Resources

Everyone can reduce their waste at least a little bit in general, but even at the grocery store! And, no, you DON’T need a bulk store to zero waste grocery shop. Learn everything from meal planning, choosing the most eco products on the shelf, food storage, and more in this free guide, enjoy!

The Guide to zero waste grocery shopping

A Beginner's Guide to Spotting Greenwashing

Greenwashing is hard to identify and it fools all of us every now and then. Greenwashing is when companies try to come off as green or eco to make sales. Let's dive into what greenwashing is, what tactics are used, some real-life examples, and a practical exercise to test your knowledge.

eco apps

Too Good To Go: reduce food waste
OfferUp: secondhand app
Commons: calculate your carbon footprint
Happy Cow: vegan food finder
Good On You: eco fashion ratings
PlugShare: finding EV chargers
Merlin: bird IDing
Seek: plant & animal IDing
Hoopla: free library app
Libby: free library app
Refill: finding water refills
Paper Karma: stop junk mail
Longleaf Valley: game that plants trees
iRecycle: recycler finder
Think Dirty: clean beauty finder
Treecard: plant trees as you walk
Olio: trade, borrow, buy, sell
Bike Map: bike route finder/setter
Green Choice: eco grocery app
Eco Rate: finding bulk stores & cafes
Ecosia: search engine that plants trees

Charities

Water Mission
Human Rights Watch
Migrant Voice
Women for Women International
Use Penny Loafer to find more
Earth island
Beyond Pesticides
Environmental Defense Fund
Living Lands and Waters
Join my giving circle on the Glow app
The Oath - planet, inclusion, adventure
Support reclaiming indigenous land
Human Rights First
Coral Reef Alliance
The Ocean Conservancy
Social Justice Learning Institute
RESIST
Anti-Slavery

Documentaries

The True Cost
Our Planet
The Story of Stuff
A Plastic Ocean
Racing Extinction
David Attenborough: A Life on our Planet
Dig Deep
Public Trust by Patagonia
Before the Flood
Chasing Coral
Kiss the Ground: Regenerative Ag

Other Influencers

Shelbizleee on YouTube
Earthling Ed on YouTube
Emma Jane Geisler on TikTok/IG
Gittemary Johansen on YouTube
Brennan Kai on TikTok/IG
Rebecca Schwartz on TikTok/IG
Maria on TikTok/IG @ livingplanetfriendly
Krys Gier on TikTok/IG
Sabrina Sustainable Life on TikTok/IG
Science by Ashley on TikTok/IG
Kathryn on TikTok/IG @ goingzerowaste
Alyssa on TikTok/IG @ newlifestyle
Relauren on TikTok/Instagram
Western Water Girl on TikTok
Ashley @ iguanalowe TikTok
@ Pattie Gonia on TikTok/Instagram

Books

I highly encourage you to borrow from your local library, listen to the audiobook, get an e-book, buy them second-hand (my fav is Thriftbooks), or support the authors directly. But, if you choose to use this link it does support me

You can read my reviews on Goodreads @ Emma Dendler or on StoryGraph @emmaas.bookshelf

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer
The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard
Nature, Culture, and the Sacred by Nina Simmons
Sustainable Badass by Gittemary Johansen
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
A Season Unknown by Keith Cohen
The Story of More by Hope Jahren
Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West by Heather Hansman
Miseducation: How Climate Change Is Taught in America by Katie Worth
The Ghost Forest by Greg King
Consumed by Aja Barber
101 Ways to Go Zero Waste by Kathryn Kellogg
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
The Intersectional Environmentalist by Leah Thomas
The Nature Fix by Florence Williams
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play by Nick Offerman
How to Read a Tree by Tristan Gooley

Podcasts

Green Dreamer
Sustinable Packaging with Cory Conners
Earth Care Show
Mind Body Planet
Made to Sustain
Completely Arbortrary
Sarah's 7 Sustainable Minutes

Letter Writing resources

How to write effective letters to your lawmakers
How to find your congressmen to write letters to
Some letter examples I wrote and recieved

fiction movies

The Lorax
Wall-E