Resources

💧 @byobottle – helps ravers stay hydrated with water refill stations
✂️ @crucibelconversion – festival fashion thrift flipper
👯‍♀️ @energyfloors – provides custom LED dance floors powered by ravers and not fossil fuels
💚 @heartfeldtfoundation – Sam Feldt’s sustainability non-profit
🕺🏼@raverevolutionglobal – organizes disruptive dance protests to fit the inequality and climate crisis
🚲 @rockthebike – allows ravers to power stages with stationary bikes
🥑 @supportandfeed – Billie Eilishs’s mom’s Climate Change x Food Justice org
🎶 @theclimatemusicproject – connects people to climate science and action through music

Where to Buy Secondhand Books: Goodwillbooks.com, ebay.com, and Thriftbooks.com. You may also be able to borrow from your local library.

“Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things” by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
Advocates for sustainable production systems and circular economies instead of the traditional “take-make-waste” model.

“Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First” by Frank Trentmann
A historical overview of how consumerism has evolved globally and shaped modern life.

“No Logo” by Naomi Klein
Explores the rise of brand culture, the exploitation behind global manufacturing, and how consumerism shapes identities.

“Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things” by John C. Ryan and Alan Thein Durning
Examines the environmental and social impacts of everyday consumer goods.

“The Story of Stuff: The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health” by Annie Leonard
Based on the viral documentary, this book unpacks the life cycle of consumer goods and advocates for systemic change.

Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy (2024)
Pulls back the curtain on the world’s top brands, exposing the hidden tactics and covert strategies used to keep all of us locked in an endless cycle of buying, no matter the cost.

The True Cost (2015)
Filmed in countries all over the world, from the brightest runways to darkest slums, and featuring interviews with the worlds’s leading influencers including Stella McCartney, Livia Firth and Vadana Shiva. The True Cost is an unprecedented project that invites us on an eye-opening journey around the world and into the lives of the many people and places behind our clothes.

Inside The Shein Machine (2022)
Chinese fast fashion giant Shein’s success story is unrivaled, but at what cost? Iman Amrani investigates the infamously secretive business, as hidden cameras go inside factories for the first time.

Brandy Hellville & The Cult of Fast Fashion (2024)
A searing look at the toxic culture of teen brand Brandy Melville, this far reaching documentary exposes the universal detriments of fast fashion and the wide system of exploitation within the global fashion industry.

The Machinists (2010)
The Machinists is a 2010 documentary which follows the daily lives of workers who make clothes for popular high street brands like Primark, H&M and Zara in the garment factories of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Made in America (2021)
When we think of fast fashion production, the United States might not be the first country to come to mind. However, the truth is that even in America, garment makers are being thrust into vulnerable situations and being taken advantage of on a daily basis. Remake takes you into multiple clothing factories and talks to local garment makers, designers, and a labor conditions inspector about what is really happening in the land of the free.

These films were recommended by Remake.

Clean Vibes: Various
Global Inheritance: Coachella, Stage Coach
Earth Guardians: Burning Man
Environment Crew: Shambhala
Headcount: Get involved in politics and grassroots organizing! HeadCount works with hundreds of artists to register voters and raise social consciousness. We’re at concerts, festivals, and cultural events around the country registering voters and promoting democracy.

💧 BYOBottle Fan Commitment – I will rock my reusable water bottle at concerts and festivals to help reduce plastic waste in the music industry. I will encourage my favorite artist, festival or venue to make the BYOBottle Commitment, and will share out the #BYOBottle message on social media.

🥕 GenV Vegan Challenge – Try a guided plant-based diet for 7 or 30 days with emails specifically designed for you.

👗 Remake’s No New Clothes Challenge – Remake challenges you to buy no new clothes—whether that’s buying nothing at all or only secondhand—for 90 days.

🍴 Say No to Single-Use Plastic Pledge – Refusing single-use plastic in your daily life can be as simple as saying, “No plastic straw, please,” or bringing your own reusable water bottle and bag with you when you leave home. These small actions do add up, and send a message to companies and the world that you don’t want all this plastic.

🥑 Support+Feed Pledge – I will swap at least one plant-based meal a day for 30 days!

📲 Commons App – Sustainable spending made easy. Download the Commons mobile app to turn every purchase into an opportunity for climate action.

🌎 Earth911 – Provides resources on what can & cannot go in your curbside recycling bin, how many times something can be recycled, where items can be be dropped off, and organizes these resources by helpful categories. 

💻 Ecosia – The search engine that plants trees. Ecosia uses 100% of its profits for the planet and produces enough renewable energy to power all searches twice over.

🎧 Nature – The Spotify streaming artist “NATURE” donates royalties to conservation organizations

⚡️ NRDC – How to lower your energy bills 

♻️ Terracycle Free Recycling Programs – These programs are free recycling solutions for typically hard-to-recycle waste streams. Join as many programs as you like to help reduce your impact on our planet. There are many popular brands like Asics, Buzzballz, Febreze, Gatorade, and all cigarettes.

😋 Too Good To Go App – helps users rescue good food from going to waste, offering great value for money at local stores, cafes and restaurants.

🐟 Seafood Watch – Sustainable seafood options.

✍️ Sierra Club Campaigns

✍️ NRDC Campaigns

🏦 6 Sustainable Banking Options

💳 Responsible Credit Card Options

🌱 Plant a Tree – Even small donations help the National Forest Foundation plant trees and conserve public lands to protect all they have to offer – trees, clean air and water, recreation, and connection to nature. Each tree planted will help remove 1 Tonne of CO2 over its lifetime.

🌳 Protect Our Rainforests – Join Rainforest Action Network’s effort to regain control of ecologically delicate and important land in rainforests. Protecting forests keeps millions of tons of carbon in the ground and protects the rights and self determination of local communities.