Regarding nummer 13: the paper towels. My friend once did a deep dive into this. If you buy a new, non-organic cotton towel you need to use it for 7 years before it uses less resources than paper towels. So don't run off to the store to just replace it all! Coton uses a ridicolous amount of water and cotton farmers are treated horribly. Thrift stores often have towels. If you are able, you can make small towels from old table cloths or bed sheets (also found second hand). I personally use a mix of old new bought towels, thrifted towels and recycled paper towels. If I need new towels and can't acces the thrift store, I hope to get some organic cotton ones.
This is an excellent point! This week, I'm working on upcycling an old duvet cover to cloth napkins! The ones I made 14 years ago from a stash of ugly fabric I inherited are finally falling apart.
@@chicboutique9186 why is it always the ugly ones that last so long haha. 14 years is impressive! It takes a bit of work, but having upcycled pretty ones will be very rewarding I hope 😊
It's not difficult to keep the same dish towel for over 7 years. I have one that I was gifted before my daughter was born, she is 9 and a half years old. My mom has most of hers from over 11 years ago when they moved countries, the brand on the dish towels is still visible so I know where they were bought and so I know their minimum age.
it is not about the cotton towels being more sustainable during production, it is one cotton towel replacing mountains of paper towels during these 7 years. compare the production of 7 years of cotton towels
We live at a bus stop. People drop trash (and dog poop bags) in our yard all the time. We pick it up, but we also strapped a garbage bin to the bus stop sign. It greatly reduced the amount of trash we have to pick up or pull out of our bushes. Sometimes, people just need a convenient place to drop their garbage.
Leaving a dog poop bag on a random person's yard is insane. Once again I'm stunned by people's audacity...
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I am one of these people who bring their home made lunch at the office (and my office provides stainless steel cuttlery/glass glasses). When i compare my no waste lunch compared to my colleagues who go ordre take out every single day it is mind blowing...
Also you safe money and probably have healthier meals. I couldn't even afford to eat out or order every lunch. Lunch in central Helsinki is at least 13€ in a restaurant, that would eat all my salary in no time...
I love this! As a new mom, I don't have the time, energy, or extra income to do some of my regular sustainable habits, while also creating more waste (I'm sorry, but I don't have the mental, physical, or emotional capacity to do cloth diapers), so ideas to improve in other ways is much appreciated!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
There are thousands of things you can do, of cloth diapers isn’t one right now (or ever) don’t beat yourself up, raising a kind and eco conscious human being is a big task 💚💚💚
Are you able to source some of the toys from charity shops if you have them near you, same for some clothes, understand for a newborn may not be possible but when the little one is older would be good particularly for rough and tumble play clothes.
This gives a boost as a reminder of small things people can incorporate into their routines, thanks Gittemary. I've "rescued" rather a lot from my apartment block's waste area - I'm shocked at some of the unbroken, well-made furniture that people dump out there, but also the consequences of "Ikea-style" furniture is really obvious: new-seeming furniture gets dumped, but on closer inspection the particle board has swelled and blown out, or the laminate surface has peeled away, or weakly-soldered metal joints have snapped - all those are much harder to repair/bring back to a useable and secure condition than more traditionally-made furniture, meaning it is destined for landfill. So whilst the initial consumer cost of the Ikea-type product seems cheap, ultimately it loses value so quickly and rather than being resold or refurbished, it just gets thrown away.
Thank you for the support 🌿 what you’re saying is so true, and it’s a big headache (I have an impact video about IKEA as well, and fast furniture in general for further information if you’re up for it 💚)
A lot of my apartment is furnished with curb-side rescue items. I can't understand why people continue to buy IKEA kitchens. I've now bought 2 apartments that have IKEA kitchens but the surface doesn't hold up. It's absolute garbage!
@@chicboutique9186the IKEA kitchen cupboards have a 20 or 25 year guarantee. I put in 2 of their kitchen cupboards in my laundry room, so far they are in excellent condition. But some people are just really rough with their possessions, it's not always poor quality, but just relentless abuse that damage items. When my parents got married they bought a new stove, one of my aunts bought the exact same one at the same time, my parents stove lasted decades, the other about 5 years.
I found a good chunk of 100% cotton yarn at my second-hand craft store recently, so I’m making myself a TON of face scrubbies, wash cloths, and mesh bags for myself & to sell. I’ve been wanting to get some from my local zero-waste store, but having this yarn for so cheap & already in the waste stream makes it so much better & is helping me learn to crochet new items!
I wish my local thrift stores had craft stuff like this (and I just wish they were better in general)!!! I crochet also and that just sounds like a dream, so cool! Good luck on those projects, I bet they're going to be great ☺️🫰🧶
Regarding #27, and speaking as someone whose husband is a dumpster diver, you might want to very thoroughly check any discarded home decor items or furniture for any insect infestations before bringing them into your home. And even if they seem okay, still give them a thorough cleaning as soon as you get home. Or, if you have a big chest freezer, you can freeze them for a week or more. Freezing also helps with #17. Any dry goods, whether you buy them from bulk or prepackaged, can be infested with flour weevils, but freezing them for at least a week can kill them.
@@grreeeeee because it's not harmful for your health and not using it because "gross" would just be a waste. People used to do that all the time when grocery stores weren't a thing yet. Also, bad news for you: the grains your flour was made of definitely had contact with some bugs at some point.
On "dishwashers save more water than handwashing" I know you said *it depends* but a good way to be sure lol.... We can't ahve a dishwasher the space is just far too small so we handwash. The sink has some kind of issue and we are waiting on a plumber but the clog is past the p trap so we just... removed it and put a bucket there so we can still wash the dishes. Now we know EXACTLY how much water we use, and its not much! It's a 10gal bucket but it takes the whole day and night to get to 3gal. We've always tried to be careful about how much water we use washing but we never knew how much. Extra bonus, that "grey water" uses a safe natural soap for washing so I just have watered my garden with it. I almost don't want to go back to proper plumbing....
I like up cycling objects to make art/home decor! I’ve upcycled a linen shirt and toilet paper holder into a lamp and an old fence board into an herb drying rack. Recently I made a mat for a framed portrait using an upcycled cardboard box! Next I’m hoping to paint some wall art onto old packaging.
I'm trying to avoid plastic during the grocery shopping as much as possible (f.ex. in Poland broccolis are always covered in plastic, at least at big stores). I air dry clothes all my life, earlier because we had a whole laundry room and we simply could install stripes, and now because I don't have space for a mechanical dryer. And I at least try to repair my clothes, most often socks and panties. I'm more and more reducing eating of meat. I don't like these store-bought meat alternatives, I prefer to do it by myself, the way I like and knowing what is inside. I just need to remember beans and lentils are my good friends now 😅 Last but not least, I collect all napkins from my takeouts, so now I have a lot of them xD
@@rochelle2758 Hello you as well! It's awful enough to find well fitting underpants and even bigger holes can be patched quite well with a patch of jersey on the sewing machine. And no, it does not rub you sore if you use cotton thread instead of poly. It' s also not so difficult to shorten stretched out bra straps and bands!
Love this video! So encouraging 💚 while we are an eco family, we still use toilet paper. But, recently the price of tp has increased so much I said that is it! The environmental impact of tp is super high. We use bidet and cloth now. Still have tp for guests 😄
I REALLY love and use your videos. I learn new and reinforce and re-appreciate my regular practices. I was a vegetarian for 30 years and have recently found new info that has me experiencing with new radical ways of eating especially veggies. I love your videos and think people should eat what is best for themselves. I just thought I’d mention. I know the old info inside and out snd was very committed. I don’t regret or just. Just felt like mentioning
I tried the BYO takeout container but sadly due to FDA and food regulations in my area no takeout places will use my containers to put food into them. Really is quite irksome but I get tons of compliments when I bring my own container to take leftovers home. And I have taken to trading milk jugs that are erroneously returned to local health food stores with ones that I know they take. I just ask if they will swap out and they 9.5 out of 10 will unless its the display models. I use them in my pantry for dry goods like rice and small batches of flours. And I am typing this out on a 14 yr old laptop that is basically also my TV.
