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Bringing in '23 with a Focus on Well-Being

Jan 16
2 min

Bringing in '23 with a Focus on Well-Being

We're easing into 2023 like slowing getting into the pool. Believe it or not, we just ended the holiday season, which is often a time to celebrate, to connect with family, and too often -- get really, really tired. At OneGreenThing, we're encouraging you to lean into 2023 with a focus on action and on well-being. This quote from Arianna Huffington says a lot about how sustainability and mental health are interconnected. The issue of the climate crisis is overwhelming; and the

Sustainable Holiday Hacks: 5 Ways to Have a Happy Holiday Season with Less Hassle

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Dec 20, 2022
5 min

climate crisis

Sustainable Holiday Hacks: 5 Ways to Have a Happy Holiday Season with Less Hassle

It's the most wonderful time of the year when we reflect on the importance of family, friends, and joy. All the hustle and bustle often means that we create a lot of excess. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, Americans generate an additional 1 million tons of household waste, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The biggest contributors? Online shopping and associated packaging, decorative wrapping gifts and boxes, and food waste are the biggest problems. They

5 Ways to Have a Thoughtful Thanksgiving

hwhite

Nov 20, 2022
4 min

conservation

5 Ways to Have a Thoughtful Thanksgiving

Here are five ways to have a more thoughtful, greener Thanksgiving holiday.

hwhite

Nov 17, 2022
1 min

climate crisis

Be An Awesome Ancestor

It's time to start thinking of ourselves as ancestors. Take the Awesome Ancestor pledge and download our discussion guide.

Green Your Halloween: Ideas for a More Planet-Friendly Celebration

hwhite

Oct 25, 2022
2 min

climate crisis

Green Your Halloween: Ideas for a More Planet-Friendly Celebration

Here are some ideas to Green Your Halloween and enjoy the magic of this special time of creativity and fun!

hwhite

Oct 20, 2022
2 min

climate crisis

Why Your Actions Matter in the Climate Emergency

Individual climate action matters. But it's not about your carbon footprint. You are a driver of culture change for big climate solutions.

hwhite

Aug 28, 2022
1 min

climate crisis

Self-Care by Service Superpower

Self-Care is essential to climate action. Pass on these ideas for self-care via your Service Superpower, a perfect #onegreenthing for today.

Antique Books, Parks & Thinking Beyond Your Age

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Aug 24, 2022
2 min

environmental justice

Antique Books, Parks & Thinking Beyond Your Age

Our #onegreenthing today is contemplating one of our key principles- "Think Beyond Your Age." This antique book about Yellowstone was published in 1923. While it contains very outdated concepts and language, it's also a testament to the power of public lands, adventures in the outdoors, and the beauty of nature. As we celebrate Yellowstone's 150th Anniversary this year, we acknowledge that the land was and still is sacred hunting grounds for more than 26 Native American tribe

hwhite

Aug 8, 2022
3 min

climate crisis

Historic Climate Win in the Senate!

Historic win for climate action in the United States Senate with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.

hwhite

Jul 20, 2022
2 min

climate crisis

5 Ways to Reduce Food Waste

5 Ways to Reduce Food Waste and ideas for #onegreenthings based on Service Superpower.

emilynfowler

Jun 6, 2022
1 min

Service Superpower: The Beacon

Take the Service Superpower Assessment & begin your journey. Are you a BEACON? You speak truth to power. You possess a strong sense of justice and work to empower others. You are often the one at the podium or with the megaphone. You encourage friends to stand up, speak out, and take action. You are a natural organizer with a unique ability to articulate a clear, bold vision for the future, and an unwavering commitment to the underdog. You have so much to give the OneGreenThi

Emily Fowler

Jun 6, 2022
1 min

Service Superpower - The Adventurer

Take the Service Superpower Assessment & begin your journey. Are you the Adventurer? You experience the outdoors through new challenges and hands on learning. You embrace the physicality of time outside and give family and friends opportunities to stretch their minds and bodies through nature. You are highly creative and have a hard time sitting still. You are a natural teacher and coach. You are a calculated risk-taker and excel at logistics. As an Adventurer, you have so m

Fridays are for Welcoming Everyone into the Climate Movement

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Mar 31, 2022
2 min

climate crisis

Fridays are for Welcoming Everyone into the Climate Movement

Get Involved in Climate action today by identify YOUR strengths in service.

Leslie Gonzalez Everett

Feb 22, 2022
3 min

climate crisis

The Atomic Power of OneGreenThing

By Leslie Gonzalez Everett, OGT National Advisory Council Member I had a great conversation with my sister recently. We talked about the “ists” and the “isms”; Perfectionist/Perfectionism, Activist/Activism, Environmentalist/ Environmentalism. The gist of the conversation was this: Our cultural tendency toward perfectionism often inhibits us from seeing ourselves in certain roles because we don’t execute them “perfectly” even though through our actions we have evidence of

hwhite

Dec 12, 2021
2 min

climate crisis

The Black Box for the Planet

Yes, you read that right. On Saturday, December 11th, 2021, Washington Post reporter Sammy Westfall shared the dimensions of the 33-foot long indestructible "black box," which will record climate data for future generations. You know, in case we don't make it. Like a black box for an airplane, the Earth's Black Box will reside in the Tasmanian desert. Its algorithm will record more than 500 metrics, including atmospheric carbon, weather-related data, and news headlines from a

A Green Recovery: Build Back Better Bill Passes the House

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Nov 22, 2021
2 min

climate crisis

A Green Recovery: Build Back Better Bill Passes the House

On November, 19, 2021, the House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better legislation, H.R. 5376 in a vote of 220-212, that includes two trillion dollars worth of spending on social programs like universal pre-K, prescription drugs, and Medicare expansion and $550 billion on climate change. The legislation will face huge hurdles in the United States Senate; nonetheless, its passage is historic. The Build Back Better Act invests more than $550 billion in climate action

emilynfowler

Nov 4, 2021
3 min

climate crisis

A Growing Wave

A call for climate policy solutions that begin with YOU. A new report shows that mental health should factor into #COP26 negotiations and policy action at every level - from the home to communities to national & international action. Mental Health and Our Changing Climate, released today by the American Psychological Association & ecoAmerica, features the effects of climate change on mental health, the inequitable impacts, and how policymakers can respond. The report notes, "

emilynfowler

Nov 2, 2021
3 min

climate crisis

All Souls/Daily Practice

All Souls Day in my home. How do we want to be remembered? What world are we creating for the next generation?

emilynfowler

Oct 25, 2021
1 min

climate crisis

Welcome to the Dictionary, Eco-Anxiety

Just in time for Glasgow & COP26, the climate world (and OneGreenThing community) got a bit of a nod from the Oxford English Dictionary when the publication's quarterly update included a dozen climate related terms. More than simply a resource, the Oxford English Dictionary has been the last word on words in the English language for over a century. Updates are reflections of the evolution of the language as well as society. Notable for the OneGreenThing team: eco-anxiety made

emilynfowler

Sep 15, 2021
4 min

ecoanxiety

The Data & The Kids Don't Lie

This week a major study of 10,000 young people from 10 different countries published in The Lancet Planetary Health Journal made clear what my boss, OneGreenThing Founder & CEO Heather White, has been saying for years: eco-anxiety is real, widespread and the kids know it. According to an article by CNBC's Vicky McKeever, the study, led by academics from the U.K.'s University of Bath and the Stanford Center for Innovation in Public Health, revealed respondents, aged 16-25, fee