Every mighty oak was once a tender sapling. Consistent, small acts add up to a greater whole and have great power to effect change.   The Earth Day theme for this year is Trees for the Earth. From the Earth Day Network website: Our planet is currently losing over 15 billion trees each year due to deforestation, land development, and bad forest management (that is roughly 48 football fields every minute). EDN is announcing Trees for the Earth (#Trees4Earth), a plan to plant 7.8...

Donating used clothing is an easy way to celebrate Earth Day. Most of us have several clothing items that we no longer wear including last year’s fashions, items that are too small or too large, or that we just don’t like anymore. You might even have clothing that is torn, stained, or beginning to show signs of wear. Did you know that those unworn items from your closet (including the torn and stained pieces) are vital to the worldwide economy? They are! The World of...

The Evolution of Earth Day Participation, by EcoGoodz, a credential clothing supplier The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970, in the United States. It began as a “movement [that] gave voice to an emerging consciousness, channeling human energy toward environmental issues” (source). 20 million people across the US participated in the first Earth Day celebration, which was about 10% of the country’s population at the time. Twenty years later, in 1990, Earth Day went...

Savers (Value Village) is educating consumers about the need to rethink and reuse clothing, shoes, and bulk linens in general. In 2015 they installed a larger-than-life family of four, comprised of 324 lbs of clothing; the amount of textiles average American families throw away each year. Its purpose was to raise awareness of the amount of used clothing, bulk linens (bed sheets, towels, blankets, etc), and used shoes are wasted each year when they are carelessly tossed into the garbage...

Going Green at Work, a blog post by EcoGoodz, a mixed rags supplier Mixed Rags are a specific type of used clothing generated from thrift stores and charitable institutions. Even though they’re used, the clothing in mixed rags bales are valuable. We send hundreds of thousands of pounds of used clothing bulk overseas to developing nations. Through our work we’ve come to understand the importance of reuse in order to reduce our impact on the environment. Following are ten tips to...