I earned a Serve Safe certification through school and one thing I learned is that taking customers' dishes & whatnot behind the counter is not allowed, even customers reusing the restaurant's dishes at a buffet is a no-no (i.e. going for another serving). But also the amount of single use items they're supposed to use in the food service industry is pretty crazy (e.g. gloves, hair nets, paper towels, etc) so I think just trying to reduce eating out probably is more sustainable too (at least in the USA with our regulations like this)
do you have a video that shows how to have an herb garden in your apartment? I would love to watch it. I've gonna have an apartment at college and I would love to grow some herbs
thank you for posting this ❤ as someone who is getting frustrated with people who just dont care, it helps to see people are still joining the movement
I would absolutely love a list of more sustainable options geared toward the disabled community. I aim to be a more sustainable consumer but with my disabilities convience sometimes wins out and I would love something that could work for both. My specific disabilities affect my legs in particular which inhibit my ability to cook meals every night and opt for quicker options (I am working on saving to get a mobility aid for the kitchen though), my energy levels where I often have to pace myself or I am unable to do any tasks by the end of the day, and I am extremely disregulated by the grocery stores so I go as little as I can (2* a month if able) and purchase online for items other than food. Some of these overall tips absolutely work as well, but it would help if there was more information out there specific to conviences that the disabled community often have to make over more sustainable options.
I agree. It often seems that the disabled community is forgotten when it comes to stuff like this. They say “refuse single use plastic like straws, buy whole vegetables to avoid plastic, wash and reuse ” but only offer alternatives that work for fully abled people. It seems many suggested solutions take extra time and effort that a lot of people simply don’t have. I like what Shelby (another sustainability creator) says, “do your best and advocate for the rest.” As to actual solutions that might be suitable for some disabled people, using a vegetable chopping box might be easy enough that you can buy whole vegetables rather than pre-cut packaged in plastic. You can sit at a table to do it. I can’t really think of anything else. I’m not physically disabled myself, so I’m not sure of exactly what struggles you might face. Would perhaps a tall chair/stool allow you to sit over the stove to cook? If energy levels are an issue, would it be easier to cook lots of food at once and freeze some of it for later? When you do eat takeout, you can reuse the containers either for their original purpose or as gardening containers or some other upcycled use
I recently switched from dairy milk to oat milk (mostly due to the potential bird flu risks in the states right now), but I don't think I'm going back!
I like how you mentioned to pick up trash. I live on a highway and i complained so much to my town/the store because they would have all the trash blowing in my yard. The store built a wall to block the trash from blowing out the bins.
I've lived 6 years on my own without buying paper towels. Not one pack. And 4 years with my spouse. Yesterday he bought a pack (we bought no teflon pan and he wants to use the paper for wiping it with oil after wash). But I haven't given up! I'm not letting him use it for any stuff we can use actual towels for. My wish is not having to buy another pack at least for a year (it had 4 rolls).
I never understood why napkins in restaurants have to be so incredibly big. My best friend and I divide them into 4 parts. We use one piece, the rest goes in our bag and we take them home. Those metallic lunchboxes are 😍The plastic ones I have at home are to store food. 2nd hand ♥ That box you have there where you are growing your basil, what is it called? It's great!!! When going to the supermarket I always try to buy the plasticless option but sometimes the price difference is so big I end up getting the stuff that is wrapped. Imma try to go to markets. You know what I've seen online? Oranges/bananas/etc. peeled and wrapped in plastic. Even a soda can!!! Sometimes it makes me want to punch whoever came up with that idea. Really wanna learn how to sew. Also a huge fan of drying my clothes in the sun for free. Never understood the point of a dryer. Thanks for the idea of having an account by an eco bank. Cool video, as usual 😊 Thank you so much!
