Awareness

  Instead of making another New Year’s resolution that you know you won’t keep because you don’t want to, make a resolution that you will keep because it will make you feel good, while also helping someone else and making…Read More

With the UN Climate Conference continuing to take place in Paris right now, eco18 wanted to dive deep into the talk of climate change and discuss what eco initiatives have taken place around the world in the past year. But first,…Read More

In light of Giving Tuesday yesterday we’ve outlined some of our favorite charities to donate to this holiday season.  Where do you donate? She’s the First: This organization is all about Girl Power and we can get behind that!  They…Read More

December 1st brings many things to mind. Christmas music playing on every radio station, classic Winter wonderland movies, candy canes and the color red takes over the streets. But today the color red stands for much more than the color…Read More

On September 4th, California’s State Senate approved the ban of microbeads. Micro..what? For those of you who don’t know what microbeads are, take a look in your shower or medicine cabinet. If you have any “exfoliant” products (unless, they’re all-natural or…Read More

The week is Mental Illness Awareness Week and I wanted to highlight a powerful project that has been getting a lot of attention recently.  Project Semicolon was founded by Amy Bleuel, to help spread awareness surrounding mental illness and suicide…Read More

It’s no secret – New York City is a pretty crowded place.  There’s not exactly a lot of room for construction, so people have had to get a little bit creative in searching for some unoccupied real estate.  Think: ROOFTOPS! …Read More

About 31 percent of the total food supply in the United States goes to waste, but most American consumers are unaware of how much food they’re wasting. In fact, they are likely wasting more food than they think, according to a…Read More

Did you know…. that at the venerable Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City there is a rooftop garden that houses a colony of beehives. The hotel’s culinary teams, who are trained beekeepers, conduct tours of the garden and beehives.…Read More

Many of you may be wondering, “What the heck is Arbor Day?” Arbor Day is a holiday in various countries where trees are celebrated and people are encouraged to get together and plant them. The first Arbor Day took place…Read More