Earth Month, my birthday, and west~bourne’s anniversary, April is a pretty big deal around here. In that same celebratory spirit, we’re sharing a few things that we’re loving lately. Everything on this list reflects something we believe deeply: that the way we eat, move, create, and care for ourselves is inseparable from how we care for the planet.  Quality over quantity and every decision can set a powerful intention. As the first month of the astrological year launches (hi, Aries), we are initiation and manifesting where we want this year to go. 

Watch:Seeds thedocumentary, a meditative film that examines the decline of generational black farmers and the significance of owning land. Protecting that legacy is essential to the future of our food system. 

Read:Medicines of the Earth: A guide to healing plantsis teaching me everything I need to know about mother nature’s very own herbal remedies — a reminder that the most powerful ingredients have always been right underfoot.

Eat: Andrea Crawford started her career in the 80s growing herbs and lettuces in a Berkeley garden for Alice Waters’s Chez Panisse and now runsRoan Mills Bakery that takes mindfulness for the ground to a whole newlevel and where my family buys weekly fresh bread from.

Visit:dead end books, a lending library for art books in Hollywood with a collection that's genuinely hard to find anywhere else. You DM them for an appointment, browse their deeply curated shelves, and borrow — yes, borrow — art books for free. It's the anti-algorithm antidote: slow, communal, intentional, waste-free. If you're in LA, go.

See: Special things do indeed come in small packages.Katelyn Eichwald, a Chicago-based contemporary artist, will be showing her magnetic oil paintings at Miami’sNina Johnson Gallery starting on April 23. Size does matter, amd here pieces are striking, haunting and captivating in making normal every day life stand still with just a few brushstrokes.

Listen: Wishing I could seeLaufey at Coachella and obsessed with how she’s made classical music viral. For now, she’s camped in our earbuds but seeing her live remains on our bucket list.  

Learn:Bloom Ranch is Los Angeles County's largest Black-owned farm, a wellness sanctuary and the source of some of the most beautiful local produce boxes we've seen. Their commitment to land stewardship and community access is exactly the kind of regenerative model we're here for. Angelenos, place yourorder online and pick up your harvest box at the farm. 

Wear:Maria McManus and AGolde is a dream come true, a match up of two beloved brands and friends of west~bourne. They just launched a responsibly sourced, on point capsule collection filled with airy denim collectible pieces and blush pink sprinkled. Living proof that style and sustainability can go hand in hand, plus obviously we have our sights set on theirfield jacket.

Self Care: can’t get enough ofCorpus’s body care products, most notably, their deliciousbody butter. Everything is made with clean, consciously sourced ingredients and vegan, plant based formulations that melt into my skin, going natural and performing just as promised.