Sustainability Archives - Experience Life

- Food Culture -

5 Sustainable Items for Healthy Eating

By Experience Life Staff

Sustainable goods that make eating well a little easier.

- Environmental Health -

13 Tips to Winterize Your Home

By Michael Dregni

With the polar vortex becoming more unpredictable each year, home winterproofing can help save energy, fight climate change — and keep you warm.

- Environmental Health -

Holiday Gifts for Our Planet

By Michael Dregni

Homemade gifts, alternatives to ribbons, and several other tips to make the holidays festive and environmentally friendly!

- Nutrition -

What’s in Your Wine?

By Laine Bergeson Becco, FMCHC

Most bottles contain more than just grapes and yeast. Find out which ingredients find their way into wine — plus 9 tips to make healthier choices without sacrificing taste.

- Stress Relief -

7 Hidden Triggers of the Sympathetic Stress Response

By Aviva Romm, MD

Here are a few surprising ways we can be triggered without even knowing it.

- Nutrition -

What Is Regenerative Agriculture?

By Laine Bergeson Becco, FMCHC

This type of farming helps rebuild soil, decrease atmospheric carbon dioxide, and slow climate change.

- Environmental Health -

7 Keystone Species — and Why they Matter for Our Planet

By Heidi Wachter

Keystone species are essential for ecosystem resilience, yet many are considered pests. Learn why we need these important animals and plants.

- Environmental Health -

How Good Is Your Tap Water?

By Michael Dregni

Curious what's in your tap water? Check out the Environmental Working Group's new Tap Water Database.

- Perspective by Bahram Akradi -

The Table

By Bahram Akradi

A call for alignment on a global scale — for the good of our planet and future generations.

- Environmental Health -

5 Ways Wildfires Affect Our Planet

By Heidi Wachter

Wildfires are important for ecosystems, but they are dangerous as well.

- Environmental Health -

Finding Beauty in Erosion

By Heidi Wachter

Acclaimed author and conservationist Terry Tempest Williams discusses themes from her new book of essays.

- Environmental Health -

The Ecological Consequences of Wildfires

By Heidi Wachter

Wildfires are becoming more frequent and dangerous. Learn why it matters — even if you don't live in a burn hotspot.

- Environmental Health -

Water Warrior: Jason Momoa

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Jason Momoa shares his passion for ocean conservation, water equity, and eliminating single-use plastics once and for all.

- Environmental Health -

Next-Gen Conservation

By Heidi Wachter

How technology is helping scientists monitor and protect wildlife habitats and species.

- Nutrition -

4 Tips for Foraging

By Elizabeth Millard

Foraging for the first time can be intimidating, but there are many ways to ease into the adventure.

- Environmental Health -

How to Turn the Tide Against Plastic

By Heidi Wachter

Try a water flosser, say no to thermal-paper receipts, and 10 other ways to fight plastic.

Person holding basket of foraged plants.

- Nutrition -

Time to Forage

By Elizabeth Millard

Tap into your hunter-gatherer roots by learning to find and eat these five wild plants.

Hands holding plastic in one and hand and seashells in the other hand.

- Environmental Health -

The Problem With Plastic — and What We Can Do About It

By Heidi Wachter

People have done without plastics for most of history. In the interest of human and planetary health, we can again — if we're willing to shift our buying habits and push for large-scale change.