I haven’t kept paper towels in the house since I moved out from my parents’ 15 or so years ago. At this point, it’s such a habit to use my fabric dish cloths to the point where I see someone else wiping down their stove with paper and my brain feels like there’s a glitch in the matrix. Intentional shopping and using the ”favourite” function on Sellpy/Marketplace/Vinted/etc. have reduced my shopping drastically. Going into stores, I don’t look for ”nice things” but rather ”things I need for X”, and it prevents me from picking up bits and bobs that would otherwise only be cluttering up my home. Even from the thrift store, it’s better to let the nice thing go to someone else if I don’t have a specific use for the item in my home. When I leisure shop, I add to favourites instead of buying, and i only make purchases from my favourites lists. That way, I reduce impulse buying, make sure I really want the item, and avoid buying things because they fit a micro trend. Bonus points for the fact that many online second hand shops reduce the price with time, so when I decide to buy it’s usually at a lower price than I saw it initially.
I'm surprised you mentioned not using aluminum foil. I try to reuse aluminum foil where I can, but also I assumed it was a recyclable material. But considering I tend to use it with food, it's probably not as recyclable as I thought.
I scored 18/30 on things I already do :) +8 which I don't do because they are not applicable to me. And +2 for dumpster diving which I don't do just because I don't want more stuff 😅 I think most small farmers around here are in the pocket of Big Agriculture 😭I am really not sure how that works with farmer's markets or bulk stores and if they are good or not I should bring cutlery in addition to my reusable cup, I don't know why I didn't already do this.
What do zero waste people use for trash bags? This seems like such a silly question, but most trash bags are plastic. I currently ask for plastic when I'm at the grocery store and reuse those bags and when I get an abundance I use reusable grocery bags and repeat that cycle.
Any empty package is now a "trash bag" in my house. BUT... I buy chips, bread, pasta, and other things that come in paper or plastic bags. If I find a plastic bag in good condition left at a bottle return, I'll take it home and use for trash. I never buy trash bags, I just look for things that could be trash bags.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on the CopenPay initiative. Is it a solid effort in the right direction, or a greenwashing scheme to make tourists feel better about themselves?
It might also not be that it's because of the diet being vegan, it might be just because it's healthy - and not that I have anything against a vegan diet by the way, it's just that there was no definitive test to say a Mediterranean diet, for instance, wouldn't have a similar effect.
Regarding nummer 13: the paper towels. My friend once did a deep dive into this. If you buy a new, non-organic cotton towel you need to use it for 7 years before it uses less resources than paper towels. So don't run off to the store to just replace it all! Coton uses a ridicolous amount of water and cotton farmers are treated horribly. Thrift stores often have towels. If you are able, you can make small towels from old table cloths or bed sheets (also found second hand). I personally use a mix of old new bought towels, thrifted towels and recycled paper towels. If I need new towels and can't acces the thrift store, I hope to get some organic cotton ones.
This is an excellent point! This week, I'm working on upcycling an old duvet cover to cloth napkins! The ones I made 14 years ago from a stash of ugly fabric I inherited are finally falling apart.
@@chicboutique9186 why is it always the ugly ones that last so long haha. 14 years is impressive! It takes a bit of work, but having upcycled pretty ones will be very rewarding I hope 😊
It's not difficult to keep the same dish towel for over 7 years. I have one that I was gifted before my daughter was born, she is 9 and a half years old. My mom has most of hers from over 11 years ago when they moved countries, the brand on the dish towels is still visible so I know where they were bought and so I know their minimum age.
@@anaalves3658 I still have some towels from my family home that I remember being there forever, and I'm 30. They must be at least 25.
it is not about the cotton towels being more sustainable during production, it is one cotton towel replacing mountains of paper towels during these 7 years. compare the production of 7 years of cotton towels
We live at a bus stop. People drop trash (and dog poop bags) in our yard all the time. We pick it up, but we also strapped a garbage bin to the bus stop sign. It greatly reduced the amount of trash we have to pick up or pull out of our bushes. Sometimes, people just need a convenient place to drop their garbage.
