Hey all! In my third article on beverages & sustainability, I am focusing on wine. I was fortunate enough to attend a talk about "Sustainable Wines" led by a sommelier as a part of my MBA program's "Planet Week" in February 2020. This piqued my interest in sustainable winegrowing practices, which are gaining in both popularity and commercial availability. Sustainability in Wine Sustainable wine is a somewhat confusing and misleading term, as eco-friendly words on bottle label

Hey all! Today I’ll be exploring the environmental impacts of plastic. Currently it is trendy for companies and individuals to reduce plastic waste. From campaigns to ban plastic straws (as mentioned in my piece on Coffee & Sustainability) to charging a tax for a plastic grocery bag, cutting plastics out of our lives has become mainstream. However, many still find it impossible to avoid plastics, as our packages and food continue to be wrapped in it, even when purchased from

Hey all! For this piece, the second addition to my sustainability and beverages series, I decided to discuss my work-time beverages, coffee and tea. These beverages are integral to modern life, with tea ranking as the second most popular beverage in the world (after water) and coffee ranking in the top five. Consumption varies greatly by geography, with much of North and South America and Europe preferring coffee, and much of Asia (and the United Kingdom, as well as many form