Posts by Mariska Nell
123: How One Womans Artivism Is Creating A Ripple Of Change With Emily Ehlers
In this episode, we talk to Emily Ehlers aka Eco with Em. She is a writer and illustrator that uses her superpowers to make heavy environmental issues feel lighter and less terrifying. She focuses on solutions and story-telling and squeezes a lot of hope, humour and puns in her work. Herstory’s have been shared globally and she is known for her bright and busy designs that have helped turned environmental apathy into everyday action.
During this episode, we find out how her journey started, the importance of art in the environmental movement and she gave us some tips to keep us going.
It is almost Black Friday again
It is almost Black Friday again. For those of you that might not be familiar with Black Friday, it is the first day after Thanksgiving. Traditionally it is the biggest shopping day of the year as it officially kicks off the holiday season. Back in the 1950’s the day got its name as the police…
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In this episode, we talk to Anthony Day. He is the presenter of the Sustainable Futures Report, a weekly podcast and blog on energy, resources, pollution and the climate crisis in which he looks at how we can face up to these challenges and how far technology can help us.
During this episode, we are taking a look into carbon offset and see if it is used as a get out of jail free card or is it the start to rethinking how much carbon we use? We also talked about voting and how not only your vote at the ballot can make a change but your daily voting with your money could too.
Goodbye, Louboutins
These beauties have been laying in their box for two years. I had to say goodbye, Louboutins! I wore them only twice since getting it as a Christmas gift from my hubby. I use to love going in the Christian Louboutin store and look at all these beautiful shoes that I could not…
Read Full PostZero Waste During Isolation
Living a Zero Waste lifestyle can be challenging during normal circumstances throw in 14 days of self-isolation and you have an entire new ball game. I would like to take you through my experience with zero waste during isolation and provide you with some tips on how you can easily keep your waste to a…
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