Leaving a dog poop bag on a random person's yard is insane. Once again I'm stunned by people's audacity...
I am one of these people who bring their home made lunch at the office (and my office provides stainless steel cuttlery/glass glasses). When i compare my no waste lunch compared to my colleagues who go ordre take out every single day it is mind blowing...
You also save so much money by bringing your own food 😊, win,win👍😁
Same. They look at me funny, but my lunch is better than theirs. I work at a highschool cafeteria, the waste is UNREAL
Also you safe money and probably have healthier meals. I couldn't even afford to eat out or order every lunch. Lunch in central Helsinki is at least 13€ in a restaurant, that would eat all my salary in no time...
I love this! As a new mom, I don't have the time, energy, or extra income to do some of my regular sustainable habits, while also creating more waste (I'm sorry, but I don't have the mental, physical, or emotional capacity to do cloth diapers), so ideas to improve in other ways is much appreciated!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Don't EVER apologise for doing what is best for your own and your babies health. If mom is stressed and burned out so is baby🙂
There are thousands of things you can do, of cloth diapers isn’t one right now (or ever) don’t beat yourself up, raising a kind and eco conscious human being is a big task 💚💚💚
Are you able to source some of the toys from charity shops if you have them near you, same for some clothes, understand for a newborn may not be possible but when the little one is older would be good particularly for rough and tumble play clothes.
Congratulations on being a new Mom!
This gives a boost as a reminder of small things people can incorporate into their routines, thanks Gittemary.
I've "rescued" rather a lot from my apartment block's waste area - I'm shocked at some of the unbroken, well-made furniture that people dump out there, but also the consequences of "Ikea-style" furniture is really obvious: new-seeming furniture gets dumped, but on closer inspection the particle board has swelled and blown out, or the laminate surface has peeled away, or weakly-soldered metal joints have snapped - all those are much harder to repair/bring back to a useable and secure condition than more traditionally-made furniture, meaning it is destined for landfill. So whilst the initial consumer cost of the Ikea-type product seems cheap, ultimately it loses value so quickly and rather than being resold or refurbished, it just gets thrown away.
Thank you for the support 🌿 what you’re saying is so true, and it’s a big headache (I have an impact video about IKEA as well, and fast furniture in general for further information if you’re up for it 💚)
A lot of my apartment is furnished with curb-side rescue items. I can't understand why people continue to buy IKEA kitchens. I've now bought 2 apartments that have IKEA kitchens but the surface doesn't hold up. It's absolute garbage!
@@chicboutique9186the IKEA kitchen cupboards have a 20 or 25 year guarantee. I put in 2 of their kitchen cupboards in my laundry room, so far they are in excellent condition. But some people are just really rough with their possessions, it's not always poor quality, but just relentless abuse that damage items. When my parents got married they bought a new stove, one of my aunts bought the exact same one at the same time, my parents stove lasted decades, the other about 5 years.
I found a good chunk of 100% cotton yarn at my second-hand craft store recently, so I’m making myself a TON of face scrubbies, wash cloths, and mesh bags for myself & to sell. I’ve been wanting to get some from my local zero-waste store, but having this yarn for so cheap & already in the waste stream makes it so much better & is helping me learn to crochet new items!
I wish my local thrift stores had craft stuff like this (and I just wish they were better in general)!!! I crochet also and that just sounds like a dream, so cool! Good luck on those projects, I bet they're going to be great ☺️🫰🧶
I always take the extra napkins off the table when eating out. I garden so compost all my veg waste, my plants love it!
