Posts tagged Consumption
THE REUSABLE WATER BOTTLE// A Love Story

The truth is, I didn’t start using a reusable bottle because of the environment or to reduce plastic pollution, but rather because making the switch ended a conversation.

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THE SAFETY RAZOR// Keep Well Kept

I've had the Safety Razor on my list of zero waste swaps since 2015. Why did it take me so long to get one? For one thing, I wasn't sure what I wanted my razor to look like. But most of all, I still had plastic disposable razors to use first.

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SHOE REPAIR// Fixing What You Own is Part of "Sustainable Living"

Repair is one way to reduce waste. For some people, repairing may be second nature, but for others, repairing or mending might be a new practice… Even if you decide you don’t want the thing anymore, repairing it before you sell, trade, or donate it increases the chances of it being used again.

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DONATING CLOTHES// There is No Somewhere Else

When I started writing about why donating clothes is not sustainable without introspection and change, I got asked “what do you suggest that I do with older clothes that I’ve had before I went zero waste?”

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DELUTTERING IS A WASTE PROBLEM// A Theory about Objects and Clothing Attachment

There are many aspects of our relationship to objects and consumerism that I believe are problematic; like the illusion that something external, like physical possessions, will bring lasting happiness.

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ECO-FRIENDLY SWAPS// Ingredients in Soaps and Cleaning Products

Buying a shampoo, laundry, or makeup product is also about deconstructing the object. You’re buying the plastic bottle, the ingredients, the health effects. One of the easiest eco-friendly swaps is choosing non toxic liquids.

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VANCOUVER LANDFILL// The Happiness Placebo. Our rate of consumption is not sustainable.

We’re sold the message that when we get the right stuff, job, clothes, relationship, we'll be happy. If this were true and stuff held intrinsic happiness, we wouldn't need to keep buying, and producing. Because once you got the thing you’d have happiness forever, you wouldn't need more.

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PLASTIC AND CLOTHING// Fast Fashion. What are you really buying?

Did you know that in most stores every piece of clothing comes shipped to the store in a plastic bag? Each bag gets removed by staff and goes into the garbage, all before the item hits the sales floor. These bags are not usually recyclable.

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CREATE AN INTENTIONAL WARDROBE// How do you want to feel?

Have you ever put something on from your own closet and felt like you were wearing someone else’s clothes? Or when something fits perfectly, but it just makes you feel a little off or uncomfortable, but you don’t really know why?

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