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50 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day Every Day

March 29, 2022

Earth Day happens every year on April 22nd. And no, it's not just a day where everyone you follow on Instagram reminds you they went on a hike once (#views). It's actually a day meant to encourage changes in human behavior as well as take action to creat ...

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10 Common Recycling Myths That Need to be Talked About

March 3, 2022

Raise your hand if you were today years old when you realized how complicated recycling is. When I was growing up we had two bins in our garage—one for paper and one for plastic. In them I'd toss newspapers, boxes, and all my single-use plastics, blissfu ...

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10 Environmental Justice Books You Should Add to Your Reading List

January 28, 2022

I am a White woman. And up until about three years ago, I was blissfully unaware of how intrinsically climate change and racism were linked. However, since delving more into the topic of sustainability, I've learned how key racial justice is in the missi ...

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Want to See Big Brands take Climate Action? Here are Some Letter Writing Tips to Make it Happen

January 7, 2022

It’s no secret that we need large corporations to step up if we want to successfully mitigate climate change. But if we don’t work for one of these corporations is there really anything we can do? Of course there is.  We live in a world where getting ...

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Small Sustainable Steps Matter: Here’s Why You Should be an Imperfect Environmentalist

January 4, 2022

If you’ve never heard the term “imperfect environmentalist” it’s time to add it to your mental dictionary (or your actual dictionary if anyone still has one of those). In my opinion the phrase is a tad redundant. Imperfection should be considered an i ...

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

December 15, 2021

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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A Guide to Greenwashing: What it is and How You Can Spot it

November 8, 2021

According to the Webster Dictionary, Greenwashing is "expressions of environmentalist concerns especially as a cover for products, policies, or activities." In other words, it's a deceptive marketing practice that companies use to make you think you're b ...

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8 BIPOC Sustainability Influencers You Should Be Following

February 1, 2021

To beat the climate crisis, we must acknowledge that it is an intersectional issue, meaning that injustices happening to marginalized communities and the earth are interconnected. One of the ways we can begin to tackle this is by diversifying our social ...

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7 Free Online Sustainability & Climate Change Courses

January 29, 2021

If you're looking to take your eco-education a step beyond eco-friendly influencers, sustainable TikToks or climate change podcasts, an online class might be right for you. Consider taking one of these free online sustainability courses to level up your ...

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What are Carbon Offsets and Which Ones Should You Purchase?

December 17, 2020

It seems that carbon offsetting has been “having a moment” lately. Greta Thunberg brought international attention to the impacts of travel-related emissions when she crossed the ocean by boat instead of plane. Since then we’ve seen airlines and e-commerc ...

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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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