r/Sustainable

34k members
r/Sustainable is a subreddit with 34k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses sustainability, sustainable, energy, climate, and ai.
Sustainable energy, food, water, air, living. Things/actions that help the planet and us live together without turning it into a perpetual disaster or dead planet. News, research, discussion, photos, diagrams, and questions about sustainability, non-GMO/GMO-free, organic, regenerative agriculture/food/farming, renewable energy, reducing and eliminating fossil fuels, fracking, and mining.

Popular Themes in r/Sustainable

#1
News
: "Smoke trapped in a plastic bag to demonstrate how one fire can generate significant pollution."
28 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Trump's Feds Say Cutting Fuel With Ethanol Will Bring Down Gas Prices. We’re Not Buying It. With gas prices crossing $4 a gallon, Donald's EPA says cheaper, more ethanol-rich fuel will ease the pain. The math doesn't really add up—but the risks sure do."
5 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Experimental farm uses innovative method to save over a billion gallons of water: 'If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere', says ranch in Arizona's Sonoran Desert. The ranch is implementing regenerative organic farming in answer to drying rivers and arid, nutrient-poor dirt."
2 posts
#4
Advice Requests
: "Trash These 7 Items First: Yes, you can cook and eat without plastic tools. Here is your official upgrade guide to eliminating microplastics from the kitchen."
2 posts
#5
Opportunities
: "The E.U.’s Burgeoning Repair Movement Is Set to Get a Boost"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "We've created sustainable packaging from wool — AMA!"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/Sustainable

#1

Sustainability

: "Earth cannot 'sustain' intensive fossil fuel use, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tells COP30: warned the climate fight could be lost without a rapid transition to cleaner energy"
65 posts
#2

Sustainable

: "Sustainable practices could cut food-related emissions in half"
51 posts
#3

Energy

: "Democrats Just Realized They Have a Winning Climate Message: Energy affordability propelled Mikie Sherrill and several others to victory on Tuesday."
34 posts
#4

Climate

: "Democrats Just Realized They Have a Winning Climate Message: Energy affordability propelled Mikie Sherrill and several others to victory on Tuesday."
33 posts
#5

Ai

: "Meat Uses 10x More Soy Than Vegan Foods — So Who’s Really Destroying the RAinforest?"
20 posts
#6

Recycling

: "'Maddening' Proof Plastics Industry Knew Recycling was False Solution in 1974, New Document Shows: One of the world’s largest plastic producers, DuPont, acknowledged as early as 1974 that Recycling its plastic products was not possible."
15 posts
#7

Fashion

: "France Just Banned Forever Chemicals From Cosmetics and Clothes - as of January 1, 2026, it is illegal to manufacture or sell clothing, cosmetics, or wax made with Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)"
15 posts
#8

Green

: "As Trump White House Disappears US Environmental Data, Reporters Can Turn to OECD"
14 posts
#9

Esg

13 posts
#10

Environment

: "Despite what’s happening in the USA, renewables are winning globally"
12 posts

Member Growth in r/Sustainable

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+8k members(29.7%)

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Last updated: June 3, 2026