair bit of thought and effort goes into the designing of a landfill. The process begins with the selection of an appropriate site for the landfill. You cannot have a site where the water table is high, because this increases the risk of the groundwater […]

By Alex Mardikian It is important to recycle small items. Metal caps, lids, tops, and plastic caps are ubiquitous small items. They are recyclable.  Ensure that the caps of peanut butter bottles, sauce bottles, dry rub containers, etc. are attached to the plastic bottles.  Tetra-Pak boxes too have plastic caps. And the caps can be […]

As we continue to learn more about the potentially damaging ingredients in chemical sunscreens (namely oxybenzone, which has been shown to mimic hormones in the body, and retinyl palmitate, a skin irritant), it can be tempting to throw in the proverbial beach towel and make your own sunscreen with ingredients you know to be safe. […]

Summer 2018 will go down as the summer we said goodbye to unnecessary plastic waste. Starbucks committed to eliminating plastic straws in all locations by 2020, IKEA banned all single-use plastics from its stores, and entire cities (like Seattle) banned the use of plastic bags and straws. And now we have one more thing to […]