Happy Earth Day 2026 and Happy 5th Anniversary to Cleaner Greener Planet! Earth Day reminds us to stop and appreciate the natural world around us. It also serves as a reminder to each of us to do our part to take care of it. I started Cleaner Greener Planet 5 years ago in the hopes of making a small, but positive impact. My feeling was that if I could inspire even just a small number of people by passing on news of environmental victories and educating them on what they can

It's fair to say 2025 was a difficult year. A year of environmental and political chaos and social destabilization from multiple wars and climate disasters. This past year also saw the defunding of major renewable energy projects in the United States, this despite the reality of climate change being felt all around us. All of this has led many to become pessimistic about the future, but it is important to appreciate the victories and remain hopeful by focusing on what went we

Sustainable ; adjective 1:  capable of being  sustained 2a:  of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that...

It is hard to believe that it has been four years since my first blog post, but today, Earth Day 2025, marks 4-years since Cleaner...

If you read environmental news you might assume the world is on a runaway path to self-destruction. The United States dropped out of the...

I typically start off the new year writing about the positive things that have been done over the past twelve months to improve the...

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One of the most powerful tools we have to help make positive change is our vote. The people we chose to represent us in government make...

When it comes to sustainable companies that support the environment, I don't know that there is a better example than Patagonia. When he...

Want a career in an environmental field one day? I do, too. So I decided to learn more about what sort of jobs there are available for...

This is an interesting TED Talk about the Mongolian nomadic culture and what we can learn from their way of life. Khulan Batkhuyag is a...

Last week, my friends and I from the local chapter of Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots Club, held a campus cleanup. Bags in hand, gloves on,...

No matter where you are in the world, you can create positive change. Summer is the perfect time to get outside and do something good for...

I am happy to announce that it has been 3 years since we launched Cleaner Greener Planet. Earth Day, every April 22, is the day we...

It is important to have a positive relationship with the earth, but also with your own mind. Oftentimes in our world of constant...

While the changes we see in our everyday lives may be daunting, it is important to stay positive and remind ourselves that good things...

I was fortunate enough to meet unequivocally one of the most selfless givers of our time. In September, I was volunteering for Action in...

This summer, I was fortunate enough to attend Elizabeth Kolbert's presentation in Aspen, Colorado. She is an environmental writer for The...

Not only is eating green helping move us toward a more sustainable future, it can also completely change our way of life. Often times, we...

This article explains how arid parts of the world where water and climate fluctuations are being felt more severely, such as Israel, are...