When we can interact and work together with initiatives that have likeminded values and ideas, it inspires us to learn and adopt new sustainable practices into our day-to-day lives. It’s much easier to join a community of people already taking green action. Through Instagram, Green Upward met TreeEra — an…

Get 10% off when you sign up for our community email! This past week I collaborated with visual designer Marta Zewdu (Instagram: @collarbones) on styling and shooting Green Upward bags. Post shoot, I sat down with Marta to discuss the shoot and here’s what I asked her: Green Upward: Tell…

Dear 2018,This year belongs to the sustainable folks: to those who chose to live with less waste, bring their own straw, support local food markets, and so much more. This year goes out to the folks who are willing to change, and encourage others to change for the benefit of…

Why am I talking about sustainability? I am not an expert. I am not an environmental scientist, nor do I live an extreme zero waste lifestyle. I am first and foremost a designer, and I want to present sustainability to you through my lens of design, and design thinking. It’s…

There are many reasons a person may want to downsize their material goods: the coveted minimalistic lifestyle, moving in with a partner, transitioning to a new job, or starting out at a new city. As I have exited university, I have had to undergo a major downsize, reducing what I…

A couple weekends ago, in late summer my boyfriend and I had the opportunity to stay with a friend in the family’s cabin in Sarnia, Canada for a weekend. We are both sustainably conscious individuals interested in living environmentally holistic lives, and thought it would be fun to challenge ourselves to have a sustainable weekend through conscious purchasing, activities, and waste reduction. Originally published at greenupward.com.

Today was a good day. I went with my mom to pick up our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm share. …

“Follow your mission, not your passion” — was a saying from one of my favorite design professors. …

The SolarMill studio is a eco-tech wonderland of solar energy based creativity and concepts, and I was ~sunstruck~ by their work. They are a small design and manufacturing studio that is entirely solar-powered. Their mission is to effect a solar renaissance: to inspire others to harness the power of the…