Regarding #27, and speaking as someone whose husband is a dumpster diver, you might want to very thoroughly check any discarded home decor items or furniture for any insect infestations before bringing them into your home. And even if they seem okay, still give them a thorough cleaning as soon as you get home. Or, if you have a big chest freezer, you can freeze them for a week or more. Freezing also helps with #17. Any dry goods, whether you buy them from bulk or prepackaged, can be infested with flour weevils, but freezing them for at least a week can kill them.
you're gonna eat flour with frozen-to-death weevils in it??
@@grreeeeeeThey probably sift it before use. Why would you even assume this
@@MissNoechen yeah, that is foul. why on EARTH would you use flour that has had bugs in it? wtf?
@@grreeeeee because it's not harmful for your health and not using it because "gross" would just be a waste. People used to do that all the time when grocery stores weren't a thing yet. Also, bad news for you: the grains your flour was made of definitely had contact with some bugs at some point.
@@MissNoechen people also used to rub shit into their wounds because they thought it was healing. who cares?
On "dishwashers save more water than handwashing" I know you said *it depends* but a good way to be sure lol.... We can't ahve a dishwasher the space is just far too small so we handwash. The sink has some kind of issue and we are waiting on a plumber but the clog is past the p trap so we just... removed it and put a bucket there so we can still wash the dishes. Now we know EXACTLY how much water we use, and its not much! It's a 10gal bucket but it takes the whole day and night to get to 3gal. We've always tried to be careful about how much water we use washing but we never knew how much. Extra bonus, that "grey water" uses a safe natural soap for washing so I just have watered my garden with it. I almost don't want to go back to proper plumbing....
I like up cycling objects to make art/home decor! I’ve upcycled a linen shirt and toilet paper holder into a lamp and an old fence board into an herb drying rack. Recently I made a mat for a framed portrait using an upcycled cardboard box! Next I’m hoping to paint some wall art onto old packaging.
I'm trying to avoid plastic during the grocery shopping as much as possible (f.ex. in Poland broccolis are always covered in plastic, at least at big stores).
I air dry clothes all my life, earlier because we had a whole laundry room and we simply could install stripes, and now because I don't have space for a mechanical dryer.
And I at least try to repair my clothes, most often socks and panties.
I'm more and more reducing eating of meat. I don't like these store-bought meat alternatives, I prefer to do it by myself, the way I like and knowing what is inside. I just need to remember beans and lentils are my good friends now 😅
Last but not least, I collect all napkins from my takeouts, so now I have a lot of them xD
Hello from a fellow underwear mender! 😊
@@rochelle2758 Hello you as well! It's awful enough to find well fitting underpants and even bigger holes can be patched quite well with a patch of jersey on the sewing machine. And no, it does not rub you sore if you use cotton thread instead of poly. It' s also not so difficult to shorten stretched out bra straps and bands!
Love this video! So encouraging 💚 while we are an eco family, we still use toilet paper. But, recently the price of tp has increased so much I said that is it! The environmental impact of tp is super high. We use bidet and cloth now. Still have tp for guests 😄
I REALLY love and use your videos. I learn new and reinforce and re-appreciate my regular practices. I was a vegetarian for 30 years and have recently found new info that has me experiencing with new radical ways of eating especially veggies. I love your videos and think people should eat what is best for themselves. I just thought I’d mention. I know the old info inside and out snd was very committed. I don’t regret or just. Just felt like mentioning
I tried the BYO takeout container but sadly due to FDA and food regulations in my area no takeout places will use my containers to put food into them. Really is quite irksome but I get tons of compliments when I bring my own container to take leftovers home. And I have taken to trading milk jugs that are erroneously returned to local health food stores with ones that I know they take. I just ask if they will swap out and they 9.5 out of 10 will unless its the display models. I use them in my pantry for dry goods like rice and small batches of flours. And I am typing this out on a 14 yr old laptop that is basically also my TV.
