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Looking to reduce waste & shop sustainably? 🌎✨ Litterless is a go-to guide for finding bulk stores & compost services in your state. Support small businesses, fight climate change, and help shift systems for the better. Their directories are updated regularly—check them out and make a difference with your everyday habits. 🔗 Explore: litterless.com #LovetheEarth #welovetheearth #smallbusiness #supplychain #sustainable #shopping #shopsustainable #zerowaste

🏞 What is urban sprawl? It is the expansion of cities into natural areas. Urban sprawl pushes wildlife such as animals, fungi, and plants, out of their homes and disrupts delicate ecosystems. This doesn’t have to happen, and we can make choices to prevent it. Find out how in this episode of the Purchase Power podcast. https://lnkd.in/gupY8KfC #LovetheEarth #welovetheearth #urbansprawl

Jaguars 🐆, the largest cats in the Americas, are sacred to many Amazonian Indigenous nations. Today, we share this story from A’i Cofán leader Shakira Yumbo and member of our Indigenous partner organization Alianza Ceibo, who reflects on her elders’ understanding of the relationship between shamans and jaguars.  Over the next days, we’ll be sharing stories and reflections from storytellers and community leaders about what jaguars mean to them. Stay tuned! And don't forget to visit the special feature on our website, where various Indigenous Amazonian leaders share what the jaguar means to them and their people. Link in the first comment. #Jaguars #AmazonRainforest #IndigenousPeoples #Spirituality #Shamans #WorldJaguarDay --- Los jaguares 🐆, los felinos más grandes de América, son clave en la cosmovisión de muchas naciones indígenas amazónicas. Hoy compartimos esta historia de la lideresa A'i Cofán y miembro de nuestra organización aliada Alianza Ceibo, Shakira Yumbo, quien reflexiona sobre cómo sus abuelos entienden la relación entre los chamanes y los jaguares.  En los próximos días estaremos compartiendo historias y reflexiones de líderes y lideresas comunitarias sobre lo que significan los jaguares para ellos y ellas. ¡No te lo pierdas! Y no olvides visitar el especial en nuestra web, donde diversos líderes y lideresas indígenas amazónicas comparten lo que el jaguar significa para ellos y sus pueblos. Link en el primer comentario. #Jaguares #Amazonía #PueblosIndígenas #Espiritualidad #Chamanes

🌱 World Vegan Month begins on Friday. Looking for support with your plant-based journey? These three digital tools make it fun and delicious. 📱 VeGuide app - Make a 30-day pledge on VeGuide, a beginner-friendly app. Perfect for newcomers, VeGuide offers daily video content, helpful tips, and progress tracking, giving you a structured plan to ease into plant-based living. Each day, you'll unlock insights on nutrition, lifestyle swaps, and delicious plant-based ideas. 📱 Happy Cow app - Finding plant-based meals on the go is a breeze with Happy Cow. This restaurant locator app helps you discover vegan and vegetarian dining options anywhere in the world. Whether you're traveling or just exploring your own city, Happy Cow shows you the best spots for plant-based meals, complete with ratings, reviews, and photos from other plant-based eaters. 🌐 The Full Helping website - At home, try exploring recipes on the blog. Created by a registered dietitian, this site is packed with plant-based recipes, nutrition tips, and meal ideas for every taste. From comfort food to nutrient-dense dishes, The Full Helping provides accessible recipes that make plant-based eating simple, satisfying, and nutritious. 📸 "Hearty Butternut Squash Kale & Lentil Soup" (link in comments) Using these tools, you can build confidence in your choices, try new flavors, and connect with a larger community of plant-based eaters. Ready to take (or re-take) the pledge? Dive into plant-based eating with social support from the global vegan community. #LovetheEarth #welovetheearth #eatplants #plantbased #vegan #worldveganmonth #worldveganday

📚👏 The best stories come from real life. We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People, by Nemonte Nenquimo and Mitch Anderson, is the kind of book that strikes a chord for people who know what it's like to leave home and live a nomadic life in search of a greater purpose. As Mitch responds to Nemo when she asks why white people read so much, "To learn about . . . to see little parts of ourselves in other people's stories." He pauses to revise his thoughts for her audience, which is something we can definitely relate to as writers, as activists who have an agenda for compassion, and as humans who want to meaningfully connect with others in moments of awareness and presence. We can see little parts of ourselves in their story and we know you will, too. Buy the book, share it with friends, and have a hearty chat about it. #LovetheEarth #welovetheearth #booklist #librarybooks #naturelovers #readingcommunity #quotes #slowlife #slowliving #slowmovement

