Solutions
Looking for inspiration and solutions for living more sustainably? Check out these daily highlights of innovative brands and products in apparel, home, food, travel, beauty, spirits, mobility and more!
Listen: Cheers to Gin - A More Thoughtful Pour for Everyday Cocktails
Cheers to gin — and the Solutionists innovating to deliver a terrific spirit with a lighter footprint. In this Greening My… episode of the Seeing Green Podcast, we explore what’s behind the bottle and spotlight five choices that might just be your next favorite for a G&T.
In Their Own Words: Lost Valley Wines on Farming, Packaging and Place
Lost Valley Wines shares how organic farming, thoughtful packaging and a modern approach to winemaking are shaping a more sustainable path from vineyard to glass. It’s a firsthand look at how place, story and stewardship come together in the wines they produce.
In Their Own Words: Frog's Leap Winemaker on Organic, Dry-Farmed Wine
Frog’s Leap Winery’s Winemaker shares how organic and dry-farmed practices are shaping more resilient vineyards in Napa Valley. It’s a firsthand look at how thoughtful farming can influence both the quality of the grapes and the wine in your glass.
Inside SF Climate Week: Beer Made From Air?
Seeing Green visited Almanac Beer Co. during San Francisco Climate Week to explore how Aircapture’s climate tech can show up in everyday products. From brewery operations to the beer in your glass, this is a real-world example of cleaner, greener innovation in action.
Four Pillars Gin Pairs Great Gin with a Smaller Footprint
Four Pillars Gin is an Australian distillery crafting bold, modern gins with a more mindful approach to how they’re made. From fresh citrus and native botanicals to circular innovations like its “Made From Gin” range, the brand is also rethinking what happens before and after the bottle.
Listen: La Crosse Distilling - Organic Spirits, Local Roots
In this Spotlight Series episode of the Seeing Green Podcast, we explore how La Crosse Distilling Co. is rethinking spirits through local sourcing, renewable energy and a grain-to-glass approach rooted in place. Listen and discover how better spirits can start long before the bottle.
Marble Distilling Mixes Great Spirits with Greener Practices
Marble Distilling is a Colorado-based, women-owned craft distillery producing vodka, whiskey, rye, bourbon and liqueurs using local grains and pure Crystal River water. Through innovations like its water and energy reuse system, the company is rethinking how spirits are made while significantly reducing water and energy use.
Penrhos Spirits Is Reimagining Gin from Orchard to Aluminum Bottle
Penrhos Spirits is a British distillery founded by two farming families in Herefordshire. They craft small-batch gin from surplus and imperfect orchard fruit, packaged in 100% recycled aluminum bottles for a lighter footprint.
Gray Whale Gin Distills the Spirit of Coastal Conservation
Gray Whale Gin is a California craft gin inspired by the gray whale’s 12,000-mile migration along the Pacific coast, featuring botanicals sourced from that same route. Every bottle celebrates the ocean and supports efforts to protect it.
Organic Spirits with Driftless Roots at La Crosse Distilling Co.
La Crosse Distilling Co. is redefining craft spirits with a conscience — producing organic, grain-to-glass vodka, gin and whiskey powered by geothermal energy and rooted in Wisconsin’s Driftless Region. By sourcing locally, cutting waste and giving back to the land, they’re proving that great taste and sustainability can share the same pour.
Hayman Distillers Blends Heritage, Quality and a Smarter Way Forward
Hayman Distillers is a family-owned British spirits producer blending generations of distilling heritage with a modern commitment to quality and sustainability. From classic gins to its waste-reducing Respirited Vodka, the company shows how craft spirits can deliver exceptional taste while thoughtfully reducing their environmental footprint.
Ahascragh Distillery Is Redefining Irish Spirits With Zero Emissions
Ahascragh Distillery is Ireland’s first zero energy emissions whiskey and gin distillery, blending historic craftsmanship with cutting-edge clean technology. It produces premium spirits while proving that tradition and sustainability can evolve together.
12 Days of Greener Giving: Day 6 - Festive & Conscious Sips
Festive, conscious sips are our pick for today’s 12 Days of Greener Giving, offering gifts that bring celebration, craftsmanship and lighter-footprint choices into every toast of the season. Click through for some of our favorite brands that blend sustainability, flavor and thoughtful production for the people you love (or to elevate your own holiday bar cart).
Vibe Check: Sustainable Happy Hour Edition
This Vibe Check celebrates leading sustainable spirits, wine and beer brands redefining what better drinking can look like this festive season. From climate-smart distilling to organic vineyards and circular brewing, these innovators are proving great taste and lighter impact can share the same glass.
Our Faves: Sustainable Spirits & Planet-Friendly Drinks
Sustainable beverage brands are redefining how we enjoy wine, spirits and beer by crafting drinks that celebrate flavor while protecting the planet. This post highlights innovators proving that great taste and environmental responsibility can go glass-for-glass.
How Two Drifters Distillery Crafts Community-Rooted Spirits with Impact
Two Drifters Distillery is the world’s first carbon-negative rum company, founded in Exeter, UK, by Russ and Gemma Wakeham. Blending bold flavors with bold climate action, they craft award-winning rums while proving sustainability can be at the heart of every bottle.
Ellers Farm Distillery Crafts Spirits With Purpose
In the rolling countryside of North Yorkshire, UK, Ellers Farm Distillery is proving that great taste and bold sustainability can go hand in hand. Founded with the belief that the drinks industry can -- and should -- be a force for good, the distillery has quickly become known not only for its craft spirits but also for its uncompromising environmental and social commitments.
Nc’nean Pioneers Scotch With Low Impact
Nc’nean Distillery is a modern standout in the Scotch whisky world -- small in scale but mighty in impact. Founded in 2017 , this organic Highland distillery is on a mission to create experimental spirits and pioneer sustainable production.
SERVED Upcycles Wonky Fruit to Shake up the Ready-to-Drink Cocktail Scene
SERVED is on a mission to create the best tasting pre-mixed drinks on the planet while reducing food waste and impact on the environment. The company is UK’s fastest growing ready-to-drink (RTD) brand, producing a range of cocktails and hard seltzers made from naturally-sourced surplus fruit that would otherwise go to waste.
Wheyward Spirit Turns Food Waste into a New Category of Sustainable Spirits
Wheyward Spirit is a pioneering craft distillery that upcycles excess whey – the liquid co-product of cheese and other dairy products -- into premium, award-winning spirits. The company blends sustainability with innovation to create a smooth, sippable base spirit, bringing a unique flavor profile to cocktails while elevating the spirits industry with a distinctly circular approach.