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!
Meow Meow Tweet and the Case for Slower, Simpler Personal Care
Meow Meow Tweet is a personal care brand rethinking everyday beauty through low-waste design, thoughtful ingredients and small-batch craftsmanship. From compostable packaging to refill systems and plant-based formulations, the brand makes it easier to reduce waste without giving up products that feel good to use.
Elate Beauty Brings Kindness and Intention to Beauty
Elate Beauty is a conscious beauty brand encouraging simpler, more intentional makeup routines. By prioritizing refillable packaging, vegan ingredients and inclusive values, Elate shows how beauty can feel good and be chosen with care.
Youth to the People Is Redefining What Conscious Skin Care Can Be
Youth to the People is a skincare leader proving that high-performance formulas and responsible design can go hand in hand. With pro-grade vegan ingredients, low-impact packaging and a commitment to climate justice, they’re shaping a beauty industry rooted in transparency and care.
Rooted in Identity, Driven by Impact at Cheekbone Beauty
Cheekbone Beauty, an Indigenous-owned cosmetics brand founded by Jenn Harper, is redefining clean beauty through vegan formulas created without harmful ingredients and guided by its Biinard Beauty Standards. Grounded in Indigenous principles like Two-Eyed Seeing and the 7th Generation Principle, the brand blends sustainability, circular design and cultural integrity to make beauty both ethical and empowering.
Video: 5 in 5 (week in review)
Check out episode 13 of my new weekly video recap of five highlights in sustainable living news in five minutes curated from my #SustainableLife blog at greenlivingdoug.com. Today's recap includes the upcoming launch of the first-ever cultivated pet food, small businesses championing vegan beauty, the Vatican / Volkswagen agreement to go all-electric in vehicles, European consumers reducing meat consumption and the highlights of the sports world's participation at the UN COP28 climate summit.