Party on Purpose: Your Complete Guide to Eco-Chic Entertaining

Party on Purpose is a joyful revelation. Cheryl Leutjen has managed to make the  sustainability of celebration feel not just doable, but deeply delightful. With her signature wit and wisdom, she reminds us that caring for the Earth can be an act of creativity, connection, and celebration. This isn’t a how-to manual—it’s an invitation to live and host with heart, to gather in ways that nourish 

both people and planet.

In a time when the world can feel heavy, Party on Purpose sparkles with practical levity, reminding us that joy itself is a form of activism. After reading it, you’ll never look at a compost bin—or a cocktail party—

the same way again.

Tara Matthews

L.Ac., Soul Body Ojai

Cheryl has a unique gift that comes across in all of her work-- the ability to combine a passion for saving the planet, with tangible, practical education, with fun- real, actual, inspirational ideas for having a good time while being conscious about sustainability. So often, material geared towards being more conscious about our choices are dry, doom-oriented, heavy, and guilt-inducing. 

Party on Purpose: Your Complete Guide to Eco-Chic Entertaining is a breath of fresh air in the space of eco-conscious media. This book gives real ideas, practical strategy and useful information, and will leave you brimming with ideas and fodder to host an epic sustainable gathering immediately.

Dawn Smith 

TEDx Speaker, Executive and Career Transition Coach , Keynote Speaker

Cheryl Leutjen has already given us two powerful books on the urgent environmental crises we face—reminding us that if we want a livable future for this planet and its fragile ecosystems, we must act now. . . . In this, her third book, she offers the same impassioned call to action—but with a refreshing twist: she invites us to throw a party.

Yes, a party. Because joy is not a distraction from the climate fight—it’s fuel for it. In the face of eco-anxiety and climate grief, celebration keeps us energized, connected, and creative. 

And as you’ll see throughout these pages, gathering with intention is one of the most powerful ways to spread the message of sustainability. This book brims with ideas for reimagining parties so they become acts of both delight and environmental stewardship.  

Nina Lesowitz

Co-author of the Party Girl Cookbook and the bestselling book, Living Life as a Thank You.

September 2025