In Hamilton, New Zealand, a seven-year old boy told his mom, Jax Goss, of a new holiday for wolves and dogs called Wolfenoot. Not having heard of such a holiday, Jax asked her son for more details. He said it...
Finnish designers Aleksi Hautamäki and Milla Selkimaki wanted to experience living as close to nature as possible. Aleksi, a spatial planning designer, wondered if they could safely and comfortably live off-grid....
November 8, 2019
"The politicians and the industrial complex of financial institutions and big billionaires who profit from the destruction of the planet see no urgency in making an effort to make a change because of the bottom...
August 15, 2019
Dr. Martens, maker of the ultimate badass punk combat boots, has experience a 70 percent surge in profits this year partly thanks to its vegan line of boots and shoes.Instead of leather made from animal skin,...
August 13, 2019
Just as experts at the UN have warned the world that one million species are on the brink of extinction, toxic Trump and his enablers are slashing the Endangered Species Act. I was going to try to be more...
August 12, 2019
During the past 15 years, the number of people who have been killed for defending the natural environment has doubled, according to a new report from the journal Nature Sustainability.Every week, four people...
August 9, 2019
When Indigenous people are in charge of the land, things don’t die. A new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Policy found that lands managed by Indigenous people have the most...
August 8, 2019
According to a new study published in PLOS One, bees, butterflies, and other insect populations are dying in shocking numbers because the United States has increased its use of toxic pesticides by nearly 50x over...
August 8, 2019
You may have heard that Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin hosted their seventh annual "Google Camp" conference last week – a private affair that includes A-list celebrities and other wealthy, high-profile...
August 7, 2019
When UniGuide ran its Summer Sweepstakes Giveaway this month, I included a one-question survey that participants had the option to answer as an additional entry for a chance to win a gift card. While this is not a...
July 27, 2019
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has teamed up withe the band The 1975 on a spoken word track. Art shapes culture and culture shapes our thoughts. We need more of this!Here's the track:
July 27, 2019
Hi All! UniGuide has just launched the Summer 2019 Eco Sweepstakes Giveaway! The sweepstakes runs from Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 10:00 am PT to Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 09:59 am PT.Visit the official UniGuide...
July 17, 2019
The documentary film Sea of Shadows – about the peril that the near-extinct vaquita porpoise is in – has just opened in theaters. The vaquita is world's smallest cetacean and the most endangered marine mammal...
July 16, 2019
According to new research published in the journal Science, restoring forest land on a global scale could dramatically reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere and thus help to mitigate the impacts of climate...
July 5, 2019
Leonardo DiCaprio has teamed up with billionaire philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth to create a new environmental organization that will focus on stopping biodiversity loss and climate...
July 3, 2019
Wildlife ecologists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst made a surprising discovery while studying conservation practices in the rugged Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica, reports Alexander Schreyer....
July 1, 2019
One of our fellow Earthlings who’s been hit particularly hard by our use of pesticides and loss of his natural habitat is the rusty patched bumblebee, or Bombus affinis. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
June 27, 2019
A Berlin-based company has created a 100 percent biodegradable coffee cup that’s made with – what else? – recycled coffee grounds. The idea for Kaffeeform came to founder Julian Lechner while he was a...
June 27, 2019
Forty years ago, people didn’t think about plastic pollution in the ocean. Fast forward to today, and it’s everywhere – in the bodies of dead whales and seabirds who wash up on the beach, and even in the...
June 25, 2019
In the summer of 2004, wildlife biologist Rich Mason received a phone call from a distraught friend because dozens of frogs were dying in the family’s swimming pool. They had tried saving the frogs with their...
June 24, 2019
A trailblazer in how to run an ecologically conscious company, Patagonia has just committed to even stronger environmental-protection initiatives. The company has vowed to be carbon neutral by the year 2025, they...
June 23, 2019
David Gilmour of Pink Floyd has just auctioned off his extensive guitar collection, comprised of 126 instruments, for $21,490,750, reports CNN. This is the most comprehensive collection of guitars ever sold at...
June 22, 2019
adidas, the world’s largest sportwear brand, has vowed to phase out all virgin plastic used in their shoes and sportswear in the next six years, reports the Financial Times.“Our goal is to get rid of...
June 20, 2019
Vegan footwear company Native Shoes has created a groundbreaking 100% biodegradable and sustainable plantbased shoe. This shoe is compostable!Here’s what it’s made of: Pineapple Fibers Pineapple husks are...
June 19, 2019
I’m really excited about this news today from Etsy. They just announced that they will offset 100% of the carbon emissions from shipping when their vendors ship products to buyers – that's people like you and...
March 4, 2019
Since the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter launched in April 28, 2009, independent backers have pledged a whopping $4.1 billion to tens of thousands of new projects, from a drone camera that will record an...
January 31, 2019
This year is shaping up to be a fabulous one for eco-friendly fashion. Social media continues to shed light on the wasteful and polluting aspects of the fashion industry, and the recent report by the UN...
January 9, 2019
This year is going to be an exciting year for anyone who wears clothes and cares about animals. (Hopefully, that’s most of you!) Los Angeles will be hosting the premier Vegan Fashion Week (V/FW) starting February...
January 9, 2019
I was super excited to see these cool, eco-friendly plant-based sneakers by Reebok. They’re made with 75% USDA certified biological materials:The tops, or uppers, are made with 100% cotton The soles are...
August 29, 2018
“We’re committed to leaving the world better than we found it… We’re going to keep pushing the boundaries of what is possible with the materials in our products, the way we recycle them, our facilities, and...
April 20, 2018
The UN Environment program has just announced a new project – "Advancing sustainable resource management to improve livelihoods and protect biodiversity in Palau." The goal of the program is to help the citizens...
April 18, 2018
Researchers at the University of Portsmouth and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) have unwittingly engineered a mutant enzyme that can super-charge the breakdown of PET plastic...
April 16, 2018
“Discarded cellphones are a huge, growing source of electronic waste, with close to two billion new cell phones sold every year around the world, and people replacing their phones every few years.” –Dr. Maria...
April 16, 2018