Environmental News

Fossil is joining the growing ranks of fashion brands in diverting from classic animal materials by launching a range of fully plant-based cactus leather tote bags. The legacy watch brand is deviating from its usual product to introduce the Kier Cactus Leather Totes sourced from cactus lea…

Coffee giant Starbucks is hosting a Starbucks Earth Month Game that will give Starbucks Rewards members the opportunity to win a year’s supply of dairy-free drinks. Through April, Starbucks plans to spotlight the company’s efforts to create and develop planet-fri…

How does a fruit salad with organic mangoes, grapes, pineapple, pears, and bananas sound? How about sautéed organic eggplants, zucchini, and yellow squash? An organic tomato salad with both grape tomatoes and tomatoes on the vine?
All of this sounds even better when you know that making such deliciou…

Everyone is talking about Seaspiracy, the Netflix documentary directed by and starring Ali Tabrizi, a 27-year-old British filmmaker with a lifelong love of the oceans. It’s dominating the top three most-watched spots on the streaming platform across major markets...

Could your next pair of kicks be made from fruit? If you shop at H&M, they just might be!  Because of a drastic shift in consumer trends away from animal products and manufacturing processes that harm the earth, fashion company H&M plans to launch a completely sustainable r…

Recent research reveals that eating plant-based is better for the environment for a number of reasons. Still, food production inherently causes environmental stress—from packaging to transport and more. The good news is, there are a number of brands that are not just “eco-friendly&CloseC…

New York City-based food and natural wine bar Le Botaniste recently launched a campaign to help plant trees in Peru to combat deforestation. The vegan establishment teamed up with GoForest to plant 156 trees in northwest Peru, a region that has been heavily affected by deforestation, causi…

Could the end of leather in fashion be near? With the help of an innovative Oxford University graduate student, animal textiles like leather may be permanently replaced with more sustainable vegan options. Postgraduate student Gabriel Moreno recently developed an alternative leather sourced from the…

There’s a food fight taking place between governors on the Colorado Nebraska line, and things are getting ugly. Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts is now in a fight with Colorado Governor Jared Polis over what goes between the sandwich buns this Saturday...

UGG, everyone's favorite comfy slippers and boots, just released its first plant-based and sustainably sourced line of footwear. The debut of The Plant Power Collection comes aptly with UGG's initiative to evolve in a direction centered around sustainability...