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🤓Talk nerdy to me, Jessian Choy ("she/woman" not "guys") & I might feature you in articles/videos/podcasts on 🦄 solutions for an equitable, green world: sc.org/ask-ms-green. More tips: x.com/realmsgreen. Add me to your Signal chat: JessianChoy.88 ;)
Please share because I met people who didn't know they could register & vote today. You can do it in almost half of US states. How: rockthevote.org/how-to-vote/same-day-voter-registration.

If you're not voting, I'd love to hear why. I'll even put on my hat that turns me into a nonjudgmental person!
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Winner, winner, eat cake for dinner!

Enter a $5 raffle for a vegan cake from instagram.com/DeliciouslyVeganSF.

Your $5 will feed people losing SNAP benefits. They can eat yummy vegan MalibusBurgers.com and Puerto Rican food at CasaBoriquena.com. And you might want to eat there too!
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
See if:

-Dry cleaning chemicals like perc offgas from clothes and harm people at or near cleaners. Perc has no health perks! Other chemicals can cause harm, even if “green, organic, or nontoxic.”

-You can wash "dry clean only” clothes at home.

-Wet cleaners are safer.

bit.ly/wet-clean
October 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Step into your “save the planet” era!

Come meet youth aged 13 to 22 who’ll inspire you to protect our health and environment.

FREE, Thursday, 10/9, 6P, Berkeley, CA

BrowerYouthAwards.org
October 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Building products w/certain ecolabels might be safer than ones w/only Healthy Product Declaration/Declare labels. You have to be an expert to decipher HPD/Declare.

I don’t know certifiers who test for toxics though

Safer brand/ecolabel/petition @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social
bit.ly/GetFlooredSafely
September 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“Regenerative/sustainable/carbon neutral” crops might have pesticides.

Dig into safer certifications for veggies/fruit/grains/crops bit.ly/SaferCertifications.

Ask me how to not plow your garden/grow it regeneratively. There’s no “tilling” what I’ll find when I dig :)

@foodprintorg.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
☎️Protect yourself and your contacts on your phone:

Buy a modern burner phone with cash, don’t turn it on at home and only add the Signal app.

Or keep your phone off or on airplane mode when you don’t need it. Also, turn off bluetooth, wifi, and airdrop.

More in comments⬇️& bit.ly/DIGITAL-SECU...
June 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
📢Protect yourself/others at protests

Before sharing photos/videos:

-Obscure faces with the shape/rectangle tool. Other tools can be reversed by others.

-Use a metadata removal tool

-Prove they're real with ProofMode app

Thanks @elizaorlins.bsky.social

More in comments⬇️& bit.ly/DIGITAL-SECU...
June 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
My two "scents" on safer scented skincare, air fresheners, candles, cleaners

See if:

-Essential oils & synthetic scents have toxic phthalates & are linked with allergies, eczema, asthma

-Phthalate-free fragrance oil, nontoxic, biodegradable & other claims aren’t safe

bit.ly/SaferScentedProducts
May 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
You need to change your underwear & laws

What you might not have heard on the Thinx menstrual underwear class action lawsuit settlement, toxic PFAS, how it affects everyone.

Butt it’s not over. Stay tuned for how to tell when companies cover their butts

bit.ly/change-your-underwear-and-laws
March 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, you deserve free money for a less toxic fridge, heat pump, or air conditioner with no trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a toxic PFAS.

Some rebates end this year.

You deserve safer policies too.

Collect them all at

bit.ly/TFA-WTF
March 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Lighting incense or🕯candles with certain intentions might actually create change

Guess how to do it in a less toxic way: matches, lighters, or a reusable plastic free keychain?

Answer:Ask me to shed light on less-toxic brands of any product or service

bit.ly/the-green-light
March 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How to shop for therapists this Black Friday!

Whether or not you think you need one, it could be the best gift you give yourself.

They can help with surprising things.

You might feel better seeing one 'cause they’re trained, unlike family, friends, etc

bit.ly/WhatIfWeAllGot…
March 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
You could spend Tuesday night in sweaty sandals in this heat wave.

Or come to this free, cool event for all ages featuring youth creating a more equitable, green world!

October 8, Berkeley, California:
- 5:30 PM edutainment
- 7 PM fancy feast ($

BrowerYouthAwards.org
March 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Tell me your ways to green a toddler, preschooler, or kid at heart! Good habits start young.

Seefor ways I found:

Songs, books, games, and ecoparenting studies!

Bonus tips in this thread⬇️

bit.ly/GrowATreehugger
March 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ask me about safer, greener ways to grill!

In the meantime, seefor safer tips rather than dangerous misinformation I found.

Thanks again to @SierraClub and @Sierra_Magazine for the opportunity to write this article!

bit.ly/NoGaslitGrill
March 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Break the ice pack waste :

See the only biz I found where you don’t have to buy anything to mail, drop off, or get pickups of ice packs. They'll reuse them.

Find out if dry ice or ice packs are unsustainable even if they’re in paper or plastic.

More⬇️

bit.ly/break-the-ice-…
March 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
How to green a pregnant or postpartum person

Brands:Bonus tips:

Instead of composting nursing bras, sell/donate them through the link's Buy Swap Sell Fb group

In CA's Bay Area, rent pain relief machines/more at @natresbaby (Black woman-led nonprofit

bit.ly/TheirBodyTheir…
March 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I planned all your birthdays/weddings/parties/meetings with:

-Booty-shaking green songs, food/drinks

-Signs/decor/party favors/name tags

-The secret sauce on who's the boss

-Surprising things to put in your invite

You’re welcome!

Details& comments⬇️

bit.ly/IPlannedYourPa…
March 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Class action lawsuit against Rainforest Alliance & Hershey on child labor/unfair pay/deforestation

If you care about the only🌍with🍫🍌☕️🫖🌹, see if there's a bitter truth on Rainforest Alliance-certified ones.Ask me about sustainable Valentine gifts!

bit.ly/HandsInTheCook…
March 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
As always, I hope you can all take care of yourselves in these times

In other news, if you need to treat yourself, see brands of more ethical, sustainable chocolate instead of getting tricked by some “fair trade,” “plastic free,” or “sugar free” treats

bit.ly/EthicalSugarFr…
March 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
-Map to give/get new/gently used art/
school supplies worldwide like @scrapsf @SCScrapstore

-Safer, repairable, recycled, plastic- & tree-free, vegan non-1980s backpacks, notebooks, binders, highlighters, crayons, pens

Need a pen? Adopt, don’t shop!

bit.ly/back-to-cool-s…
March 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I couldn’t find a comparison of toxic chemicals banned by textiles certifications🩲👕👢👒🛏️🎒🛋️.

So I spent months unraveling certifications to see which ones are safer.

Thanks to my editor, Jonathan Hahn, @Sierra_Magazine for putting up with my puns!

bit.ly/unraveling-tex…
March 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Studies on why :

🤩Give yourself/others hope trips not guilt trips

🦄Try eco-hypnotherapy for eco-anxiety

☠️Avoid drinking trillions of nanoplastics from a paper cup

♻️See if city trucks actually recycle though it might look like they’re not

⬇️More

bit.ly/hope-trips-not…
March 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A Brut Secret is Sure out! Those 3 deodorants & partial skincare list below had cancer-causing benzene, some at life-threatening levels-Refunds
-Safe disposal
-Brand refilling w/organic, vegan, no palm oil, mostly no: plastic (pumps often non-recyclable

bit.ly/benzene-free-s…
March 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM