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      • Valentine's Day
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  • Home
  • Gift Guide
  • Earth-Friendly Traditions
    • Better Gift Giving
    • Experiential Gift Giving
    • Secondhand Giving
    • Simpler Entertaining
    • SoKind Registry
    • Wildlife-Friendly Wedding
  • Holidays
    • Fall Holidays
    • Winter Holidays
    • Valentine's Day
  • Stats and Facts
  • Op-Eds & Other Media
  • Sustainable Shareables
  • About
  • Contact

Op-Eds & Other Media

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Op-Eds

Let’s Rename the Day After Thanksgiving ‘Extinction Friday’

Halloween decor can be harmful to wildlife and the environment

Let’s Rename the Day After Thanksgiving ‘Extinction Friday’

 By John R. Platt, The Revelator, 11/23/2022.

Give Greener This Holiday Season

Halloween decor can be harmful to wildlife and the environment

Let’s Rename the Day After Thanksgiving ‘Extinction Friday’

 By Sarah Baillie, Population and Sustainability Organizer, 11/1/2022.

Halloween decor can be harmful to wildlife and the environment

Halloween decor can be harmful to wildlife and the environment

Halloween decor can be harmful to wildlife and the environment

 By Sarah Baillie, Population and Sustainability Organizer, 10/6/2022.

5 Non-Material Holiday Gift Ideas

5 Alternative Christmas Tree Ideas

Halloween decor can be harmful to wildlife and the environment

 By Kelley Dennings, Population and Sustainability Campaigner, 12/14/2021.

5 Alternative Christmas Tree Ideas

5 Alternative Christmas Tree Ideas

5 Alternative Christmas Tree Ideas

 By Kelley Dennings, Population and Sustainability Campaigner, 12/7/2021.

We Can No Longer Ignore the Climate Impacts of Shopping

Another Voice: Store-bought Halloween Costumes Are Scary For WNY Wildlife

We Can No Longer Ignore the Climate Impacts of Shopping

 By Kelley Dennings, Population and Sustainability Campaigner, 11/26/2021.

5 Ways to Simplify the Holidays

Another Voice: Store-bought Halloween Costumes Are Scary For WNY Wildlife

We Can No Longer Ignore the Climate Impacts of Shopping

 By Kelley Dennings, Population and Sustainability Campaigner, 11/23/2021.

Another Voice: Store-bought Halloween Costumes Are Scary For WNY Wildlife

Another Voice: Store-bought Halloween Costumes Are Scary For WNY Wildlife

Another Voice: Store-bought Halloween Costumes Are Scary For WNY Wildlife

By Sarah Baillie, Population and Sustainability Organizer, 10/19/2021.

Cancel Valentine’s Day Consumerism

5 Homemade Holiday Gifts That Won’t Leave You Broke

Another Voice: Store-bought Halloween Costumes Are Scary For WNY Wildlife

By Sarah Baillie, Population and Sustainability Organizer, 2/12/2021.

Photo credit: Wathiq Khuzai/Getty Images

Locally Owned Businesses Need Holiday Sales Boost

5 Homemade Holiday Gifts That Won’t Leave You Broke

5 Homemade Holiday Gifts That Won’t Leave You Broke

By Kelley Dennings, Population and Sustainability Campaigner, 11/22/2020.

5 Homemade Holiday Gifts That Won’t Leave You Broke

5 Homemade Holiday Gifts That Won’t Leave You Broke

5 Homemade Holiday Gifts That Won’t Leave You Broke

By Sarah Baillie, Population and Sustainability Organizer, 11/5/2020.

Photo credit: Sarah Baillie

Is It Wrong to Want to Give Your Children What You Never Had?

Is It Wrong to Want to Give Your Children What You Never Had?

Is It Wrong to Want to Give Your Children What You Never Had?

By Kelley Dennings, Population and Sustainability Campaigner, 12/19/2019.

Photo credit: Kelley Dennings

Your DIY Costume Can Help Wildlife

Is It Wrong to Want to Give Your Children What You Never Had?

Is It Wrong to Want to Give Your Children What You Never Had?

By Sarah Baillie, Population and Sustainability Organizer, 10/24/2018.

Photo credit: Sarah Baillie

Those Thanksgiving Leftovers? They’re Killing the Planet

Is It Wrong to Want to Give Your Children What You Never Had?

Those Thanksgiving Leftovers? They’re Killing the Planet

By Stephanie Feldstein, Population and Sustainability Program Director, 11/20/2018.

Photo credit: Satya Murthy/Flickr. 

5 Gifts on the Planet’s Holiday Wish List

Waste Not: Wildlife-friendly Holiday Celebrations

Those Thanksgiving Leftovers? They’re Killing the Planet

By Stephanie Feldstein, Population and Sustainability Program Director, 12/20/2017.

Photo credit: Matthew Prescott from Food Is the Solution: What to Eat to Save the World.

Waste Not: Wildlife-friendly Holiday Celebrations

Waste Not: Wildlife-friendly Holiday Celebrations

Waste Not: Wildlife-friendly Holiday Celebrations

By Jennifer Molidor, Ph.D., Senior Food Campaigner, 11/21/2017.

Photo credit: Pexels.com

Shop Less, Save More (Planet)

Waste Not: Wildlife-friendly Holiday Celebrations

Waste Not: Wildlife-friendly Holiday Celebrations

By Stephanie Feldstein, Population and Sustainability Program Director, 8/8/2016.

Photo credit: Stephanie Feldstein

Webinars

Simplify the Holidays Webinar

November 1, 2022

Simplify the Holidays with the Nebraska Recycling Coalition

November 18, 2021

Low-Waste Holidays with the Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance

November 14, 2021

Simplify The Holidays with the Virginia Plastic Pollution Prevention Network

November 11, 2021

Simplify The Holidays Through Waste Reduction

November 2, 2021

Podcasts

Simplify the Holidays and Reduce Waste

Rebelling Against Black Friday Consumerism

Rebelling Against Black Friday Consumerism

 MassRecycle Podcast, Episode 28

Featuring Kelley Dennings, Population and Sustainability Campaigner, 11/22/2021.

Rebelling Against Black Friday Consumerism

Rebelling Against Black Friday Consumerism

Rebelling Against Black Friday Consumerism

GrowthBusters Podcast, Episode 61

 Featuring Kelley Dennings, Population and Sustainability Campaigner, 11/17/2021.

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