2024's Earth Day Focus is Plastic Pollution

So what's the big deal about plastic?

As plastics break down into microplastics, they release toxic chemicals into our food and water sources and circulate through the air we breathe. Plastic production now has grown to more than 380 million tons per year. More plastic has been produced in the last ten years than in the entire 20th century, and the industry plans to grow explosively for the indefinite future. Click here to learn more about plastics and Earth Day!

The air is just starting to warm up, birds are returning, and we are all wanting to throw open our windows and get to our spring cleaning! Is it the nip in the air that is stopping us, or is it that we wondering whether our cleaning products are actually cleaning or polluting?

Earth Day is a month from today, and 2024's focus is on plastic pollution. We are learning more and more every day about how microplastics are making their way into everything, and it's so scary! But we can do something about it!

Sweet Farm is the first non-profit sanctuary in the world to address the global climate impacts of factory farming across animals, the plants, and the planet. Our food web is incredibly complicated and it’s impossible to move forward without first understanding how these pieces are connected. By linking climate education, regenerative agriculture, farm-animal rescue, and the technology that is sustainably disrupting food and agriculture production — Sweet Farm is the world's first Climate Sanctuary. Our monthly sustainability newsletter shares easy ways that you can contribute to our mission to create a compassionate and sustainable world.

The Sweet Farm Sustainability Spotlight shares easy tips on how to make an impact in your lives & homes.