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How to Have a Successful Low Buy Year in 2023

You may have heard that one of the best ways to be a more conscious consumer is to simply buy less....

12 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting My Sustainability Journey

The first time I thought about my impact on the planet in a real way was in college. What I mean...

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Fall into an Eco-Friendly Autumn With These 9 Sustainable Lifestyle Tips

As the leaves make their yearly transition to reds and yellows, it’s important to still keep green on your mind. I...

7 Tips for a More Sustainable Back to School Season

As summer draws to a close, we transition to a season of binders and pencils. Middle schoolers begin to whip out...

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Kick Buyer’s Remorse to the Curb by Asking Yourself These 6 Questions Before Your Next Purchase

When people think about reducing waste, it seems like “buying less” is not always the first thought that comes to mind....

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How to Participate in Plastic Free July Without Actually Being Plastic Free

So you’ve heard about Plastic Free July and you want to take part, but your stomach is sinking as you realize...

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Give Her the Gift of Making Memories this Mother’s Day With One of These Experience Gifts

Mother’s Day always seems to sneak up on me. Easter ends and I think “ok, we’ve got a while until the...

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9 Apps That Have Made My Sustainable Living Journey *So* Much Easier

Forming sustainable habits takes time, patience, and sometimes a little help from your phone. I’ll fully admit, I have a love...

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No Yard? No Problem—Here’s How to Compost No Matter Where You Live

Did you know that organic matter (i.e., food) doesn’t break down properly in landfills? It’s true. When buried under layers and layers...

Make Your Next Vacation Planet-Friendly with These Sustainable Travel Tips

Adopting conscious practices at home is one thing, adopting them on the go is a whole other challenge. After all, it’s...

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Apartment Gardening 101: Expert Tips For Growing Your Own Food in a Small Space

If you’re dreaming of a lush green garden, but think you don’t have the space to make it a reality, I...

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6 Tips for Developing (and Maintaining) Eco-Friendly Habits

How many times have you tried to form (or break) a habit and failed? I’ll wait while you count. If you’re...

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7 Easy Eco-Friendly Tips That’ll Keep Your Kitchen Clean and Organized

A happy kitchen makes for a happy household. I say that because so much of our lives revolve around our kitchens....

Show the Planet Some Love This Valentine’s Day With These Sustainable and Ethical Gift Ideas

Valentine’s Day—it’s all about love. Love for your partner, your friends, even yourself. But what about the earth? Balloons that don’t...

12 Sustainable Products You Can Buy on Your Next Target Run

Accessibility has been and continues to be a difficult challenge when it comes to sustainable living. Once upon a time you...

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10 Easy Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Waste While Grocery Shopping

How can you avoid plastic waste at the grocery store? It sounds like an impossible feat. After all, from the containers...

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9 Sustainable Living Tips That’ll Make Your Life Easier

When I ask people what their biggest struggle is with sustainable living, the response I most commonly hear is “convenience.” Convenience...

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5 Earth-Approved New Year’s Resolutions

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...

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

As a child (and sometimes even as an adult) there’s nothing like the adrenaline rush of tearing the wrapping paper off...

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Black Friday is Coming Up—Here’s How You Can Participate Sustainably

The most infamous shopping day of the year—Black Friday. Retailers train all year for it, and some consumers too. In fact,...

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Curious About Plant-Based Eating? Here are Some Tips to Get You Started

The word “vegan” can be intimidating. For some it may trigger images of of bland tofu, meatless burgers, and cheese that...

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These Vegan Thanksgiving Sides are the Perfect Addition to Your Holiday Feast

I’ve always found it ironic that the unofficial mascot of Thanksgiving is a turkey. Sure, it’s the traditional main dish, but...

All The Tips You Need to Have a More Sustainable Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving—it’s a holiday I (and probably many of you) associate more with food comas than sustainability. After all, each kilo of...

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16 Delicious Plant-Based Pumpkin Recipes For Every Meal

When you hear the word “pumpkin” do you think of Halloween, fall decor, or food? Or maybe you just think of...

How to be Eco-Friendly on a Budget: A Guide to Affordable Green Living

It’s a common misconception that what’s sustainable for the planet is not sustainable for your wallet. But I’m here with some...

10 Food Storage Hacks to Help Keep Your Groceries Fresh For Weeks

We’ve all been there—we buy that carton of fresh strawberries, we daydream of the smoothies we’ll make, the salads, maybe we’ll...

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10 Easy Vegan Recipes You Would Never Guess are Vegan

If you consistently cook for someone other than just yourself then you know it’s typically pretty hard to please everyone with...

How to Reduce Food Waste: Practical Tips For Keeping Your Groceries out of the Landfill

1.4 billion tons. That’s the amount of food that gets thrown away every year. Why does this matter? Doesn’t it just...

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Are Candles Toxic? A Guide to Candle Toxicity and Environmental Impact

There is a lot of chatter on the world wide web when it comes to the effects of candles on human...

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Eco-Friendly Toilet Paper: The 9 Best Brands for 2022

If you’re looking to incorporate some easy sustainable swaps into your life there is no better place to start than with...

10 Easy Sustainable Swaps For a Greener Life

Low waste living can seem intimdating to a beginner – you have to start thinking about your carbon footprint, where your...

7 Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products for a Cleaner (and Greener) Home

Have you ever finished an epic cleaning spree only to be left with a trash can full of paper towels, dirty...

How to Sustainably Declutter Your Home: A Room-By-Room Guide

There’s something about living in a clean, calm space, that is so satisfying. However, getting to that space often involves a...

6 Tips for a More Eco-Friendly Workout

So, we’re not professionals in the gym. Our forte is running (it’s free, low-waste, you can be at one with nature,...

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Eco-Friendly New Year’s Resolutions for a Greener 2020

Alright, so who is pumped to start going to the gym everyday at 5:00 AM in a polar vortex? Not us,...

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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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