Is there such a thing as a sustainable Halloween?

Halloween can be surprisingly wasteful due to the sheer volume of single-use items and disposable products associated with the holiday. Many costumes are made from synthetic materials that contribute to landfill waste, while plastic decorations and disposable tableware add to the environmental burden. The candy industry often relies on excessive packaging, generating significant plastic waste, and many carved pumpkins end up in the trash instead of being composted. Additionally, the energy consumption from elaborate light displays can contribute to a larger carbon footprint. All of these factors combined make Halloween one of the more wasteful holidays if sustainable practices aren’t considered.

What is Underconsumption?

Food waste not only squanders resources but also contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. By taking steps to reduce food waste, you can make a substantial impact on both the environment and your budget.

This is our favorite time of year! Fresh flowers in our houses, homegrown salads every night, all the greens, veggies, berries we can eat. But what if you didn't grow your own garden?? Well there are lots of ways you can still enjoy nutritious, local produce and at the same time reduce your carbon footprint! 

As summer approaches, it's the perfect time to bask in the sun, enjoy the outdoors, and embrace all that nature has to offer. However, it's also essential to remember our responsibility to protect the environment and promote sustainability in everything we do. With that in mind, here are some tips for having a sustainable summer:

"Fast fashion" is a term applied to inexpensive clothing that is generally of poor quality, manufactured quickly, and with the intention of being disposed of and replaced when the next trend surfaces. Fast fashion thrives on a business model built around speed and disposability. It churns out new styles at breakneck speed, encouraging consumers to constantly update their wardrobes with the latest trends. This relentless cycle of production and consumption comes at a significant cost to the environment.

2024's Earth Day Focus is Plastic Pollution

So what's the big deal about plastic?

As plastics break down into microplastics, they release toxic chemicals into our food and water sources and circulate through the air we breathe. Plastic production now has grown to more than 380 million tons per year. More plastic has been produced in the last ten years than in the entire 20th century, and the industry plans to grow explosively for the indefinite future. Click here to learn more about plastics and Earth Day!

The air is just starting to warm up, birds are returning, and we are all wanting to throw open our windows and get to our spring cleaning! Is it the nip in the air that is stopping us, or is it that we wondering whether our cleaning products are actually cleaning or polluting?

Earth Day is a month from today, and 2024's focus is on plastic pollution. We are learning more and more every day about how microplastics are making their way into everything, and it's so scary! But we can do something about it!

Sweet Farm is the first non-profit sanctuary in the world to address the global climate impacts of factory farming across animals, the plants, and the planet. Our food web is incredibly complicated and it’s impossible to move forward without first understanding how these pieces are connected. By linking climate education, regenerative agriculture, farm-animal rescue, and the technology that is sustainably disrupting food and agriculture production — Sweet Farm is the world's first Climate Sanctuary. Our monthly sustainability newsletter shares easy ways that you can contribute to our mission to create a compassionate and sustainable world.

The Sweet Farm Sustainability Spotlight shares easy tips on how to make an impact in your lives & homes.