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What Is Water Cremation?

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Learn more about this alternative to traditional flame or fire cremation.

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Your Guide to Eco-Friendly Burial and Cremation Options

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Discover greener burial and cremation options that honor your values — and your final environmental impact.

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Fend Off Mosquitoes and Biting Bugs — Naturally

By Lauren David

Easy tips to protect yourself from biting bugs — and also help save pollinators and other beneficial insects.

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Planting 100,000-Plus Trees Together

By Tina Nguyen

How the Life Time Foundation is partnering with American Forests to support reforestation from devastating wildfires in California’s Sierra Nevada — and how you can get involved.

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7 Ways to Reduce Exposure to PFAS

By Mo Perry

Here’s how to protect yourself from “forever chemicals” and mitigate their effects on your health.

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How Asthma Inhalers Are Going Green

By Experience Life Staff

Traditional inhalers can contribute to climate change — one reason why greener dry-powder inhalers are becoming more popular in Europe.

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13 Tips to Make the Holidays More Eco-Friendly

By Michael Dregni

Choosing energy-efficient holiday lights, avoiding gag gifts, and using real plates and flatware are just some of the ways to make your holiday celebration more environmentally friendly.

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How Many Microplastic and Nanoplastic Particles Are in a Bottle of Water?

By Michael Dregni

Higher than previously estimated, according to a recent study. Here’s why that matters.

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What Is Agrivoltaics?

By Craig Cox

A hybrid land-use model that pairs solar panels with productive farmland may help us reach our clean-energy goals.

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Origin Stories

By Jamie Martin

Experience Life‘s editor in chief reflects on her rural upbringing and how growing up on a family farm allows her to feel more connected to — and appreciative of — the food she eats.

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Why Trees Matter So Much — for the Health of People and the Planet

With Jad Daley and Sarah Emola
Season 8, Episode 6

From cooling and cleaning the air to improving our mental and physical well-being, the effects that trees have on our health are more powerful and wide-reaching than many of us may realize — or give them credit for.

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How Conventional Farming Practices Harm the Soil

By Kristin Ohlson

Widespread farming practices like monoculture planting and the use of chemical fertilizers have a detrimental effect on soil health.

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7 Ways to Find Food From Good Soil

By Kristin Ohlson

Some food and farm activists want to see an official “soil health” label — much like the federally regulated organic label — but for now, nothing like this exists to guide consumers. Finding food grown in good soil requires some detective work. Experts offer these clues.

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Toward a World With Less Plastic

By Michael Dregni

Read a short overview of the UN Environment Programme’s ambitious plan to reduce plastic pollution by 80 percent by 2040.

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6 Single-Use Products to Replace

By Experience Life Staff

It’s time to start replacing those single-use products. Here are some sustainable swaps.

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6 Tips for Creating a Sustainable Yard

By Lauren David

Keystone plants, vermicomposting, and no-till gardening are just some of the ways you can create a sustainable outdoor space.

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9 Tips to Use Less Water in the Kitchen

By Kim Syrios

Try these simple tips to reduce water usage in your kitchen.

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How Soil Health Is Connected to Human Health — and So Much More

By Kristin Ohlson

You may not be able to see them, but the microorganisms in the soil have a major impact on human nutrition and health.

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Look to the Trees

By Bahram Akradi

Life Time CEO and founder Bahram Akradi reflects on the immediate impact planting a tree can have in the fight against climate change — and how to inspire collective action for a sustainable future.

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