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.
Spotlight: Frugalpac
Frugalpac is a UK-based company that specializes in creating sustainable packaging solutions to help decarbonize the food and drinks industry. Frugalpac’s flagship product, the Frugal Bottle, is the world's first commercially available paper bottle for wine, spirits and olive oils that is both lightweight and significantly less carbon-intensive than traditional glass bottles.
Spotlight: WhistlePig Whiskey
WhistlePig is a Vermont-based distillery specializing in premium rye whiskey, known for its commitment to high-quality, aged spirits and innovative distilling techniques. WhistlePig integrates sustainability into its operations by embracing sustainable, regenerative practices on its farm and within the distillery alike.
Spotlight: Sapling Spirits
Born out of a passion for high-quality spirits combined with love for the natural world, Sapling Spirits is a British distillery known for producing premium, handcrafted vodka and gin. Sapling Spirits is deeply committed to sustainability, making it a core part of their business model.
The Solutionists Weekly Digest
Your weekly roundup of the latest news and progress in sustainable living. From eco-friendly homes and sustainable mobility solutions to mindful travel, food, fashion, sport and entertainment, we bring you the news highlights of the week from The Solutionists – the brands and organizations empowering consumers to live more sustainably.
Spotlight: ecoSPIRITS
ecoSPIRITS is on a mission to end single use glass in the spirits and wine industry by leading a transition to circular packaging technology. The company, founded in 2018, has developed the world's first low carbon, low waste packaging system for premium spirits and wine.
Spotlight: Penrhos Spirits
Penrhos Spirits is a British distillery founded by two farming families in Herefordshire. The company is known for its handcrafted gin and other spirits, which are inspired by the local countryside.
Spotlight: Avallen Spirits
Founded in 2019, Avallen Spirits is a modern and innovative drinks company on a mission to produce a delicious, naturally-made spirit while becoming the world’s most sustainable spirit from blossom to bottle.
Spotlight: Sustainable Spirits News Highlights
Sustainable wine for the outdoors. Key takeaways from US Sustainable Winegrowing Summit. Diageo / ecoSPIRITS partner on reusable packaging. Brother's Bond / WhistlePig team on regen ag. Spotlights on Heineken, Johnnie Walker, Suntory. And much more.
Spotlight: Sustainable Spirits, Wine & Beer News Highlights
Paper packaging for Bailey's and Aldi's gin lines. Sustainable packaging / bottles highlights from Mandatory Spirits, Penrhos Spirits, Frog's Leap, Elemental Wines. London Wine Fair discusses Bottle Reuse Initiative. Can beer regenerate the planet? New study: consumers willing to pay more for eco-friendly beer. And much more.
Spotlight: Sustainable Wine & Spirits News Highlights
A look at net zero targets among spirits companies. Alternative Packaging Alliance reshapes boxed wine convo. Turncoat Gin tries on aluminum. Recycled tin for wine bottles. ALPLA's recyclable PET wine bottle. And much more…
Sustainable Spirits & Beer
Distilleries go green. Spotlight on sustainable cocktails. ecoSPIRITS takes to the skies w/ BermudAir. Sustainable / regenerative brewing with Kernza and fonio. Pantalones / Surfrider Foundation partnership. Audecious Vodka launches in organic vodka market. And much more…
Sustainable Spirits & Liquor
Brands in the news: Diageo, Beam Suntory, Firstleaf, Bonterra Organic Estates, Allbirds, Stroud Brewery - a certified B Corporation, The DeLong Co., Inc., Perlick Distillery, O-I, Sustainable Wine Roundtable, Casella Family Brands, Town Brewing Co., Saxco, Georgian Bay Spirit Co., Arbikie Highland Estate, MUTINY Island Vodka, Alma Del Jaguar Tequila, Nc'nean Distillery, Bruichladdich Distillery Company and many more.
Sustainable Spirits & Liquor
Brands in the news: Aldi UK, Packamama, Rémy Cointreau, ecoSPIRITS, Ireland Craft Beverages - Two Stacks Whiskey, The HEINEKEN Company, Sapling Spirits , Virgin Atlantic, Grown Climate Smart, Wahoo Distillery, TS Spirits Distillery, Plastic Bank, SAVERGLASS, LineView Solutions, Sustainaholics, Mondavi Sisters Collection, Wicked Weed Brewing, Findlater & Co, Bay Cities, Cruz Foam, Arbikie Highland Estate and many more.
Sustainable Spirits & Liquor
Brands in the news: IWCA - International Wineries for Climate Action, Monterey Wine Company, Bonterra Organic Estates, The HEINEKEN Company, FIFCO USA, The Uncommon, Lubanzi Wines, Stratus Vineyards, Okanagan Crush Pad Organic Winery, Town Brewing Co., Baladin Farm Brewery, The Water Research Foundation (WRF), Robinsons Brewery and many more.
Sustainable Spirits & Liquor
Brands in the news: Mijenta Tequila, Virgin Atlantic, Sapling Spirits , Frugalpac, Mother of Pearl Vodka of the Sea, Amcor, Ron Rubin, Central Standard Craft Distillery, Fierce & Kind Spirits, Symposium Spirits | B Corp™, Smurfit Kappa, BeerSelect, Frey Ranch Distillery, The Antipodes Gin Co., Green Beer Project, Shannon Family of Wines and many more.
Sustainable Spirits & Liquor
Brands in the news: Bacardi, Findlater & Co, Penrhos Spirits, Diageo, The Antipodes Gin Co., Heaven Hill Distillery, O-I, Carlton & United Breweries, Brown-Forman, Château Troplong Mondot, Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. , Genesee Brewing Company, 4 Pines Brewing Company Pty Ltd and many more.
Video: 5 in 5 (week in review)
Check out episode 16 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: new plant-based foods arriving in 2024; WTTC and Biosphere partner to help standardize hotel sustainability; Sheep Inc. reports surge in revenue driven by sustainability; Arket and Bundlee parter in children's clothing rental; and a continued spotlight on sustainable alternatives to traditional wine bottles. Plus, a bonus spotlight on the edible cup from Cupffee.
Sustainable Spirits & Liquor
Brands in the news: Pernod Ricard, Diageo, ecoSPIRITS, Frugalpac, Avallen Spirits | BCorp, Sonoma County Winegrowers, Treasury Wine Estates, Tequila Komos, Monterey Wine Company, Brockmans Gin | B Corp™, Nc'nean Distillery, Wemyss Family Spirits, John Deere, ReCORK, Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER)
Sustainable Spirits & Liquor
Brands in the news: Bacardi, Pernod Ricard, Renais Spirits, Never Say Die Bourbon, Aircohol, Revino , Scheid Family Wines, Maison Mirabeau l B Corp™, Bogle Family Wine Collection, Revelshine Wines, Juliet Wine, IWCA - International Wineries for Climate Action, Sustainable Wine Roundtable, Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, The Regenerative Viticulture Foundation and many more.
SustainableLife Turns 5!
HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY to my #SustainableLife blog series -- a near-daily curation of headlines of progress across themes of sustainable living aiming to inspire and show the art of the possible!