I earned a Serve Safe certification through school and one thing I learned is that taking customers' dishes & whatnot behind the counter is not allowed, even customers reusing the restaurant's dishes at a buffet is a no-no (i.e. going for another serving). But also the amount of single use items they're supposed to use in the food service industry is pretty crazy (e.g. gloves, hair nets, paper towels, etc) so I think just trying to reduce eating out probably is more sustainable too (at least in the USA with our regulations like this)
❤i'd love a friend like you!A hug from Sicily
You have a friend in Denmark 🌿🌿
@@Gittemary we all love ya
do you have a video that shows how to have an herb garden in your apartment? I would love to watch it. I've gonna have an apartment at college and I would love to grow some herbs
Same here
I am a relative newbie, learning something every day! I had no idea you could freeze food in glass!
thank you for posting this ❤ as someone who is getting frustrated with people who just dont care, it helps to see people are still joining the movement
I would absolutely love a list of more sustainable options geared toward the disabled community. I aim to be a more sustainable consumer but with my disabilities convience sometimes wins out and I would love something that could work for both.
My specific disabilities affect my legs in particular which inhibit my ability to cook meals every night and opt for quicker options (I am working on saving to get a mobility aid for the kitchen though), my energy levels where I often have to pace myself or I am unable to do any tasks by the end of the day, and I am extremely disregulated by the grocery stores so I go as little as I can (2* a month if able) and purchase online for items other than food.
Some of these overall tips absolutely work as well, but it would help if there was more information out there specific to conviences that the disabled community often have to make over more sustainable options.
I agree. It often seems that the disabled community is forgotten when it comes to stuff like this. They say “refuse single use plastic like straws, buy whole vegetables to avoid plastic, wash and reuse ” but only offer alternatives that work for fully abled people. It seems many suggested solutions take extra time and effort that a lot of people simply don’t have. I like what Shelby (another sustainability creator) says, “do your best and advocate for the rest.”
As to actual solutions that might be suitable for some disabled people, using a vegetable chopping box might be easy enough that you can buy whole vegetables rather than pre-cut packaged in plastic. You can sit at a table to do it. I can’t really think of anything else. I’m not physically disabled myself, so I’m not sure of exactly what struggles you might face. Would perhaps a tall chair/stool allow you to sit over the stove to cook? If energy levels are an issue, would it be easier to cook lots of food at once and freeze some of it for later? When you do eat takeout, you can reuse the containers either for their original purpose or as gardening containers or some other upcycled use
I recently switched from dairy milk to oat milk (mostly due to the potential bird flu risks in the states right now), but I don't think I'm going back!
I like how you mentioned to pick up trash. I live on a highway and i complained so much to my town/the store because they would have all the trash blowing in my yard. The store built a wall to block the trash from blowing out the bins.
Thank you. Very inspiring 💚
Great work. I love your Videos so much 😊..thank you 🙏😀
Yay! So excited to see your videos!
Thank you for watching 🥹
I've lived 6 years on my own without buying paper towels. Not one pack. And 4 years with my spouse. Yesterday he bought a pack (we bought no teflon pan and he wants to use the paper for wiping it with oil after wash). But I haven't given up! I'm not letting him use it for any stuff we can use actual towels for. My wish is not having to buy another pack at least for a year (it had 4 rolls).
I never understood why napkins in restaurants have to be so incredibly big. My best friend and I divide them into 4 parts. We use one piece, the rest goes in our bag and we take them home.
Those metallic lunchboxes are 😍The plastic ones I have at home are to store food.
2nd hand ♥
That box you have there where you are growing your basil, what is it called? It's great!!!
When going to the supermarket I always try to buy the plasticless option but sometimes the price difference is so big I end up getting the stuff that is wrapped. Imma try to go to markets.
You know what I've seen online? Oranges/bananas/etc. peeled and wrapped in plastic. Even a soda can!!! Sometimes it makes me want to punch whoever came up with that idea.
Really wanna learn how to sew. Also a huge fan of drying my clothes in the sun for free. Never understood the point of a dryer.
Thanks for the idea of having an account by an eco bank.
Cool video, as usual 😊 Thank you so much!
