Today is World Wetlands Day - a day where we celebrate all of the amazing things wetlands provide! Read more to learn about our own Wetlands Park.
While the pandemic forced many to stay home, one local trail clean-up group, Trashy Trail Runners took the opportunity to get people out on the trail & encourage keeping our public lands & community beautiful. Read more to learn how they accomplish this!
Avoiding plastic hard enough, especially for things like makeup. That’s why LunaKai Lash provides eco-friendly makeup to fight the plastic crisis.
As the pandemic adds new challenges to environmentalism and the fight against the plastic crisis, local zero-waste store, Minimal Market, has continued to help the community with waste-free living and is set to open their refillery store. Read more to learn how they worked to achieve this goal.
Continuing to create while taking care of mental health has been a struggle for many this year. That’s why local “sticker lady” Lauren Lomrpey, The Doodling Nomad, took a break over the summer to do some much-needed self-care. Read more to learn how she’s utilized that rest to come back strong & move forward!
As the consumption of single-use plastics has increased as a result of the pandemic, so have the efforts of those working to mitigate this, like the 5 R Revolution! A subchapter of the Sierra Club, 5 R Revolution works to raise awareness to the plastic crisis and encourage people to adhere to the 5 Rs - Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot! Read more to learn how they've responded to the pandemic.
Get Outdoors Nevada has been hard at work helping people in the community to be active in our state's public lands and spaces, while encouraging the care of these areas at the same time. Read more to learn how they've continued their mission despite the setbacks of the pandemic!
During the pandemic, Republic Services has used the opportunity of people being at home more to try and educate them on proper recycling practices. Read more to learn how the pandemic has impacted the waste removal company here in Las Vegas.
Local food-waste pick-up service, Viva La Compost, has continued to grow and thrive, despite the pandemic. Read more to learn about how they continued to serve the Las Vegas community and lower its carbon footprint!
With our entire world rocked by the pandemic, many people are trying to cling or return to their idea of "normal". But what is normal? And was what we had before COVID-19 even really "normal"? In his debut piece here at MiM Mag, Miguel Dupree discusses this concept and how we should utilized this situation to create a new and true normal - one where we actually address the issues we've ignored for so long.