Why I Stopped Combing Through Chemicals and Took My Hair Care Into My Own Hands

Blog | by Jasmine Curtis | February 18, 2020

Many of the hair and beauty products marketed to Black women—from dyes and relaxers to lipsticks and makeup—pose serious health and environmental risks. Jasmine Curtis wants to change that.

Calculating the Savings in Growing Your Own Food

Blog | by Dawn Handschuh | September 22, 2011

Growing our own food offers multiple benefits—for our health, our taste buds, and our pocketbook. So how much money are we actually saving?

Community Building Through Peacemaking Circles — and Dinner

Blog | by Jessica Laus | June 26, 2018

Community dinners bring people together as equals in order to have honest, and at times difficult, exchanges in an atmosphere of concern and respect for all.

Confronting Racism Through Personal Action and Deeper Community Connections

Blog | by Casey Williams | September 21, 2017

By building stronger networks with people and groups from diverse backgrounds, we can all help to create a more socially just and sustainable world.

What We See and What We Know (Or, Why We Need to Question Overabundance)

Blog | by Kate Parker | February 18, 2020

What is lost when we're confronted with a constant state of overabundance? What are the hidden systems that prop up these manifestations of largesse? And who are they good for?

The Threads That Bind Us: One Woman's Perspective on the Border Crisis, Climate Change, and Our Choices as Consumers

Blog | by Amber Cadenas | September 17, 2019

We can't ignore the connections between our own behaviors as consumers and many of the wider crises facing our world, including climate change and the realities of climate-related migration.