💧💰 A sustainability story from our founder, Esther Chase: "When I was young, my French teacher told our class that French youth tend to wash their clothes less often than we do. We were shocked! "For me, it was a moment of awakening. Her sustainability lesson, as well as her brilliant and sensitive style of teaching, has remained with me into my adult years. I still save water and electricity in this delightfully countercultural manner. "Washing laundry less frequently is a mindful way to conserve resources and cut costs. In the U.S., we’re influenced by advertising that makes us believe clothes should be cleaned after just one use because they need to smell fresh—but that's not always necessary, especially with the stuff we only wear at home. "Upon reflection, which other habits can you trace back to the influence of advertising? Are there ways you can respond to them, both mindfully and counterculturally?" #LovetheEarth #welovetheearth #consciousconsumer #ecofriendly #greenliving #lowwaste #ReduceReuseRecycle #sustainabilitystory #sustainableliving

🐾 How do human activities impact Florida's iconic wildlife? Let’s explore the challenges facing the Florida panther: 1️⃣ Habitat Loss from Urbanization 2️⃣ Road Collisions 3️⃣ Agriculture and Deforestation 4️⃣ Water Diversion 5️⃣ Invasive Species 6️⃣ Climate Change What can we do? 🧐 Learn more about panthers, as well as give your support to: habitat restorations, safe wildlife crossings, and sustainable land use practices. Our sustainable shopping choices—whether it’s where we live, how we travel, or what we consume—can help protect the Florida panther. Discover even more at https://lnkd.in/g_DkCfHv #LovetheEarth #welovetheearth #learninglaunchpad #learningstyles #librarybooks #protectingwildlife #readingcommunity #resourcecollection #urbanization #urbansprawl #wildlifeconservation

🎨📝 Today we're sharing a painting by artist Marieke Mertz, a certified naturalist from the Pacific northwest, and a poem by Esther Chase, founder of Lovethe.Earth, a new consumer education and sustainability nonprofit in southern California. 👀 The Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, is one of the smaller hummingbirds. Males are easily recognized by their brilliant orange-copper plumage and red iridescent throat feathers, while females and young birds often appear green or brown. 🌸 This feisty bird is a pollinator favorite! They are known to vigorously defend a patch of their favorite flowers against intruders, including larger birds. 💫 Native to North America, they undertake one of the longest migrations relative to their size, traveling round-trip from Mexico to Alaska every year to nest. ⚠️ We chose to highlight the Rufous because their population is declining due to habitat loss, causing a Near Threatened conservation status. 🌱 What can we do to help? Plant native species so they have plenty to eat! 😋 Rufous hummingbirds are especially attracted to red tubular blooms, such as penstemons, red columbine, paintbrush, gilia, scarlet sage, and California hummingbird sage. They will also feed on sugar-water mixtures at hummingbird feeders. Follow us for more hummingbird art and sustainability tips! #LovetheEarth #welovetheearth #artistcollaboration #communityscience #consumereducation #hummingbird #naturalist #naturelovers #poetry #shopsustainable #urbangarden #urbanwildlife

👀 Long before our founder became a sustainable shopper, she picked up a pair of flipflops as an impulse buy at a big box store. Little did she know, the brand is actually a woman-led environmentally friendly company which makes their goods right here in the USA! Those flips lasted at least 4 years, maybe longer, and while searching online for a new pair of washable and colorful sandals, we finally found the Okabashi website due to some seriously sustainable SEO on their part. 🙌 #LovetheEarth #welovetheearth #circulareconomy #consciousconsumer #customerengagement #ecodesign #ecofashion #ecofriendly #ethicalfashion

🌸🌼 Biodiversity matters! Behold the Plummer's mariposa-lily (Calochortus plummerae), a beautiful wildflower with delicate pink to lavender petals and vibrant yellow inner fuzz. Found in the chaparral and oak woodlands of Southern California, it adds unique and rare beauty to our ecosystems. Protecting such species supports a healthy environment, offering habitat and pollination for California's wildlife. Let’s celebrate and preserve the rich biodiversity around us! Be mindful of your carbon footprint and shop sustainable. Find more inspired treasures like these with the California Native Plant Society's Rare Plant Inventory Database at rareplants.cnps.org #LovetheEarth #welovetheearth #biodiversity #californianativeplants #californiawildflowers #macrophotography #mariposalily #rareplants #wildflower 📸 Jill Richardson via Canva/Getty Images