“Never stop learning because life never stops teaching.”
– Unknown –
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Social Media/Accounts to Follow
- @zerowastecutie
- @theecogoddess
- @xiyebeara
- @zamzammcr
- @mitzijonelle
- @luisaneubauer
- @disharavii
- @meru_turao
- @a_senegalese_writer
- @sophfei
- @shelbizleee
- @naturechola
- @soulfulseeds
- @coloradooceancoalition
- @greengirlleah
- @marandas_world
- @plasticfreemermaid
- @plasticfreefridays
- @meg_haywoodsullivan
- @dominiquedrakeford
- @intersectionalenvironmentalist
- @oliviafortheocean
- @queerbrownvegan
- @jhanneu
- @littleplasticfootprint
- @sustainablysage
- @staygolding
- @laurainwaterland
- @4ocean
- @surfrider
- @upsculpt
- @pattiegonia
- @thezeromarket
- @offthebottlerefillshop
- And me! 🙂 @thekyliebee
Books
- Zero Waste: Simple Life Hacks to Drastically Reduce Your Trash – Shia Su
- Turning the Tide on Plastic: How Humanity (And You) Can Make Our Globe Clean Again – Lucy Siegle
- Clean and White: A History of Environmental Racism in the United States – Carl Abraham Zimring
- How To Give Up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time – Will McCallum
- How to Give Up Plastic: Simple steps to living consciously on our blue planet – Will McCollum
- There’s Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous & Black Communities – Ingrid R. D. Waldron
- Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain’s Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans – Capt. Charles Moore with Cassandra Phillips
- Give a Sh*t: Do Good. Live Better. Save the Planet. – Ashlee Piper
- Plastic: A Toxic Love Story – Susan Feinkel
- Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility – Dorceta Taylor
- From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement – Luke Cole and Sheila Foster
- No. More. Plastic. What You Can Do to Make a Difference – Martin Dorey
- I Quit Plastics: And You Can Too – Kate Nelson
- A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind – Harriet A. Washington
- Life Without Plastic: The Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Avoiding Plastic to Keep Your Family and the Planet Healthy – Chantal Plamondon and Jay Sinha
- This is a Good Guide – for a Sustainable Lifestyle – Marieke Eyskoot
- Slow Death by Rubber Duck Fully Expanded and Updated – Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie
- Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too – Beth Terry
- 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste – Kathryn Kellogg
- Don’t Keep Your Day Job – Cathy Heller (to help you get over imposter syndrome)
Books for Kids
- One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of Gambia – Miranda Paul
- What’s the Commotion in the Ocean? A Rhyming Story About Saving Our Oceans – Nyasha Williams, Sophia Glushko
- Kids Fight Plastic: How to be a #2minute Superhero – Martin Dorey
- Sullie Saves the Seas: A Story Coloring Book – Goffinet McLaren
- A Planet Full of Plastic – Neal Layton
- What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet – Jess French
- Saving Tally: An Adventure into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – Serena Ferrari
- Harry Saves the Ocean: Teaching Children about Sea Pollution and Recycling – N.G.K.
- Kids Saving Oceans: Olivia Makes a Difference – Roti Fetherston
- All the Way to the Ocean – Joel Harper
- We Are Water Protectors – Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade
- Save the Ocean (Save the Earth) – Bethany Stahl
- Earth Ninja: A Children’s Book About Recycling, Reducing, and Reusing – Mary Nhin
- Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist – Jess Keating
Documentaries/Media
- Out of Plastic (2019)
- The Story of Plastic (2019)
- A Plastic Ocean (2018)
- Bag It: Is Your Life Too Plastic (2010)
- Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (2013)
- Tapped (2009)
- Straws (2017)
- Plastic China (2016)
- BBC Blue Planet II (2017)
- Waste Land (2010)
- Vice Garbage Island: An Ocean Full of Plastic (2008)
- A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet (2012)
- The Smog of the Sea (2017)
- Trashed (2007)
- Plastic is Forever (2017)
- The Clean Bin Project (2010)
- A Plastic Tide (2017)
- Plastic Planet (2009)
- Addicted to Plastic (2008)
- Divide in Concord (2014)
- From the Waste Up: Life Without Plastic (2015)
- The Majestic Plastic Bag (2010)
- No Impact Man (2009)
- By the Ocean we Unite: An awareness Journey into Plastic Pollution
- Baykeepers (2014)
- Plastic Shores (2012)
- Our Synthetic Seas (2012)
Podcasts
- A Sustainable Mind Podcast
- Think Sustainability
- Green Dreamer
- Sustainability Defined
- Sustainability (USF)
- Small Farm Sustainability Podcasts
- HOW2 Build Green: The Sustainability Podcast
- Trash Talking with ECO Warriors
- The Sustainability Agenda
- Spirit of 608 Podcast
- The Impact Report
- Starting Sustainability
- Sustainable Nation
- Women in Sustainability
- Aquademia: The Seafood and Sustainability Podcast
- Finding Sustainability Podcast
- Infinite Earth Radio
- Getting in the Loop
Organizations to Support/Get Involved In
- The Inland Ocean Coalition
- Climate Justice Alliance
- Conservacion Con Ciencia
- The Surfrider Foundation
- 4Ocean
- Cultural Survival
- The Oceancare Project
- The Oceanic Preservation Society
- Intersectional Environmentalist
- Got Green
- The Plastic Pollution Coalition
- Break Free from Plastic
- Planet Over Plastic: Town of Mountain Village (CO)
- The Plastic Impact Alliance
Apps to Download
- PlasticScore
- Palm Oil by Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
- Farm Fresh (Colorado Farmers Market Directory)
- SeaFood Watch by Monterey Bay Aquarium
- ShareWaste
- My Little Plastic Footprint
- The Freecycle Network
- Bulk Locator
- iRecycle
Zero Waste/Sustainable Shops
- Zero Market (Aurora, CO and Edgewater, CO)
- The Refill Revolution (Boulder, CO)
- The Better World Delivery (Denver, CO)
- Life Without Plastic
- Well Earth Goods
- Eco Girl Shop
- Zero Waste Store
- Nudi Goods
- Zero Waste Grocery Delivery
- State by State Directory for Local Zero Waste Stores in Your Area
- Plastic Free Pursuit
- Marley’s Monsters
- Sustain and Bee
- Better Footprints
The more you know, the more you can contribute to the cause and your own plastic-free life.
To help you learn about WHY we want to live plastic-free, I created an ever evolving list of resources to encourage and support you, including: books, books for kids, documentaries and/or educational videos, accounts to follow, podcasts, organizations to support and/or get involved in, helpful apps to download, and zero waste stores to support.
​As we speak, more content is being produced by people all over the world, this list will continue to be updated as I learn of new resources that have become available. Save the page to this list in your favorites bar to stay updated.
Until next time,
