Eco-Consciousness
In the Realm of EARTH WISDOM
1: Support vital ecosystems by donating or volunteering with regional, national, or global conservation organizations.
1: Support vital ecosystems by donating or volunteering with regional, national, or global conservation organizations. Organizations worth donating to 🌎
- Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative (of the Americas): Supporting plant medicine by nurturing ecological wellbeing, including land rights activism, bolstering food security, and strengthening economic resilience. The Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas (IRI) is a grassroots network of Indigenous community organizations fighting for land, water, food, medicine and culture.
- Conservation International: Since 1987, Conservation International has combined fieldwork, science, policy and finance to protect 13 million square kilometers of land and sea
- The Nature Conservancy: We have years, not decades, to take on the interconnected crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. But by working together, we’re overcoming barriers to the solutions our planet needs.
- Earth Justice: Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit public interest environmental law organization. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy, and to combat climate change. We are here because the earth needs a good lawyer.
- Wildlife Conservation Network: By connecting people, deploying resources, and equipping conservationists, we’re delivering results across countries, communities, and species. Local conservation organizations supported worldwide.
- National Forest Foundation (US): From wildfire recovery to recreation stewardship, we’re working to ensure these places continue to provide clean air, clean water and connection to nature for generations to come.
🌈 2: Mindful Consumption: Examine your habits and make choices that align with eco-conscious living.🌈
Videos
- 7 Tips for Eco-Friendly Shopping: simple effective changes in grocery habits.
- Eco-Packaging for your Online Shop: make a shift to less waste in what you mail out.
- Sustainable Shopping Guide: How to choose eco-friendly products. Addresses green-washing or “fake” green products in an easy to understand way.
- Everything You Need to Know About Bulk Shopping
Websites 🌐
- Ruralhandmade.com – Eco-Friendly Shopping Tips: A short guide
- Kiwienergy.us – 11 Sustainable Eco-Friendly Shopping Tips: if you put several or all of these easy steps in practice, you will be buying and feeling differently.
Podcasts 🎧
- Social Justice Hub – Sustainable Shopping Series: 3-part sustainable shopping podcast dedicated to increasing awareness surrounding topics such as sustainable shopping and responsible consumerism.
- Sustainable Minimalists Podcast: Creating eco-minimalist, non-toxic homes (without the extra work).
- Millenial Minimalists Podcast: A podcast on living simply. Follow millennial Kelly Foss and her guests, and be inspired to design a simpler, more intentional life.
3: Practice the 5 R’s: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle.
Websites
- The FIVE R’s to ZERO WASTE: love this detailed yet accessible guide to the 5 R’s!
- The Five R’s – another cool, very tangible guide to this practice from Roadrunner Recycling.
- European Version: The 5 R’s of sustainability and zero-waste management: available in 6 European languages.
Podcasts 🎧
- Talking Rubbish Podcast: From busting myths to answering the wildest questions, you’ll laugh, learn, and maybe even rethink what you toss in the bin.
4: Reduce your food’s carbon footprint. Eat seasonally and buy from local markets, farms, or regional producers.
Books & Cookbooks
- Simply in Season – by Mary Beth Lind; Cathleen Hockman-Wert: Recipes that celebrate fresh, local foods in the spirit of More-with-Less
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle – by Barbara Kingsolver: It will change the way you look at the food you put into your body. Which is to say, it can change who you are!
- The Art of Simple Food – by Alice Waters: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution – A Cookbook.
- Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook – by Alice Waters: A real classic gem of seasonal slow-food cookbooks!
- Five Seasons of Jam – by Lillie O’Brien: These innovative recipes, bubbling with fruit, nuts, herbs and spices, are separated into 5 seasons.
- The Modern Cook’s Year – by Anna Jones: More than 250 Vibrant Vegetarian Recipes to See You Through the Seasons.
- The Last Bite – by Anna Higham: A whole new approach to making desserts throughout the year.
Podcasts 🎧
- The Local Food Report Podcast: takes you to the heart of the local food movement to talk with growers, harvesters, processors, cooks, policymakers and visionaries to reconnect us with the people, places, and ideas that feed us.
- The Urban Farm Podcast: This audio only podcast features special guests like Rosemary Morrow, Zach Loeks, and Andrew Millison as we discuss the art and value of growing food in urban areas.
Websites 🌐
- Why Eat Seasonally + US Seasonal Food Resource Look-up
- Salt & the Earth Substack: A newsletter that celebrates seasonal ingredients and the farms they come from. Full of recipes, stories and podcast entries to help you feel more connected to your food, every time you cook.
Local Search Suggestions
- Look up: “Community Supported Agriculture near me” online to find nearby farms that operate CSA food subscriptions.
- Look up: “Farmer’s Markets Near Me” online to find the location and schedule of nearby farmer’s markets so you can start to buy direct from farmers and skip the grocery store.