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Single-Use Plastic Alternatives by Wendy Barnes Design

Which Reusable Straws are Best?

Which Reusable Straws are Best?
What kind of reusable straw should you choose? Are you a metal straw person or a glass straw type? With bamboo straws, silicone straws and more, which straws are best? Here is my guide for you to use as a fun starting point in discovering your favorite new reusable straw! Continue reading

How to Remember to Use Your Reusable Straw!

How to Remember to Use Your Reusable Straw!
Saying 'No Straw Please' is one of the most empowering sustainability movement phrases of the decade. The trouble is, many times we forget to say it before a disposable straw is plopped down in front of us. From that point, the environmental dilemma ensues: Continue reading

Preppy Prints Protect

Preppy Prints Protect
If you buy something you absolutely love, don't you remember to use it? I believe in my products for their ability to help you live a sustainable lifestyle and to avoid single-use plastics. I know they are made with care (because my team and I care and we make them!) and have the necessary attributes to satisfy your needs. They can be washed, they are made using eco-friendly practices and they are lightweight for travel. None of this affects their color and pattern and they could be a plain solid color bag and do the same job. Or could they?  Continue reading

Three Ways You Can Participate in Wildlife Conservation Through Design

Three Ways You Can Participate in Wildlife Conservation Through Design

After navigating the world of wildlife conservation and understanding the very small and very large levels of support needed, my hope is to provide you with easy ways to help and participate with me. What better way than alongside fashionable accessories every environmentally conscious consumer must have!

 

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Are You a Conscious Consumer? Here Are Three Ways You Can Be.

Are You a Conscious Consumer? Here Are Three Ways You Can Be.
Plastic pollution has poisoned our planet. If we care about our environment and wildlife, we need to make every individual effort to correct this. Yes, we care about ourselves but I cannot help but put the things that are affected by human actions by no fault of their own first. Wildlife and critical habitats are human's babies- they are directly affected by our choices and for the most part, cannot live independently of us.  Continue reading

Because there are species that have no data! None! Zip!

Because there are species that have no data! None! Zip!
The current figures from a quick internet search say roughly two-thirds of our planet’s species are undiscovered. Undiscovered! Of the ones that ARE discovered, many have no data. If we have no understanding of these species on their own and how they act, we certainly have no understanding of how they interact and beyond. Continue reading