r/Sustainable
35k members
r/Sustainable is a subreddit with 35k 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
: "Biomass is a money pit that won’t solve energy or wildfire problems - Biomass energy — electricity made by burning or gasifying trees — is an expensive, dirty relic that relies on industry misinformation and taxpayer money."
12 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."
2 posts
#3
Opportunities
: "Less waste. A better planet. A stronger economy. What's stopping the circular economy?"
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."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Sustainable
#1
Sustainability
: "how do you exist when haunted by Sustainability?"
55 posts
#2
Sustainable
: "‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement. Nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. In the summer, they donned hazmat suits and removed masses of giant hogweed, an invasive species that can burn the skin."
32 posts
#3
Energy
: "Clean Energy pushes fossil-fuel power into reverse for ‘first time ever’"
24 posts
#4
Climate
: "‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by Climate crisis"
23 posts
#5
Ai
: "Meat Uses 10x More Soy Than Vegan Foods — So Who’s Really Destroying the RAinforest?"
23 posts
#6
Environment
: "We are Bombarding America's Forests With Bayer's Monsanto Roundup - Scientists are wary of glyphosate. Even MAHA loathes it. Yearlong investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere."
23 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)"
13 posts
#8
Esg
8 posts
#9
Water
: "AI’s growing thirst for Water"
8 posts
#10
Recycling
: "How is Taiwan beating everyone at plastics Recycling?: Taiwan used to be flooded with trash – but the country is now one of the top plastics recyclers in the world. How did they do it?"
8 posts
Member Growth in r/Sustainable
Yearly
+8k members(30.4%)
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Last updated: July 2, 2026