Year-end for ECL

Wildlife, ecosystems, language, nutrition, sustainable living, and personal recommendations

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Rob Herring
December 31, 2025

Happy Wednesday my friend,

As we close out the year, I just want to say thank you for being here. Earth Conscious Life only exists because you keep showing up with curiosity, kindness, and a willingness to live a little more in alignment with nature.

I’m wishing you a beautiful New Year’s celebration tonight, and joyous start to 2026. I’m eternally grateful you’re with me. 🌏 If you’re able to support this work, this is the last chance for 50% off VIP membership.

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GOODBYE TO 2025

A few moments I’m proud of from 2025:

  • We reached over 250k readers, across 170 countries around the world

  • Wrapped production on our newest film Greenfield coming April 1st, 2026 (I’m proud to have directed this piece, and I know the ECL community will love it).

  • Our community continues to prove that “health” and “planet” are never separate conversations, as we see an unprecedented shift in cultural awareness for environmental and human health protections.

  • We helped launch the films Let Them Be N*ked and Just Look Up about the hidden toxicities in the fashion industry, and the active manipulation of our weather. Watching the response reminded me why we do this work.

  • We shot an entire online foraging course with the master Robin Greenfield (to be released in 2026) that will empower people with the abundance that exists all around us provided by Mother Earth.

  • We entered our other feature documentary Farmacy of Light into film festivals to a great response, and will be sharing it widely with the world in 2026 as well.

  • And on a personal note: I did more camping than any previous year, connecting with my wife and the miracle of wilderness and outdoor peace, away from electronic devices.

Foraging wild mushrooms. From left: Rob Herring, Robin Greenfield, Ryan Wirick

A couple notes I’ve saved from readers that meant a lot:

It's one of the few emails each week that I actually read and enjoy doing so. In a world where I have to quickly scan through dozens of emails each day, when I see yours, I always pause and take a moment to enjoy the little tidbits of nature you bring to me. Thanks for creating this and you're doing a great job. keep it up, your emails are really well written and always have great topics! Brings a little happiness to my day! 🌿💚

Lauren W., Earth Conscious Life reader

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It is one of the primary newsletters I look forward to in my 'inbox,' and I know I am in good company on this. I save each one, btw. I love your work, your product suggests, and the whole Tamale. The Universe knows what you are doing, even if some people do not. And the turtles, and earth creatures, and spirit guides, know about it, too.

Erica S., Earth Conscious Life reader

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I see yours as one of the few good voices in the wilderness trying to push an agenda and sharing messages for the protection of our planet.

Stuart M., Earth Conscious Life reader

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If you see the value in this work, and are able to become a member, please consider joining to get exclusive additional resources each week, like guides, videos, and deep dive articles. As a year-end special, this is the LAST chance for 50% off:

If you would be so kind to reply to this with one sentence: What’s one thing you changed this year because of something you read here? 

I read every response personally. 🙂 

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To a healing future,

— Rob

P.S. I’m really looking forward to 2026, with the launch of several projects and films that we’ve been working on behind the scenes for a few years now. Thank you again for being part of this community. ❤️

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