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Will it take a child to lead them all? Looks like it. And though she may be "little," she is fierce ✨ If you don't know who Greta Thunberg is, wake up ☀️ Because she is confronting the world and she's only 16. Climate change is happening now and we must make changes to our daily routine in order to protect the lives we love on this planet.
When you don't know how to act, ask yourself W.W.G.D: What Would Greta Do?
She'd probably tell you to make your voice heard. Petition your local governance to make environmentally friendly changes. For example, demand that your city collects compost with their garbage service... And actually composts it to be redistributed to the community. San Francisco does it. So does San Mateo County! You can demand it too!
This is not the only solution, it's just one of MANY changes we need to make on a global level. WE ARE THE CHANGE ✨ @zerowastecalifornia @gretathunberg @sustainableish
Are you a sales queen or a sales avoider?
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Put down the credit card and step away from the discounted jacket and read below.
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The impact our fast fashion has on the planet is vast. It’s estimated that in the UK in 2017 alone £12.5 billion of clothes were thrown away - that equates to 8 pieces per person. Most of the fast fashion we buy are made from cheap synthetic fabrics polyester, nylon and acrylic. These fabrics release thousands of synthetic microfibres in every wash and will not break down naturally due to the plastics in the materials. Equally as important the amount of energy and resources these take to make is not being reflected in the amount of time we are wearing them.
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The fashion industry and the impact it has on our planet is enough that we should be buying these garments and using them for years and years. Shop second hand, search for staple pieces and buy things that you love and will last. Give value to the impact they have on this earth.
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Be thoughtful with your purchases and consume with a conscience
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To reduce our reliance on our planets resources we should be using mother nature’s energy as much as we can. A lot of people chose green energy at home but you can’t control the energy choices of your place of work or hotels you might stay in. While on the go, a solar powered charger will recharge even on a cloudy day giving you 100% clean energy with the feel good benefit of not wasting energy or batteries. .
An easy way to truly give our Mother Nature a day off!
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Is this something you could do? As most come in paper packaging, seeds are a great waste free and plastic free gift as well as being a fantastic opportunity to get kids outside playing and learning.
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Getting married soon and not sure what to give your guests? Seeds work well as wedding favours too and will give your guests something to remember your day by when they flower.
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Have you given or received any interesting waste free party bags or wedding favours? Let us know!
Small changes, big impact. Paper tape is either biodegradable or recyclable depending on your facilities but certainly won’t be on our planet for hundreds years like plastic tape will.
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The more we can reduce our impact the better
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We can also use tapeless options like string and cloth wraps to avoid the use of plastic when wrapping gifts! .
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Trash or treasure?
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Change your perspective and change the world
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Aluminium is a valuable product to #recycle so it’s important we do our part and help it on its way.
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Only pure aluminium foil should be scrunched together so make sure it isn’t a mixed material. When you scrunch it in a ball if it bounces back it’s probably foil mixed with plastic and should be placed in the trash. If it is foil one side and paper the other and you can’t separate it, again it probably needs to go in the trash.
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We strongly encourage you to check with your local recycling facilities before recycling or putting anything in the trash!
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We usually keep our foil in a kitchen cupboard until it’s the size of our fist and then pop it in the recycling to make sure as much of it is recycled as possible.
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If you are using kitchen foil there are lots of reusable options like wax wraps, reusable baking mats and reusable food huggers out there as reusing is better than recycling
Real life doesn’t allow me to make all my own stuff from scratch and there are certain things like soap making that take a certain amount of skill and time that I simply don’t have.
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#zerowasteliving is about making your life easier not harder, so you will probably never see a complex recipe coming from me. .
Below is a list of the things I do always make and will probably always continue to make because they are so simple:
. - Deodorant
- Toothpaste - Mouthwash - Lip balm
- Body scrub
- Face masks .
I’ve just made a new batch of bentonite clay #homemadetoothpaste and wanted to share the recipe.
. -4 tbsp Water
-2 Tablespoons powdered bentonite clay
-1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate
-1 tbsp Coconut oil (melted)
-5 drops #orangeessentialoil -10 drops #peppermintessentialoil .
Mix together with a wooden spoon to make paste and store in a clean jar. Keeps for two weeks. .
Have you tried making any of your own #diybeautyproducts? What have you tried?
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