Win a FREE Garden Starter PackRead more…
2019 New Year’s Message from Dr Vandana Shiva, Eco-Warrior
2019 New Year’s Message from Dr. Vandana Shiva, eco-warrior and earth protector.Read more…
Earthship PR Building Phase 3 Has Begun at TaínaSoy with Earthship Biotecture
Follow the progress of Earthship PR’s Phase 3 build happening January 9-21, 2018 through photos and videos shared by volunteers on site.Read more…
Weekly SeedsNow Giveaway: Win 100 FREE Expanding Seed Starting Soil Pods!
Enter to win this week’s SeedsNow giveaway. This week’s prize is 100 Seed Starting Soil Pods! Check out the Raíces SeedsNow shop to enter!Read more…
Plastic Bans Take Hold of NJ
Municipalities throughout NJ are enacting plastic bag bans, while NJ prepares to pass the strictest single use disposable plastic ban in the nation.Read more…
State of the Beach – NJ “Failing” on Coastal Ecosystem Resilience
Surfrider Foundation’s 2018 “State of the Beach Report Card” gives NJ a failing grade due to “inadequate protection of coastal communities and resources.” Read more…
Our Toxic Waters: Eco-Disaster – 7 Barges Carrying Coal Sink Into Ohio River
Recent incident highlights the dangers and long lasting impacts of human beings’ fossil fuel addiction.Read more…
Planet or Plastic: Take the Pledge with National Geographic
Take National Geographic’s Planet or Plastic? Pledge Today!Read more…
Weekly SeedsNow Seed Giveaway: Win a FREE Spring & Summer Seed Bank!
Visit our SeedsNow Seed Shop and Enter to Win a Spring and Summer Seed Bank!Read more…
New Year, New Rules…NYC Says Goodbye to Styrofoam in 2019.
NYC welcomed a new ban on single-use styrofoam as the clock struck midnight January 1, 2019.Read more…
Happy New Year from Get EcoCentric…What’s Your Green Resolution for 2019?
Some Green New Year’s Resolutions to start of 2019 right!!!Read more…
Sustainable Solutions: Coconut Husk Pallets
Creative and sustainable solution that finds a new use for coconut husk “waste”, creates a new income stream directly to farmers, is biodegradable, and provides a solution to deforestation.Read more…
Actions to Take: Plant A Tree
Want to make a difference? Plant a tree! Want to start a forest? Plant a tree a day!Read more…
Shifts in Perspective to Become Eco-Centric
Subtle shifts in the way we perceive things, objects, materials, events, can lead us to a different perspective on our journey’s to become more ecocentric. Read more…
VIDEO: Mother Earth by Jane Goodall
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Jane GoodallRead more…
RESOURCE: 1,000 Year Old Medicinal Herbal Remedy Manuscript Available Online
The “Cotton MS Vitellius C III”, the oldest known illustrated book on the magic of herbs and herbal remedies is available to all for free in the British Libraries’ digitized collections. Read more…
Solutions: Plastic Pollution Interventions
Check out these ideas and actions for cleaning plastic in the waters.Read more…
Weekly SeedsNow Seed Giveaway: ALL-IN-ONE Lettuce and Leafy Greens Variety Pack
Visit our SeedsNow Seed Shop and Enter to Win an All-in-One Lettuce and Leafy Greens Variety PackRead more…
Actions to Take: Plant a Seed
Wildflowers can help fight climate change with diversity. Eco-warriors plant flowers…Plant a seed today!Read more…
Spotlight on Clean Ocean Action
by Nicole Wines With all the devastating news we have been sharing about pollution and toxicity in our oceans, sea level rise and climate change, we also want to give you resources related to these issues to help you takeRead more…
Our Toxic Waters: Deal, NJ Plagued with Water Troubles
Spotlight on NJ: Deal Township has been experiencing the effects of pollution and runoff this summer.Read more…
“Surrendering to Rising Seas” – Climate Migration in Central NJ
“I started to realize that, in a sense, we were victims of a system because we were living in a neighborhood that should have never been built”Read more…
Seed Balls for Natural Farming and Guerilla Gardening
Seed balls are one of the most important components of natural farming. Learn more about them and how to make them.Read more…
Earth Overshoot Day – August 1, 2018 – The Earliest Earth Overshoot Day in History
There is nothing happy about Earth Overshoot DayRead more…
Weekly SeedsNow Seed Giveaway: ALL-IN-ONE Root Crop Variety Pack
Visit our SeedsNow Seed Shop and Enter to Win an All-in-One Root Crop Variety PackRead more…
Ireland Divests!
