Seeing Green
Celebrating progress in sustainable living — how we live, travel, eat, move, dress, play, clean… and more.
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Seeing Green - stories of progress, solutions and inspiration. Topics include: apparel, home, food, travel & tourism, sports & outdoors, beauty, personal care, electric vehicles and more.
Video: 5 in 5 (week in review)
Check out episode 11 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 sustainability in the petcare sector, IKEA's recommitment to sustainable living for the many, a new refillable pod system for beauty products, electric vehicle sales increases outside the U.S., and plant-based food growth in European restaurants.
Sustainable Food - Plant-Based
Brands in the news: Burger King, Nestlé, Rebellyous Foods, UNLIMEAT, Amazon, ABERYNE, HAPPIEE!, Dreamfarm foods, Daring., The Vegetarian Butcher, Circana, NotCo, Prime Roots, Juicy Marbles, chunk foods, Huel, gardein™ and many more.
Sustainable Mobility & Electric Vehicles (EVs)
Brands in the news: Nissan Motor Corporation, Volvo Group, Honda, Volkswagen, Tata Motors, BMW Group, Dacia, Li Auto, XPENG, Hero MotoCorp, NIO and many more.
Sustainable Beauty & Personal Care
Brands in the news: Unilever, True Beauty Ventures, The Green Beauty Community, Green Circle Salons, The 7 Virtues Beauty Inc., Weleda, DTS EUROPE, AAK Personal Care, O'right, Lumson Group, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Aptar, Ecovia Intelligence (Organic Monitor), Beauty Kitchen UK Ltd, Eastman, Organic Harvest, JUNOCO, MSL Solution Providers, The Green Woman and many more.
Sustainable Home & Design
Brands in the news: IKEA, Samsung Electronics, V-ZUG, Electrolux Group, Aro Homes, Olson Kundig, The Rounds, Cleancult, fiVO Design, Goodee, TPC Interactive / The Plan Collection, Safely, SC Johnson, Tru Earth, Marsteks Ltd. Şti, National Kitchen & Bath Association, Agoprene and many more.
Sustainable Pets & Petcare
Brands in the news: Nestlé Purina PetCare Europe, VAFO, Tyson Foods, Pet Supplies Plus, TerraCycle, Prime100, Tetra Pak, Bright Planet Pet, Petco, Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition, Pet Sustainability Coalition, Symrise AG, Real Pet Food Company, Corbion, Wag N' Wash Natural Pet Food & Grooming, Protix, Only An Ocean, Earth Animal, PetCubes, Shameless Pets and many more.
Video: 5 in 5 (week in review)
Check out episode 10 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 sustainable apparel sector transition, "mindful aesthetes" in travel and tourism, sustainable restaurant trends, marketing's higher calling and normalizing sustainable living options.
Sustainable Beverage - Spirits & Liquor
Brands in the news: Diageo, Bacardi, Distinct Distillers, ALDI USA, Frey Ranch Distillery, LOUIS XIII Cognac, Frugalpac, Patagonia Provisions, Aircohol, Amcor, Pulpex, Distillery 98, Free Flow Wines, Whitehall Lane Winery, Sustainable Wine Roundtable, Champagne Laurent-Perrier, Allagash Brewing Company, Lawson's Finest Liquids and many more.
Sustainable & Conscious Consumers
Brands in the news: McKinsey & Company, Bain & Company, GlobeScan, Accenture, nShift, IFIS Publishing, Tetra Pak, National Retail Federation, IBM and many more.
Sustainable Food - Dining
Brands in the news: Eleven Madison Park, McDonald's, Starbucks, A&W Food Services of Canada Inc., Domino's, Pizza Hut, OmniFoods, Neat Burger, Uber, Zoomo, National Restaurant Association, International Food Information Council and many more.
Sustainable Travel & Tourism
Brands in the news: Booking, Lonely Planet, Boeing, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Norwegian, Google, BOMBARDIER, Marriott Hotels, Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, Virgin Voyages, Rail Europe, KKday, Internova Travel Group, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Audley Travel and many more.
Sustainable Apparel & Fashion
Brands in the news: Burberry, Vestiaire Collective, Reen, Shop Nikki Green, Vegan Fashion Week®, Inditex, Atelier Jolie, Chloé, Quince, MAS Matrix, NOLD, Vinted, Lightsource bp, The Fashion Pact, Renewcell, Vietnam Textile & Apparel Association (VITAS) and many more.
Video: 5 in 5 (week in review)
Check out episode 9 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 sustainable sports venues, beauty refill programs, Japanese electric vehicles unveiled, plant-based foodservice growth and recommerce revenue boost.
Sustainable Retail & Recommerce
Brands in the news: Barclaycard Payments, ALDI USA, Archive, maje, Trek Bicycle, Decathlon International, OrotonGroup, Rntr., Reversso, IKEA, CHANEL, Worthy.com, CIRCA, Vopero, PopChill 拍拍圈, Entrupy, RockingDeals Circular Economy, eBay, GoodwillFinds.com, Development Economics Research Group (DERG) and many more.
Video: Sustainability Spotlight - Sustainable Brands
New: Join me on the #SustainableLife channel for a conversation with KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz, CEO/Founder of Sustainable Brands, as we discuss her take on the key themes of the Sustainable Brands '23 flagship event that just wrapped up last week. Conversation topics include: regenerating local, communicating sustainability, the notion of community and a look at other upcoming SB events.
Sustainable Food - Plant-Based
Brands in the news: Whole Foods Market, WebstaurantStore, The Food Institute, Umiami, Richardson International, Actual Veggies, VegTech Invest, chunk foods, Plant Power Fast Food, meati™, LA VIE™, Le Papondu, Specialty Food Association, The Compleat Food Group and many more.
Video: Sustainability Spotlight - 2023 Sustainable Living Study
SustainableLife channel (YouTube) turns to the topic of consumers and sustainable living, including the new release of the 2023 Healthy & Sustainable Living Study. Join me (video link below) in conversation with Chris Coulter, CEO of GlobeScan, as we discuss the key findings of the Study and its accompanying report. Topics include: state of consumers' ambitions overall, key barriers, are consumers "stuck," what gives Chris hope and more.
Sustainable Mobility & Electric Vehicles (EVs)
Brands in the news: Volkswagen Group, Toyota Motor Corporation, Honda, Nissan Motor Corporation, Mazda North American Operations, Rivian, Kia Europe, JLR, INFINITI Motor Company, Lexus, BMW Group, Genesis, e.GO Mobile, European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) and many others.
Sustainable Beauty & Personal Care
Brands in the news: The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., SK Chemicals, Walmart, Perfect Corp., Dieux, SOLIDU, Kindred Black, SEPHORA, Meiyume, Milk Makeup, Axiology Beauty, E.L.F. BEAUTY, Tower 28 Beauty, Inc. and many more.
Sustainable Sports & Outdoors
Brands/Orgs in the news: Green Sports Alliance, International Olympic Committee – IOC, Formula 1, INDYCAR, Extreme E, FC Barcelona, UEFA, National Football League (NFL), Las Vegas Raiders, World Sailing, SailGP, International Biathlon Union, National Basketball Association (NBA), APTIM and many more.
