The Climatarian Journal

The Climatarian Journal

A Guide to Green Living

The Climatarian Journal

The Women Picking Up What the World Leaves Behind
The Women Picking Up What the World Leaves Behind
This International Women's Day, we're spotlighting the women on the front lines of the plastic waste crisis in Kerala, India, and what their work has to do with every bar of Alter Eco chocolate you eat. Every Bar Has a...
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Conscious Halloween: Your Guide to Sustainable Spooking
Conscious Halloween: Your Guide to Sustainable Spooking

This Halloween, skip the plastic and keep the magic. From compostable chocolate wrappers and ethical treats to thrifted costume ideas and low-waste party tips, our guide shows how to celebrate sustainably—without giving up the fun (or the chocolate).

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Holiday Gift Guide
The holiday season is just around the corner, and with it comes the hustle and bustle of finding the perfect gifts. But don’t worry—we’ve got your gift-giving covered! Because let’s be honest, the best gifts are the ones you can...
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7 Easy Tips for a Healthy, Sustainable, and Delicious Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a time for gathering, gratitude, and, of course, great food. But amidst the celebrations, it’s also an opportunity to focus on making healthy and sustainable choices. Whether you’re crafting a plant-based Thanksgiving feast or simply looking for ways...
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Going Beyond Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
Going Beyond Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
We’ve all heard the tried and true environmental phrase “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”. Although it’s sound advice, we are always looking for ways to go beyond the three basic “Rs” and align ourselves with a deeper commitment to the environment.  To...
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How to Have a Green Halloween
Halloween is a holiday full of fun costumes, decorations, and, (of course) sweets! The down side?  One-off costumes, individual candy wrappers, and short-lived decorations can all create significantly larger volumes of landfill waste.  In fact, 25 million tons of waste...
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How to Backyard Compost: The Basics
Composting may be one of the best things you can do for the environment. It pulls valuable nutrients out of the landfill, giving them a chance to decompose and return back to the earth and drastically increases the carbon-storing power...
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How To Fix Composting and Why We Need To
Composting may be one of the most important topics of our lifetime.  The simple act of composting forces us to rethink our relationship to waste, food, and convenience.  A commitment to composting and returning nutrients to the environment from which...
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How to Have the Most Eco-Friendly Galentine's Day Ever
How to Have the Most Eco-Friendly Galentine's Day Ever
We don’t really need an excuse to hang out and celebrate our favorite gal pals, but if we did…..Galantine's day would be it!  Although love-filled holidays are typically filled with bright colored single-use plastic, highly specific gifts, and less-than sustainable foods,...
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Pecan Date Turtles
Pecan Date Turtles
Recipe and Photography by @leelaeats Prepare to be amazed! We've got an easy 5-ingredient, Gluten Free, Plant Based, no-bake Pecan snack that'll keep you snacking all this season long! Ingredients: 12 medjool dates 1 tbs almond flour 32 pecan halves...
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No Waste Packaging: The 101 Guide
No Waste Packaging: The 101 Guide
When shopping, it’s important to consider the product you’re buying, how it’s made, and the resulting impact on the environment.  Almost as important as the product itself, though, is how it’s packaged.  Too many products these days are still being...
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Vegetables & Herbs You Can Plant in Your Regenerative Garden this Fall
There is no doubt about it: fall is in the air! Temperatures are dropping, daylight is waning, and the trees are dropping their leaves.  Although the planet is slowly preparing for winter, it’s not time to put your gardening gloves...
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BREAKING DOWN Compostability
So, you’ve tried our incredible chocolate truffles and are in awe of the taste, and the health benefits, and the inspirational stories behind the cacao and coconut farmers…and the taste! You may be wondering about these little wrappers and what exactly...
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5 Ways to Make Sustainability Actually Sustainable
Sustainability starts with you! The world can often feel overwhelming, especially when it comes to the planet and sustainability. We’re here to remind you that the daily, small actions you take to build a more sustainable world matter, a whole...
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The Gift That Keeps On Giving
The Gift That Keeps On Giving
This Giving Tuesday, Alter Eco will be matching your donations (up to $1,000) when you donate to an organization supporting regenerative agriculture. This is a way of farming that respects the soil and the people who grow our food. We've listed a few...
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The Positive Impacts of Purchasing Fair Trade Quinoa
Plant Power for People and Planet! A legacy product line for Alter Eco dating back to 2008, our Organic and Fair For Life Fair certified heirloom quinoa is part of our mission to grow food in a way that restores...
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7 Truly Affordable Ways to Save the Planet
7 Truly Affordable Ways to Save the Planet
Does it ever seem to you that going green means spending a lot of green? While some earth-friendly products have a higher price, there are affordable ways to protect the environment. Some don’t cost anything at all. Many save you...
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Arbor Day: Bringing Trees Back
Arbor Day: Bringing Trees Back
Celebrating trees is deeply integrated into our company mission, but we’re always glad when the rest of the world gets a chance too! April 29th is Arbor Day, an entire day to give trees all the attention, joy, and love...
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How to Make Your Kitchen Climatarian Friendly
How to Make Your Kitchen Climatarian Friendly
You’ve decided to go full climatarian. You’re going to eat mostly plant-based, local foods that are good for you and good for the planet, and do everything you can to reduce food waste. Hooray! Now what? Looking around your kitchen,...
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Want Climate Solutions to Work? Include Women
Want Climate Solutions to Work? Include Women
In honor of Women’s History Month, here’s a closer look at the interplay between gender and climate change.   We need all hands-on deck in the fight against climate change. From beach clean-ups to sustainable chocolate companies, legislative action to...
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