After years of focusing my environmental energy on individual choices, I’m cutting myself some slack.
Sara Bynoe
February 26, 2024 - 5 min read
When work took me out of my urban bubble, I saw how inconvenient living green can be.
November 09, 2022 - 7 min read
After a year of climate extremes, our Environmentalist from Hell finds hacks for folks who don’t own their homes.
June 28, 2022 - 6 min read
At a gathering of artists, our Environmentalist from Hell learned the role her art can play in protecting the planet.
November 04, 2021 - 6 min read
As if the never-ending pandemic weren't enough, this summer's heat dome ratcheted my anxiety to a whole new level.
September 13, 2021 - 7 min read
Despite 2020’s reduction in air pollution, plenty of worrying environmental trends need our attention.
June 03, 2021 - 7 min read
The Environmentalist from Hell revisits coping strategies she came up with when things seemed tough.
December 11, 2020 - 7 min read
As some of us contemplate traveling again, the Environmentalist from Hell looks into tourism-industry greenwashing.
August 27, 2020 - 6 min read
The Environmentalist From Hell ponders the newly bright future of single-use items.
June 17, 2020 - 7 min read
The Environmentalist from Hell hates your coffee cup, but she’s learning to hate the company who sold it to you, too.
January 29, 2020 - 7 min read
The Environmentalist from Hell takes aim at bottled water and the garbage people who drink it.
August 08, 2019 - 6 min read
Since fast fashion is destroying the planet, the Environmentalist from Hell is getting back to her thrift-shopping roots.
February 12, 2019 - 7 min read
The Environmentalist from Hell investigates sustainability efforts in the oh-so-wasteful world of film and TV.
December 11, 2018 - 6 min read
The Environmentalist from Hell puts the vegan Beyond Burger to the test.
October 23, 2018 - 7 min read
Our Environmentalist from Hell is sick of enviros who can’t see the catastrophic forest for the tiny plastic trees.
August 16, 2018 - 5 min read
It’s hard to fight the good fight from the depths of despair. Revive your stressed-out soul with three soothing strategies.
June 28, 2018 - 7 min read
In search of a new jacket, the Environmentalist from Hell finds an ethical dilemma instead.
May 30, 2018 - 6 min read
Asparagus’ own Environmentalist from Hell reads us the riot act for our wasteful coffee habits.
April 11, 2018 - 6 min read
Everything I needed to know about the politics of vegetarianism, I learned from a punk rock rap song.
March 06, 2018 - 7 min read
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