Your Green Life

Your guide to making your life more sustainable for people and the planet.

In this Issue

The Cryptocurrency Market Makes Dirty Money

The cryptocurrency market isn’t sustainable—it’s driving climate change with its reliance on dirty energy.

Kendall Lowery

5 Ways to be an Environmental Activist

Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright gives an instructive discourse on why environmental activists are critical to progress.

Cyna Mirzai and Anya Crittenton

Green Gardening Gifts

Find the perfect green gardening gift to help your friends and family jumpstart or continue their gardening journeys.

Clairey Yang

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Food Justice: How to Fight Food Insecurity

Ending hunger and food insecurity is an unfinished battle we face as Americans.

Cyna Mirzai

How to Choose from the Plant-Based Burger Buffet

Meatless options are mainstream now, but what’s the best meaty veggie burger?

Mary Meade

What to Know When Hiring At-Home Care

When you hire a caregiver in your home, you have a chance to vote with your dollars and make your space a just workplace. Whether you’re looking for a nanny, housekeeper, or home health attendant, care for your caregiver and they will better care for you.

Eleanor Greene

Learn About the Plastic in Your Clothes

When we wear synthetic materials we dress in microplastics. Learn what you can do to reduce plastic use and pollution in your closet and laundry routine.

Jessica Beck

The Importance of Sustainable Packaging

Packaging offered at most stores or coming via delivery can be frustratingly wasteful.

By Green America

Expand Your Library with These Green Books

Begin your environmental education journey by checking out these classic green books.

Cyna Mirzai

How to Support Small Business

Sometimes you have the time, but not the money, to support small businesses you love. Follow these steps to boost your favorite local and green businesses.

Kendall Lowery

Setting Intention in a Changing World

In the pandemic, many of us have been forced to consider how we truly want to spend our time. The Green America team hopes to hold onto intentionality that made their lives greener.

Emma Kriss and Eleanor Greene

The New Normal Can Be Green

The pandemic took so much away from us, but as we build our new normal, there are lessons we can learn from the pandemic to make our society more just and sustainable.

Mary Meade