People Profiles

High-End Hippie shampoo bar and conditioner bar after over one year of use

In Conversation with The High-End Hippie Wellness Company (or, How to Create Accidental Environmentalists with a Shampoo Bar)

What started out as a post to talk about how much plastic I’ve saved by switching to a shampoo bar quickly morphed into a meditation on the far-reaching positive impacts of supporting local businesses and why this particular shampoo bar goes beyond the fight against plastic pollution. Happy Sustainability Sunday, readers! Today, I’d like you…

On the Importance of Supporting Small Business Owners

On the Importance of Supporting Small Business Owners

Featuring: Katrina Kelley, Owner at Amphitrite Studio Hello readers and welcome to the second edition of Sustainability Sundays (first edition can be found here!). This week, I’m focusing on the power and tenacity of small business owners, as a planet-saving tactic. The people (behind these businesses) I have in mind are the ones conscious about…

In Conversation with Phil Vincent, Ocean Advocate & Author of ‘Varuna’

In Conversation with Phil Vincent, Ocean Advocate & Author of ‘Varuna’

Hello dear readers! In order to continue delivering you hopeful stories of sustainability success, I’m adding a second weekly feature to the blog! I’m calling it Sustainability Sundays. This week, we’re in conversation with Phil Vincent, ocean advocate and author of the novel, ‘Varuna.’ What to Expect What’s different about this post versus Wake-Up Wednesday…