El Buzz Verde: Sustainable Lifestyle and Travel Blog

Welcome to our blog, where we merge the worlds of sustainable living, eco-conscious tourism, and green construction. Here, we explore innovative ways to live and travel sustainably without compromising on comfort or style. Join us on a journey to redefine the norms of everyday living and travel, creating a greener, more sustainable future, one post at a time.

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Reconecta: Women's Day Retreats

The divine feminine is telling us that things need to change. For many years we have been in overdrive, running our homes, raising the kids, caring for elderly parents, pushing for equality in the workplace, staying beautiful, and taking whatever few minutes we have left in the month to spend time with our girlfriends because we innately know that magic happens when the gals gather. 🌸🌟

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Reconnect with Nature: Bird Watching

Calling all ladies: Here is an experience to help you reconnect with nature, your physical and mental health, and everything that matters in your life. This experience is a full day. Our day starts early because the early birds get the juiciest worms. We will finish the afternoon with a healthy delicious lunch, and neck/should massage in the gorgeous gardens of the Villa Merida.

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Understanding Climate Policy Jargon

It’s like reading documents from a lawyer, an accountant, or a nurse. If you don’t hear and use a language every day, it will sound like jargon. Climate policy is no different. Yes, there are some complex subjects but don’t become frozen into nonaction. We need climate policies and your vote is priceless. Here are 2 of the most familiar climate “policies” translated for your understanding.

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6 Eco-Warrior Women That You Should Know

Planet Earth is calling all women to tap into the divine feminine to discover their gifts and share them with the world. These 6 women have helped to guide me to my purpose (and continue to do so). Maybe they can help to inspire you too?

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5 reasons why women-only travel is trending

Beautiful things happen when the gals get together. There is an innate feminine force that connects us, feeds our souls and gives us what we need to keep going. We can share, relate, laugh, learn and relax much easier when it’s women only.

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What is a Temazcal Ceremony?

There are many forms of ceremony practiced globally. One form that is shared by many tribes is the sweat lodge. The Maya sweat lodge is called a Temazcal. The best thing about the Temazcal ceremony is that is compatible with all religions, beliefs, and spiritual practices.

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The Reconnect Retreats for Women

2020 has thrown us a few curveballs, feels more like a never-ending game of dodgeball, but our problems did not begin this year. You’ve been running on autopilot for many years, trying to keep up with things that didn’t matter and disconnected from the things that do. Something had to give. The Green Maya Project excitedly announces our new 6-day program, the Reconnect Retreat for Women, a multi-day eco-conscious, reconnecting travel experience. September 17-22, 2021

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How You Can Help to Mitigate Climate Change

Get READY!! Climate Change is coming soon to a city near you! No one will escape the wrath of Mother Nature- not even the billionaires, but we can learn to work with her. Nature will take care of us, if we take care of it. Our window of opportunity is shrinking, but I have hope that we will come together for a sustainable life for all on Planet Earth. Learn how you can help to mitigate climate change.

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Are you funding animal slavery?

Of course, you didn’t do it intentionally; we just didn’t see the complete picture. Animals are really freaking cool. Who doesn’t want to hug a dolphin or see a beluga whale up close and protected by a giant glass wall? Unfortunately, we never asked the animals if they were cool with it and these businesses have large marketing budgets to distract us from the truth.

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11 ways to Travel Responsibly

Everything that humans do has an environmental and social impact. It is up to us which kind of impacts we want to leave behind. Tourism accounts for something like 12% of the world’s GDP, what if we made all of the travel & tourism industry sustainable and responsible for their actions?

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Are you sleeping with the enemy?

Do you or a family member suffer from allergies or asthma? You might be sleeping with the enemy. The presence of dust will not kill you but it can trigger allergic reactions when inhaled. In severe cases, the response may lead to an asthma attack.

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Does your kitchen have some dirty little secrets?

The kitchen is the heart of your home; even if takeout and freezer meals are your thing, you are still being exposed to your kitchen’s dirty little secrets. If you are heating your food in a microwave, please stop. Microwaves zap all the nutrients from your food, plastic leaches into your food, and the technology is bad for the planet.

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How well do you know your products?

Ninety-nine percent of the big brands that fill your supermarket aisles are chemical cocktails. You can find more than 800 different chemicals in your home product cabinets. Some ingredients are proven “safe” by federal organizations, but many are proven to be the cause of a vast list of health problems.

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Why Detox Your Home?

You eat healthily. You exercise. You meditate. You drink enough water and get enough sleep. That’s Great! However, for optimal health and sustainability, let’s take it one step further. Your home is a second skin, if your home is suffering from toxic chemical or allergens overload, chances are your family’s bodies are struggling with toxicity as well.

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10 Steps to Becoming a Better Consumer

We all want to live a balanced life that helps protect and heal our planet, but often we don’t know where to start. Here are ten tips to get you on track toward becoming a conscious consumer. Every single person counts, know that your contributions, no matter how small will make a difference.

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Planet, People, Profit ... In That Order.

A business that operates from the Single Bottom Line is 100% profit-driven. The motto is to grow grow grow and keep expenses as low as possible with no concern for the casualties along the way. This type of operation has been the standard, across the board, for hundreds of years. However, there is a better way to do business, and that’s operating from the Triple Bottom Line.

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