Pink Ribbons, Pink Products & Pinkwashing
It’s that time of year again, when everything suddenly turns pink and a spirit of do-gooderness fills the air. While on a plane the other day, I was offered to buy pink lemonade…
10/10/10 – A Global Work Party
Today was the largest day of environmental activism in history. 7,347 climate action events took place in 188 countries around the world as part of “The Global Work Party.” People went to work…
Green Can, Should and Has to Be Profitable
In the green business movement, profitability has somehow fallen by the wayside. Some may even consider it crass to put profit first in a sustainable business. Maybe we should instead see profit and…
Edun Returns with New Collection & Finds It’s Not Always Easy Being Good
Most designers whose work is rooted in sustainable principles have experienced the frustration of not being able to find the desired materials or get the just-right look using ecologically sound producers. All the…
A Case for Camping
There are those that do, and there are those that don’t. Either way, most people feel strongly about camping. I used to be very much in the don’t camp, but have found myself…
Enjoying the Good Life
We are currently on vacation, enjoying the Good Life in sunny Europe. Thank you for visiting. Please come again on July 7th. We would like to suggest that you step away from the…
A Victory for NYC Beekeepers
Urban beekeepers can finally emerge from the underground. New York City is all abuzz in celebration after beekeeping was officially legalized on March 16 as the NYC Board of Health voted in favor…
New Beginnings
Take responsibility for your actions, stay hopeful, be healthy, tirelessly strive, love unconditionally, and approach everything with a positive attitude (even the laundry that has to be hauled two blocks to the laundromat…
Endangered Foods
We have all heard about endangered species, animals at risk of perishing because of altered conditions in their natural habitats, some caused by humans. Many do not know that the way we grow,…
The Future is Bright, Green & Filled with Opportunity
Changing the world is tricky business, but it can be done. Being surrounded by hundreds of forward-thinking minds at this year’s Opportunity Green conference at UCLA in Los Angeles, it was impossible not…
A Quiet Grass-fed Revolution
Something exciting is afoot in upstate New York. Quietly unworked dairy farms have been transitioning into grass-fed beef operations under the passionate stewardship of unconventional farmers. This new breed of Farmer comes to…
Good Ideas: Pure Living
On October 20, PSFK and Nissan will host a Good Ideas Salon in Tokyo. For the event, Piers Fawkes of PSFK will moderate a conversation on “Pure Living” with two panels of distinguished…
November 18, 2015
Mrs. Kimberly Leonard — Dear Harmless Harvest,
Where do I begin? It's hard to choose the correct words to say THANK YOU! You...
September 1, 2015
Kelly Sims — Gwen,
I live in Durham and I see it all the time, sometimes on sale at Kroger and Harris Teeter.
Kelly...
