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Link Round Up #7
Favorites from the week: For fun: 15 acts of self care for the weekend. On balancing the zero waste life. Conscious Mothers Day giving ideas (if you want something physical). On finding secondhand activewear.? On leading a happy life. Stop buying shit you don’t need.
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Or…. not. I wanted to share some pictures today from my recycling classes with the city. We toured multiple facilities including a single stream recycling plant, a textile recycling facility, and an electronics recycling facility. I think we all have a feeling of “go me!” when you declutter, take things out, and drop them off at whatever place takes that particular item. But then… we kind of forget about it. We forget that our decluttering leads to clutter and trash and stuff elsewhere. So here’s a little reminder that while the stuff is no longer in our possession… they are now stuck being dealt with by someone else. And guys……
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Link Round Up #6
Favorites from the week: Tips on beginning to live a more sustainable lifestyle (great for city dwellers!). Boooooo — record level of plastic in Arctic Sea. On curbing your social media addiction. On growing a minimalist wardrobe. On marriage (I’m also finding the comments section of this article fascinating…)
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On Minimalism and Finding Your Passion
Read this lovely article about how to find your passion as an adult. Now — how does this tie in with minimalism and zero waste? I think a huge reason we’re constantly buying and consuming so much is that… we’re bored. Rather, we don’t have an activity that we so desperately want to do, that instead, we spend our free time shopping or watching YouTube vloggers telling you about the best new items out there or researching future purchases… you get the picture. We think we need the stuff to be happy. And the cycle of buying, consuming, throwing away, learning about the new bright and shiny object, then buying…
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Common Recycling Questions
Last week, I volunteered with my city at a recycling education table at a local elementary school’s eco fair. I had a ton of fun playing the “sorting game” with lots of youngins (and some of their parents) where participants are asked to sort items in to either a trash or recycling pile. It was interesting to see which items threw people off the most… so here they are. Common — “can I recycle this?” questions answered. Things that threw off parents: Wire hangers. NO. Take these to the dry cleaners! Aluminum foil. Nope. Trash. Styrofoam cups (even with the #6 at the bottom). Very, very few cities actually take…
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Link Round Up #5
Favorites from the week: People always ask how I can be productive working from home — well, here are some good tips. Hanky Panky now recycles old underwear — yay! Life lessons from doggos. Zero Waste free pass (I wrote about our “luxury items” here.) As a fellow world traveler, I empathize, it’s tough to be zero waste when traveling! AKA “space salad”. If you have kiddos: make/do for Earth Day.
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Composting with Bokashi
I love composting with bokashi. Okay, rewind. What is bokashi anyways? Bokashi is a way of fermenting food waste (including dairy and meat, which usually isn’t composted in the traditional way) so that when the fermented food waste is thrown in to a compost pile, it breaks down much quicker. Please note, composting with bokashi doesn’t lead to actual compost, but rather, a pre-compost (i.e. fermented food waste) of sorts. I recommend this method if you have a decent amount of dairy or meat scraps and a place to take your bucket of fermented food waste to (like a backyard compost tumbler or biodigester). If this doesn’t apply to you…
