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Dec 14, 20233 min read

Greenwashing Explained (and What You Can Do About It!)

You may have noticed that many consumer products have a little tree or recycling logo on the packaging. Do these symbols indicate that...

Apr 21, 20214 min read

Earth Day Call to Action: Request Responsible Legislation for Environmental Stewardship

As women of faith, our ethic of environmental stewardship is informed by prophetic counsel. For example, President Russell M. Nelson...

Sep 21, 20192 min read

The Global Problem of Plastic Waste — and How to Reduce It

Plastic production and consumption is a global problem. From 1950 to 2015, the world produced 8.3 billion tons of plastic . In 2015...

Apr 30, 20181 min read

Principles of Ethical Government: The Environment and Sustainability

Mormon Women for Ethical Government’s Principles of Ethical Government (2)(f) states: Governments and members of society have an...

Apr 23, 20184 min read

Recycling: The Whys and the Hows

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that in 2017, 35.2% of waste generated was recovered through recycling . Within...

Apr 13, 20183 min read

Food Waste: The Impacts, and Ways to Reduce It

Sustainable management of food is a systematic approach that seeks to reduce wasted food and its associated impacts over the entire life...

Apr 11, 20182 min read

Aging Water Infrastructure and Impacts to Vulnerable Communities

Infrastructure has been in the news a lot over the last couple of years, and not for positive reasons. Across the U.S., roads, bridges,...

Apr 5, 20183 min read

Ways to Mitigate Water Scarcity

More than two-thirds of our planet is covered with water, but only a tiny percentage ( less than 0.0003% ) of that is fresh and available...