Ireland is the first country to pass a bill requiring the nation to divest all public funds from fossil fuel companies. Read more…
Plastic Free Solutions: DIY Reusable Cling Wrap
Plastic Free Food Storage: homemade “cling wrap”Read more…
Plastic Free Solutions: Berry Nice Packaging
One of countless products/ideas that will help build a plastic free future!Read more…
Spotlight on The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Check out some great resource material offered by The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture.Read more…
Talking Trees: The “Wood Wide Web”
We are all connected, even the trees.Read more…
Plastic Free is Possible – Some Inspiration on Your Journey to Going Plastic Free
Going plastic free is possible. Read and watch how individuals and communities have taken the plastic free plunge.Read more…
Weekly Seed Giveaway: 100 Soil Pods for Seed Starting
Visit our SeedsNow Seed Shop and Enter to Win 100 Soil Pods for Seed StartingRead more…
Calling All Water Protectors: Sewage in the Water?!
Water Is Life, let’s work to protect it!Read more…
#PlasticFreeJuly – Would You Like Plastic with Your Veggies?
Plastic wrapped produce…another “con” of “con”venience.Read more…
Our Plastic Waters
1.4 billion pounds of trash, mostly plastics, is added to our ocean waters each year. If we continue at this rate, we will have more plastic than fish, pound for pound, in the oceans by 2050.Read more…
Our Plastic Oceans – Just Another Reason to Transition to Plastic Free
There are no words to go along with this video clip aside from #RefuseThePlasticRead more…
Nature Art: Onion Maze
Food is art. Check out this beautiful onion maze photographed by Andreea Fegan of Little Bites of Joy.Read more…
Weekly Seed Giveaway: 12-in-One Culinary Herb Seed Bank!
Win a 12-in-One Culinary Herb Seed Bank and start your own home herb garden!Read more…
Casa Pueblo: Creating an Energy Insurrection in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
Casa Pueblo is currently working to energize their community with 50% solar and other renewable energy sources and become an example for Puerto Rico and the world. Read more…
Natural Building: What Is Superadobe?
Here are a few resources to introduce you start to the natural building technique of earth bag and superadobe building.Read more…
Going Fossil Fuel Free – A Brief History of Fossil Fuels
Check out this quick and informative video “300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 Seconds”. Read more…
NJ Spotlight – Scrap-NESE: The Franklin Township Task Force to Stop Compressor 206
The Scrap-NESE Campaign of the Franklin Township Task Force seeks to stop Compressor Station 206 from being built. Check out more information about the task force and how to get involved at www.scrap-nese.orgRead more…
Go Fossil Fuel Free
Across the world, environmentalists, eco-warriors, and those who care about the earth and its ecological systems are taking steps and making strides towards going fossil fuel free. Join the movement and be a part of the transition to a just, renewable and resilient future.Read more…
#PlasticFreeJuly – Resources for Reducing Your Use of Plastic
Resources to help you take steps towards creating a plastic free future.Read more…
Weekly Seed Giveaway: All-In-One Pepper Variety Pack
Win an All-in-One Hot & Sweet Pepper Variety Pack in our SeedsNow online seed shop.Read more…
The Puerto Rican Honeybee – An Answer to Colony Collapse Disorder?
The Puerto Rican honeybee may hold some of the answers to fighting off issues like varroa mite and colony collapse disorder.Read more…
Natural Building: Superadobe Construction at Finca Remedio
Since Hurricane María hit the island of Puerto Rico, a multitude of sustainable, renewable, and resilient projects have spring up across the island, from seed libraries to pollinator sancturies to natural building projects. Here is a glimpse of what hasRead more…
Fireworks – The Chemistry of their Environmental Effects
The holiday tradition of fireworks can have some harmful effects on veterans, pets and the environment. Learn more about the chemistry behind the pollution caused by fireworks displays.Read more…
NJ Spotlight – NJ Sea Level Rise Reports from Rutgers University
Check out new reports from Rutgers University’s Science and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) on New Jersey Sea Level Rise and and efforts to adapt for resilience.Read more…
Eco Innovation Inspiration: Turning Leftovers Into Electricity
One person’s leftovers is another person’s energy source…check out this video episode of Reinventors from PBS. A little eco inspiration innovation on a Monday morning!