As rising temperatures, drought, and flooding threaten coffee farms across the globe, farmers and scientists have set their sites on a more climate-resilient bean. Turns out, they’ve been quietly growing for more than a century. 

Dairy milk has double or triple the greenhouse gas emissions of most plant-based alternatives, uses ten times more land, and about double the water use of almond milk, the plant milk that uses the most water. So, why don’t more people make the switch? The key for many is in taste, nutrition, and cost. After testing out just about every type of plant-based milk, oat milk comes out on top in all of these categories while having one of the lowest environmental footprints of all milk alternatives.

Attention is a form of investment. So, instead of a resolution, we are thinking about a reinvestment. And, to us, we want to reinvest in ways that build and protect our community and the earth. Here are the reinvestments we think will pay big dividends in the coming year, especially when we reinvest in them as a collective.

Sometimes plastic seems like an inevitable part of life. During the holidays, it’s a virtual plague. Between gift packaging, shipping, and party supplies, is it possible to avoid plastic? We’ve got tips to make it easier. 

You have a whole immune-boosting toolkit right in the aisles of your grocery store. The humble homemade herbal tea offers more than warmth and comfort, it can be packed with immune-boosting properties and natural remedies in the fight against seasonal viruses.