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2 days ago | 
sustainablejungle.com | Joy Mcconnochie
Accessories don’t have to scream tacky, “planetary excess”. By prioritizing our collective well-being, these sustainable accessories prove you don’t have to skimp on style to be more conscious. Accessories can be super fun, elegant, eye-catching and in many cases important to make an outfit really pop.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
sustainablejungle.com | Amber McDaniel |Jenny Bell
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
sustainablejungle.com | Amber McDaniel |Jenny Bell
Join over 14,000 other subscribers to the Sustainable Jungle newsletter here. About us We share sustainability focused ideas, tips, tricks, products, brands and stories about people & organizations living meaningfully to better our planet.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
sustainablejungle.com | Amber McDaniel |Heather Seely
Say you scored some legit-retro finds through a second hand store and now you want to date your new-to-you vintage piece? How do you know if they’re actually vintage or if the seller is pulling the vintage wool jumper over your eyes? Our vintage fashion guide is here to help you with the lost art of reading vintage clothing tags.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
sustainablejungle.com | Joy Mcconnochie |Heather Seely
We’re all about supporting beauty brands (or rather, ALL brands) that take meaningful action to improve the impact of their products on people and planet, which requires us to ask (and answer): what is sustainable beauty? When it comes to beauty products, we want to make sure that we’re voting with our wallets for products that are a better choice for the planet and the beings that inhabit it—and that includes ourselves who are actually using the products.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
sustainablejungle.com | Joy Mcconnochie |Molly Willows |Kate Fletcher
You’ve probably heard the term buzzing around sustainability circles and responsible runways, but what is sustainable fashion? It’s more complicated than fashion simply marketed as “sustainable”—especially given the environmental destruction, human rights abuses, and rampant greenwashing that make it difficult to discern truly sustainable and ethical fashion.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
sustainablejungle.com | Joy Mcconnochie
We’re putting human-centered stuff on paws because we’ve gone doggone crazy about eco-friendly dog beds. Happily, we’re not the only ones wanting to provide a sustainable place for our pups to curl up and adorably bark mid-dream. Dog beds can be especially high impact, since, as most dog owners know, they can get destroyed—a lot—so durable beds with better (i.e. non-landfill) end-of-life outcomes are key.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
sustainablejungle.com | Joy Mcconnochie |Jenny Bell
Trash jars are trending. Plastic-free is popping. Reusables are all the rage. Even composting is downright cosmopolitan. The zero waste movement has got a lot of press, but what is zero waste and are these lifestyle choices having an impact? Quite simply, living zero waste means sending nothing to the landfill. Zip. Zilch. Zero.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
sustainablejungle.com | Amber McDaniel |Heather Seely
Help keep PDX wonderfully weird and our planet habitable by paying a visit to the best thrift stores Portland has to offer. This city no doubt has a penchant for the unconventional, unique, and eco-friendly, making it easily one of the most opportunistic locations in the US for thrifting. There’s an innate emphasis on supporting local, small-scale businesses, which is why these stores are one-of-a-kind—with items just as unique.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
sustainablejungle.com | Lyall Mabin |Heather Seely
Sit back, relax, and enjoy an afternoon marathon of zero waste documentaries that are as informative, as they are inspiring. And, dare we say, fun too. And if you’re one of many people wondering “what is zero waste”, spending a few hours with these talented filmmakers is one of the best ways to dive into the movement. They cover everything from what it means to achieve a circular economy to the ways the plastic problem distracts us from other things like biodiversity loss.