To truly enjoy the great outdoors, we should all do our part to protect them. And that goes for all stages of the picnicking process, from meal planning to packing it all up in an eco friendly picnic basket.
Plastic has become a popular topic in recent years—but for all the wrong reasons. Which is why it’s so important to know what the different types of plastic are and how to deal with them at the end of their life.
Learning how to preserve food at home is one of the easiest ways to prevent food waste, and ensure you have whole foods on hand for that healthy snack attack.
We’ve gone back through the annals of The Sustainable Jungle Podcast to find the change-makers behind these social impact companies making a difference.
If everyone lived like an American, we would need 4.1 Earths. 3D printing is impressive but it ain’t planet-producing impressive. Which is why we all need to learn how to reduce our carbon footprint.
We’re either part of a thriving global ecosystem, or we’re undermining it. It’s time we learn how to increase biodiversity to ensure we humans have a future on planet earth.
For that extended staycation you never planned on, here’s our list of the best environmental films to placate that wanderlust and get inspired about solving our Planet’s pressing issues.
The plastic-free movement has had a lot of positive impact but are we just using it as a convenient distraction from bigger environmental issues?
With demand still on the rise, our rainforests are disappearing rapidly, due to palm oil. So we’re going to get straight to the big question…
We’re taking a deep-dive into the world of vermicomposting. What do worms eat? Or rather, what don’t worms eat is the better question…
Most people would imagine the city to be the most difficult place to live more sustainably but there are some huge pros that make sustainable living…
Have you ever been to Yellowstone National park? Founded in 1872 and widely believed to be the first National Park in the world, this beautiful place is famous for its geothermal features and incredible wildlife. We spent a day in the park with Jenny Golding and George Bumann, locals from Gardiner, Montana…
Farmers’ markets are a feast for the senses! Artisan delicacies, delicious fusion foods sizzling away in hipster food trucks, the smell of fresh bread and coffee, happy pups and cheery faces.
What does it mean to live a sustainable lifestyle? What things can I do or change in my lifestyle to make it sustainable? What difference can I actually make?
We know these open-ended questions may seem a bit lofty, airy-fairy and well, open-ended. For us, the more we learn about the plight of our earth, the rate of consumption and its effects, we realise that in reality, however, they have never been more poignant than they are now.
Zero Waste is not the same as recycling. It’s a much much bigger concept. It’s the goal or strategy to completely eliminate waste, not manage it. It addresses the source of the problem, creating a circular economy or “cradle to cradle” approach. In contrast, recycling focuses on the garbage problem itself at the end of an item’s short or single-use life – it’s the solution to the traditional linear or “cradle to grave” system that has come to be the norm today. On a practical level, Zero Waste means no waste is ever created because the single-use or short-term item is replaced with a product which is designed to last and with the purpose of being able to be reused, repaired and/or recycled over and over again
In one of our previous articles we talked about the unsustainable expansion of the palm oil industry and the devastation it’s causing to our environment. Back in 2004, in an effort to curb this unsustainable growth, various stakeholders in the palm oil industry from the growers, producers, retailers to the manufactures, traders and NGOs formed a voluntary not-for-profit association called the “Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil” (RSPO). The RSPO’s stated objective is to promote the growth and use of sustainable palm oil products through global standards and stakeholder engagement.
Rain forests are destroyed to make way for the ever-expanding plantations of palm oil. Frighteningly, the World Wildlife Fund estimates that 48 football fields worth of rain forest are cut down every minute! The impact is deeply disturbing