Goals - Week 11:
- Reduce my textile waste
- Support organizations that recycle the usually un-recyclable
- Finally get rid of 8 pairs of old bras I've been "storing"
Stretch goal: organize a bra drive!
Goals - Week 10:
- Reduce my reliance on single/limited-use plastic items
- Slowly replace things with non-plastic alternatives
- Stop bringing plastic into my home
Stretch goal: no single-use plastic in my life
Goals - Week 9:
- Reduce packaging waste
- Shift my shopping habits to incorporate more bulk
- Retrain myself and local stores: reusable bags/containers need to be "allowed"
Stretch goal: A pantry full of glass jars by the end of the year!
If you follow me on Instagram then you know that my first step into shopping the bulk section of my local Whole Foods was fraught. And I'm so glad I shared the experience because the response was fabulous!
It's Sunday and I'm feeling nostalgic. Maybe it's seeing all my friends' (and cousins') children growing up and starting to look exactly like them! Anyway, I have albums of old photographs and negatives from a time when that's how we did things.
And today I went looking for some ideas for "keeping" these things in a different way:
Goals - Week 8:
- Reduce my household carbon footprint
- Spend my money on renewable energy
- Walk the damn walk
Goals - Week 7:
- Reduce my reliance on single/limited-use plastic items
- Slowly replace things with non-plastic alternatives
- Stop bringing plastic into my home
Stretch goal: zero-waste toothpaste
About half of the nearly 600 billion pounds of plastics produced each year go into single-use products. Just think about that for a second.
Goals - Week 6:
- Spend less time dealing with email
- Avoid the message to buy
- Avoid the damn message to BUY
Stretch goal: ZERO promotional emails
If you use gmail, you have a partitioned inbox like I do. And it's a really a great way to filter "promotional messages", most of which we've volunteered to receive. Who knows why. Many reasons, right?
Here's the problem: they're all tempting us to buy things we don't need. So. My goal this week is to scroll down and UNSUBSCRIBE. It's a pain. But if I'm committed to reducing my "stuff" and trimming my waste, temptation to buy doesn't help.
Any of you done this?
A couple of weeks ago, I shared some of the frustration I was feeling around this project. Let's just say that when I'm making it up as I go, my upcycles rarely go smoothly. But now you get to benefit (a little) from my mistakes! Full tutorial after the jump.
Goals - Week 5:
- Precycle - bring less non-recyclable plastic into my home
- Buy less, make more (without being stinky)
- Save money!
Stretch goal: make this for everyone I know so they'll try it! (recipe after the jump)
Goals - Week 4:
- Look for ways to make my coffee habit more environmentally friendly
- Make less trash
- Repurpose more