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6 Things I am doing to make my life more sustainable in 2021
Over the past several years I have been really inspired by the Zero Waste movement after being introduced to Lauren Singer’s platform online and then the wider zero/low waste community. I have already made changes like a plastic-free shower routine, eliminating plastic shopping bags, and only using reusable drinks containers (pre-COVID), and I make significantly…
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Fast Fashion Series: Introduction
If you have spent time looking at your impact on the planet you have probably heard that fast fashion is not eco-friendly or ethical. They often exploit their workers and take advantage of workers in countries with really lax labour laws were they can pay them super small sums of money for really hard and…
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KonMari that Sh*t: Komono Part 2
After skincare it felt like it only made sense to go through my makeup. Also I never really organized it when I moved into my new bedroom at my parents’ house and I was sick of looking at it scattered all over the place. I also washed my makeup brushes (wash your makeup brushes I…
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January Empties
Since one of my big focuses this year is transitioning more of my products to plastic-free or zero waste options. I thought that a monthly empties series could be fun. Well maybe not fun but helpful in decision making and keeping me accountable to making sustainable swaps if it is public on the internet?? This…
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KonMari that Sh*t: Komono Part 1
I took a bit of a break from Marie Kondo-ing my stuff for a bit because it was becoming a complete distraction from applying to jobs, which is supposed to have been the whole point of me quitting my job and even though I haven’t spent any money I have been getting very worried about…
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KonMari that Sh*t: Day 2 and 3
So Marie says that the next phases are books and papers. I was the most worried about books (which I think is why I forgot to take before pictures!). Like a lot of people, books were a huge part of my childhood. I started reading chapter books with the Little House in the Big Woods…
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KonMari that Sh*t: Day 1
So because I recently quit my job I also recently moved home. I’ve always known that I had some stuff in my parent’s attic. However, once I put the entire contents of my living room, kitchen, and patio into my corner of the attic my stuff took up almost a whole QUARTER of the attic.…
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Thoughtful Buy: Pela Phone Case
For the first time in years I bought myself a new phone, an iPhone 11 on Boxing Day! It was very exciting! I had an iPhone 4 until mid-2019 and then bought an used iPhone 6 from one of my co-workers. And technically they both worked fine so I was having a hard time justifying…
Laura Caeris – Thoughtful Millennial
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