Time to Hit the Reset Button

All of us go through ups and downs. Some days we work hard, other days we do not. Some days we feel great and other days we are exhausted. It’s important to recognize these ebbs and flows and to try and find a balance. When we are out of balance it’s tough to get through…

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Are You Wearing the Right Sunscreen?

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | More Wearing the wrong sunscreen could be lethal for you and the natural world. Chemical sunscreens leach into your body and have been found in blood, urine and breast milk. In Hawaii they have gone as far as banning certain sunscreens. The ban is for sunscreens…

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Fast Fashion is Not Sustainable

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | More Can you believe that about 11 million pounds of textile (clothing, etc) goes to the landfill each year? On average each year in the U.S., we are throwing away 80 pounds of clothing per person. Fast fashion is killing our environment. It is killing people.…

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Protected Bike Lanes

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | More According to the 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard, in 2014, congestion caused 6.9 billion hours of travel delay and 3.1 billion gallons of wasted fuel, equaling a cost of more than $160 billion. Put another way, our cities need to build infrastructure that supports alternatives to…

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Some of our favorite sustainable snacks

As part of our mission to learn and teach sustainability, we are always looking for new food brands that are “sustainable”. We want to buy from companies that care about people and the planet as much as they care about profits. We have created some sustainability rating criteria that we use as a guide when…

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How to eat more sustainably in 2019

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | More This month we talk about cultured meat, meal planning and global food. Have you heard of the Impossible Burger but are not sure what it is? In our latest episode, and first of the year, we talk about lab grown foods. In particular lab grown…

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Looking back at 2018: The Year in Sustainability

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreAt Live to Sustain we hope you had an amazing 2018! If you have not listened to any episodes yet, our last episode for the year, “Looking back at 2018: The Year in Sustainability”, is a great place to start. In this episode we wrap up…

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The interesting results from a year of meditation

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreAt the start of 2018 Laura and I set a goal to meditate everyday in 2018. Listen to our latest episode to see if we hit our goal. Everyone should give meditation a try. It is much easier than you think. At the end of our…

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