“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” —Nelson Mandela
Hey guys! Sorry for no blog post last week, but I have a lot of good content coming to my blog site and Instagram so hopefully that makes up for it! Following my previous blog post about the Flint water crisis, I started thinking about what other social/environmental justice issues I haven't taken the time … Continue reading The Dakota Access Pipeline
My past few posts have been about social justice in relation to environmental issues. In one of those posts, I briefly mentioned the lack of safe drinking water in Flint, Michigan. This is a clear violation of the basic human right to a quality standard of living, and is another example of how racism pervades … Continue reading The Flint Water Crisis
I am so excited about this post! The past few weeks I've been taking some time to educate myself and learn about the Black experience in order to be a good ally, but I realized I was missing some major information: a lot of what we learned in high school, elementary school, even college, left … Continue reading Black History in the Environmental Movement
Hello everyone! I apologize for another delayed post. This blog is a bit of a continuation from my previous one about Black Lives Matter and racial inequities in the outdoors, the product of centuries worth of institutional and systemic racism. If you have not yet read that post, I urge you to go back to … Continue reading Social Justice = Environmental Justice
Hello guys! I took a break from posting last week in light of the tragic death of George Floyd. I felt that I needed to use my blog to write a little about the issue of racism in America, but I knew I needed to just listen and learn for a while before sitting down … Continue reading Black Lives Matter: Racism in the Outdoors
Hey guys! I hope you all had a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day weekend! This week's post is a bit of a spin-off from last week's where we learned all about sustainability and what it means to live a sustainable lifestyle. If you looked into the link on the bottom of the post, or saw … Continue reading Common Reasons Why Sustainability is Hard- and how to overcome them
The word "sustainability" is everywhere lately. I use it all the time in my blog, it's talked about by environmentalists, and the concept is becoming more and more prevalent in our lives. But what exactly is sustainability? And why should we care so much about it? Sustainability can be confusing to people perhaps because there … Continue reading Crash Course to Sustainability
Hey guys! I'm doing something I haven't done on here in a while, which is feature a company/organization that I think embodies what sustainability or environmentalism is all about! This week I got to talk to Isabelle, founder and designer of Altered Perception Clothing and I am SO excited for you guys to learn more … Continue reading Feature: Altered Perception Clothing
Hello guys! I hope you're all doing well. I have a short post for you guys today, going off of what we learned abut last week. In last week's post, I wrote a post outlining the history of the environmentalism movement in America (if you haven't read it yet, check it out!). I thought it … Continue reading Environmentalism Across Cultures
Cover photo by @nataliebyrne on Instagram Happy Tuesday! I'm here with another blog post for the week 🙂 This is actually a post inspired by my mom, since I asked her what kinds of things she'd like to learn about on here. I have never really looked into detail about environmental activism and how/where it … Continue reading Environmental Activism: a history
walk the earth 