Sustainable Living

Whether you like a berry blast to start your day or a savory chunky monkey smoothie bowl for dessert, there's a smoothie bowl for everyone to enjoy! Smoothie bowls are all the rage, recently. Fitstagram influencers claim to have started the trend, but the truth is that smoothie bowls have been around for a long time.  In the early 1970s, legendary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu founder Carlos Gracie popularized the açai bowl by bringing frozen açai berry pulp from the Amazon to Northern Brazil. He mixed the frozen pulp with blended bananas and created the well-known Gracie Diet, which was formulated to...

From the oceans that make up 70% of the Earth’s surface to the air we breathe each second, everything we have, we owe to nature. We constantly forget this fact. But today is World Environment Day, a day of awareness reminding us of our responsibility to the Earth. For World Environment Day, we have interviewed a number of experts in environmental justice organizations. These environmental leaders have shed light on some of the major issues that Mother Nature is currently facing. In addition, they have shared their tips on how ordinary people can play their parts in helping save the...

There’s a reason why a lot of people today are starting to opt for eco-friendly products. As our world becomes more and more technologically advanced, it also produces more and more waste. This situation gives rise to a plethora of environmental problems, including acid rain, poor air quality, water pollution, ozone layer depletion, and—the most widely known and controversial issue—climate change. Given all these problems, individuals, organizations, and businesses alike are now considering how they can help restore the planet. These environmentally aware businesses include Rainforest Bowls. In this day and age, the world’s system lives and thrives on production...

One of today’s biggest environmental concerns rests on the problem of plastic pollution. Since the Second World War, industries all over the world have been mass-manufacturing plastic products. Plastic has indeed brought tons of conveniences to people’s lives, especially in medicine, health equipment, technology, and transportation. However, plastic has also been bringing almost 8 million metric tons of waste into the ocean each year. Plastic pollution has become one of the worst global crises today. It’s so harmful to the environment and even human health that it has urged the United Nations to form an international treaty about plastic waste...