In honor of Earth Month and Fashion Revolution Day, Turning Green’s Fashion for the Planet: a capsule collection rolled out a student-curated lookbook featuring environmental changemakers in hand-selected, stylish, sustainably-sourced, and ethically-made clothing by eco-designers, photographed in beautiful locations around the world. We are launching this project with fashion as a lens to highlight the power of young climate activists,...

Food is such an important part of each of our lives: it not only gives us energy and sustains us, but also holds larger cultural and social meaning. This summer, Conscious Kitchen collaborated with West Contra Costa Unified School District to pilot a Conscious Kitchen Ambassador Program curriculum, which sought to encapsulate the many different meanings of food for students. Kelly Cary, a teacher at WCCUSD, implemented the pilot program at two...

This past year, Barbara Jellison, Food Service Director, West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD), has been creatively curating food boxes for students in need of meals amid pandemic-caused school closures. Her forward thinking in partnership with Conscious Kitchen has allowed for 40 new organic vendors to literally transform the school food system in West Contra Costa County, California. The food box program, funded by federal and...

Laurel Hanscom is the CEO of the Global Footprint Network and a mentor within the Turning Green community. Through the Global Footprint Network, Laurel works towards a more sustainable world by making ecological limits central to decision-making. Laurel has an education based in the sciences, holding a BA and MA in geology. Before joining the Global Footprint Network, Laurel worked for the Peace Corps where her time included volunteering in the...