by Katie Conlon | Sep 14, 2019 | Consumption, Enviro-Consciousness, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
Reduce your use/exposure to chemicals and packaging. At least there is one country that is taking the link between chemicals in products and health seriously!! PFAS exposure includes: liver damage, thyroid disease, decreased fertility, high cholesterol, obesity,...
by Katie Conlon | Sep 13, 2019 | Consumption, Enviro-Consciousness, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
Instead of seeing the problem of too much waste and asking a logical question like: ‘why don’t we make less of it? What tap should we turn off?’ More and more these sorts of deceptive/distractive ‘solutions’ are popping up. The last thing we need is more chemicals on...
by Katie Conlon | Sep 13, 2019 | Consumption, Enviro-Consciousness, Plastic, Pollution
We are not immune to the repercussions of our actions. How personal does the problem need to become in order to act on it? When something happens to ‘the environment out there’ is it easier to turn a blind eye? Why do we draw a line to delineate the self...
by Katie Conlon | Sep 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Nations divide, religions divide, but could it be that climate change will actually be the cause that unites humans? Could climate change be a driving force to bring us together instead of apart? Could it be that our shared loss unites us into one global feeling about...
by Katie Conlon | Sep 1, 2019 | Climate, Consumption, EcoJustice, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
What if we had ‘Packaging Facts’ similarly to how we have ‘Ingredients Facts’ mandated for products today? We know what is inside our food, but what about on the outside? These ‘Packaging Facts’ labels would be justified not only for the health of the...