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10 Easy Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Waste While Grocery Shopping

December 29, 2021
by morganevelyncook Food + DrinkHome + Lifestyle

How can you avoid plastic waste at the grocery store? It sounds like an impossible feat. After all, from the containers that hold our blueberries, to pretty much the entire frozen food aisle, to single-use checkout bags—the supermarket is positively brim ...

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9 Sustainable Living Tips That’ll Make Your Life Easier

December 23, 2021
by morganevelyncook Eco-Living 101Home + Lifestyle

When I ask people what their biggest struggle is with sustainable living, the response I most commonly hear is "convenience." Convenience is king, and many eco-friendly living tips can have the tendency to require a bit more effort. It's not always condu ...

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Here is the Most Effective Way to Talk About Climate Change According to Experts

December 15, 2021
by morganevelyncook ActivisimEco-Living 101Feature-The-Planet

About 70% of Americans say that they “rarely” or “never” discuss climate change with family and friends. That's 230.7 million people neglecting to talk about a global crisis. Now, maybe it's because those people don't know how to talk about climate c ...

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5 Earth-Approved New Year’s Resolutions

December 14, 2021
by morganevelyncook HolidayHome + Lifestyle

New year, new planet, am I right? If there's anything climate-related to be taken from this past year, it's that it's time to shift climate action into maximum overdrive. So what eco-friendly New Year's resolutions can we make to reflect that? It's a que ...

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Everything You Need for a Sustainable Self-Care Night

December 9, 2021
by morganevelyncook Feature-Self-CareSelf-Care

Everyone deserves a treat yo'self night. And not just because Parks & Rec said so. It's because if we don't indulge in some self-care, if we skip it to keep working, it could have major ramifications on our health. In fact, research has found that ov ...

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Here Are 7 Ways to Make Your Gift Wrapping More Planet-Friendly

November 30, 2021
by morganevelyncook HolidayHome + Lifestyle

As a child (and sometimes even as an adult) there's nothing like the adrenaline rush of tearing the wrapping paper off a present to reveal what new toy lies within. While the gift you ultimately receive hopefully spends years with you, the wrapping paper ...

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Dreaming of a Green Christmas? Here are 10 Tips to Make Your Holiday Season More Sustainable

November 30, 2021
by morganevelyncook Holiday

I love the holiday season. I need you to know this because I'm about to go all "Grinch" on you for a moment. While mankind may enjoy all the holiday festivities—the parties, the gifts, the energy-sucking, yet delightfully festive lights—it isn't really s ...

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The Great Tree Debate—Is Artificial or Real Better for the Planet?

November 30, 2021
by morganevelyncook Holiday

As November turns into December, living rooms turn into holiday wonderlands. They're filled with sparkles, candles, stockings, and of course, Christmas trees. Decorating these in-house evergreens often marks the beginning of the holiday season. However, ...

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5 Clothing Rental Services to Try For Your Holiday Party This Year

November 19, 2021
by morganevelyncook FashionHoliday

For many of us, December is a month of dinners, parties, and gift exchanges, each of which requires an outfit. A new outfit. At least that's what society has taught us—the holiday party outfits you wore in years past, can't possibly be worn again. Luckil ...

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Thrift Like a Pro—Everything You Need to Know About Building a Pre-Loved Wardrobe

November 18, 2021
by morganevelyncook FashionFeature-FashionThrifting

Secondhand shopping is having a real moment. As it should. After all, why should we keep buying new clothes when there's a seemingly endless stream of clothes ready to be given a second life? Fast fashion would tell us those clothes aren't cool enough. B ...

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Hot girls consciously declutter their closets. 💁‍♀️

And by that I mean, we don’t drop a giant bag at Goodwill because a lot of those items go unsold, end up landfilled, or shipped to developing countries where they often become more of a burden than a “gift” to locals (more on that below).

➡️ So here are some more sustainable options:

1. Give away clothes in good condition to friends or on your local Buy Nothing Group

2. Sell gently used clothes on apps like @Poshmark or @Depop (p.s I just posted some new stuff on my Poshmark if ya wanna check it out, link in b!0)

3. Upcycle or downcycle unusable clothes for your own use

If you can’t do any of the above the landfill may be your best option (which I know is a hot take 😅)

I don’t love clothing recycling programs because many in store drop offs (like those at certain fast fashion retailers) only recycle a *very* small amount of the clothes put in their bins.

The rest is sent overseas to be resold at markets, like Kantamanto Market in Ghana where ~40% of clothes received are of such poor quality they’re deemed worthless and dumped in the landfill anyways.

(The article “Dead White Man’s Clothes” by Linton Besser goes very in depth into this if you’d like to learn more).

So, programs like For Day’s takeback bag program (which I get a lot of Q’s about) may be good to use every once in a while if you have some truly unwearable clothes to get rid of since some of it is put to good use.

But the priority should always be taking care of and using what you have. 💚

#declutteringtips #sustainablefashion #declutter #closetcleanout
Emerging from my photo hibernation. ⛅️ Fit de Emerging from my photo hibernation. ⛅️

Fit details ✨
-Top: originally Aritzia, thrifted via @Depop
-Jeans: abercrombie
-Earrings: idk they’ve been sitting in my jewelry box so long

#outfitoftheday #thriftedfashion #secondhandstyle
Forever convinced it “will only take me an hour” to clean and declutter my whole home. 🙃

#springcleaning #cleaningday #decluttering #cleaningvideos #relatable #funnyvideos
A lil vlog of a week in my low buy year. 💛 The A lil vlog of a week in my low buy year. 💛

The non-essential spend this week was a tad higher than usual with date night and girls night falling on the same weekend, but I’m glad that every non-essential I spent money on was either:

1. Secondhand
2. An experience
3. Supporting a local small biz

Lmk if you want see more of these low-buy mini vlogs ☺️

#lowbuy #minivlog #consciousconsumption #secondhandfashion
A lil sustainable self care musical 🥰 Inspired A lil sustainable self care musical 🥰

Inspired by the queen of 30 second musicals, @annaxsitar 

Featuring: My @versed skincare products, sparkly water from @drinkspindrift, and my secondhand outfit, puzzle, and cups. ☺️

#sundayreset #selfcareroutine #selfcare #sustainableselfcare #sundayresets #sustainableskincare #satisfyingvideos #selfcaresunday #getunreadywithme
My bathroom cleaning ✨essentials✨: 1️⃣ B My bathroom cleaning ✨essentials✨:

1️⃣ Bamboo scrubber from @zefirowaste (link in b!0)

2️⃣ DIY cleaning paste (1/3 cup of baking soda + 2 tbsp hydrogen peroxide + a couple pumps of dish soap + a pinch of salt (optional) for extra scrubbing power)

3️⃣ Laundry sheets from @truearthmovement to wash my shower liner

4️⃣ 1/4 cup of vinegar to add to the fabric softener dispenser when washing aforementioned shower liner

Drop your favorite bathroom cleaning tip in the comments. 👇

#cleaning #cleaningtips #sustainableliving #sustainablecleaning
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