I don't know the name of the box (as in if it was some kit) but I at least know that she is growing the basil using hydroponics 😅
@@-justi-6280 thanks!!
Thanks for sharing
Changed my kiwi saver over to green investments a few years ago, was an easy move. :)
I haven’t kept paper towels in the house since I moved out from my parents’ 15 or so years ago. At this point, it’s such a habit to use my fabric dish cloths to the point where I see someone else wiping down their stove with paper and my brain feels like there’s a glitch in the matrix.
Intentional shopping and using the ”favourite” function on Sellpy/Marketplace/Vinted/etc. have reduced my shopping drastically. Going into stores, I don’t look for ”nice things” but rather ”things I need for X”, and it prevents me from picking up bits and bobs that would otherwise only be cluttering up my home. Even from the thrift store, it’s better to let the nice thing go to someone else if I don’t have a specific use for the item in my home. When I leisure shop, I add to favourites instead of buying, and i only make purchases from my favourites lists. That way, I reduce impulse buying, make sure I really want the item, and avoid buying things because they fit a micro trend. Bonus points for the fact that many online second hand shops reduce the price with time, so when I decide to buy it’s usually at a lower price than I saw it initially.
I'm surprised you mentioned not using aluminum foil. I try to reuse aluminum foil where I can, but also I assumed it was a recyclable material. But considering I tend to use it with food, it's probably not as recyclable as I thought.
My boyfriend keeps paper napkins from fast food in his car to use as tissues or to clean up spills
Same!
Sweet relief
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I scored 18/30 on things I already do :) +8 which I don't do because they are not applicable to me. And +2 for dumpster diving which I don't do just because I don't want more stuff 😅
I think most small farmers around here are in the pocket of Big Agriculture 😭I am really not sure how that works with farmer's markets or bulk stores and if they are good or not
I should bring cutlery in addition to my reusable cup, I don't know why I didn't already do this.
Can you make another video on saving water?
You need more tips than the ones in the previous video? 👀
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Any plans on doing more dumpster diving videos? I love watching them and am always astonished to see what is thrown away.
Banks also invest on arms: let´s say no!!
I counted 31.
JK JK JK, love your videos! 😇😊🤗
What do zero waste people use for trash bags? This seems like such a silly question, but most trash bags are plastic. I currently ask for plastic when I'm at the grocery store and reuse those bags and when I get an abundance I use reusable grocery bags and repeat that cycle.
Any empty package is now a "trash bag" in my house. BUT... I buy chips, bread, pasta, and other things that come in paper or plastic bags. If I find a plastic bag in good condition left at a bottle return, I'll take it home and use for trash. I never buy trash bags, I just look for things that could be trash bags.
You probably get this question a lot, but how are gel nails sustainable? what is your take on that?
The more money big businesses make the more greedy they get therefore the more expensive things are when people buy too much of them.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on the CopenPay initiative. Is it a solid effort in the right direction, or a greenwashing scheme to make tourists feel better about themselves?
It might also not be that it's because of the diet being vegan, it might be just because it's healthy - and not that I have anything against a vegan diet by the way, it's just that there was no definitive test to say a Mediterranean diet, for instance, wouldn't have a similar effect.
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Are there reusable water filters for the house?
Looking for food in the garbage is too much😮
Dumpster diving is pretty normal where I live, all the food is wrapped in packaging and letting it go to waste is just sad 🤷♀️
@@Gittemary oh I see... Where do you live...
@@Gittemary in Russia nobody doing this in spite how they are poor
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If you have local organic grass fed dairy this is so much more sustainable than all the alternatives 🙏🏼
Can I ask about the name change Gitter-Marie from Gittemary, no worries if you dont address it yet
I have talked about it in many videos, go back a few, a lot of the ones from April-May-June explain it ☺️
Taking food from the dumpster? What am I missing? Do you really do that?
I do - from supermarkets that throw perfectly edible food away 👌
Check out my videos on dumpster diving if you’re curious ☺️✨