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During winter time, I make braided rugs from old scraps of material. I discovered that old tee shirts work wonderfully for that. Now my entire family saves theirs for me. The brightly colored ones from charity walks work make a beautiful impact. 👍🤗
Well-done!! I love those and all kinds of handmade mats! Do you remember yo-yo quilts? Wouldn't t-shirts make a nice one in a grandmother's flower garden pattern? So cozy.
Could you please do unsustainable food? So much almond butter and almond milk in the vegan community and a single almond takes over 4L of water to produce! Seed milks and spreads are a lot more sustainable
I am trying to launder my clothes less frequently when possible. A tip i heard from someone in theater is to spray clothes with vodka to remove smells. I've also recently gotten a handheld garment steamer and so far am finding it very helpful. I blast the armpits of tops and it eliminates nearly all body odor
Another tip for nylon stockings beyond repair is to use them in plant pots. I fill them with "leka kuler" in Norwegian - small drainage pebbles - it's then easy to just rince the lot when replanting
Thank you for all the helpful information ☺️. I try to only buy second hand for my family, but it's not always easy. Underwear and socks are always new, even though I try to buy organic cotton, a percentage of the underwear or socks always has elastic in it. I have leather bags and shoes and I plan on keeping them for a very long time, they are all between 4 to 10 years old and still look amazing. I try to make sure that if something is beginning to look fraid I have it repaired. I need to buy one of those guppy bags.
Thanks for the great video. I feel guilty when it comes to fashion/clothing. Where I live, there are no thrift shops or any place where I can buy second-hand, in-good-condition clothing... the "local" stores are not great either, they are either too expensive or they just sell cheap, non-durable knock-off items which are imported anyway... there is no culture/consensus among people to buy-sell second hand as well. so, fashion is the most difficult area for me when it comes to sustainable living. I feel extremely guilty for supporting fast-fashion brands, but at this point only they are available. I try to buy at least "organic" cotton items from them, even though I know it is just green washing.............. ugh. It is dilemma that I cannot escape. I just needed to vent.
So I recently took up knitting. I really wanted to learn how because I feel there is just something different about making something by hand. I am very fortunate to have a second hand arts and crafts store where I live and that is where I have gotten the majority of my yarn and needles. I have been very adamant about sticking to natural fibers only, but sometimes I feel bad because they are animal fibers. I keep telling myself that they are second hand items that could have ended up in the land full.
A great reminder that there is no "away" and we're in a closed system so we have a lot of nuances to deal with when addressing fabrics that already exists in the world...great reminder about the filter bags ! Thanks for sharing 💚🌟
I know polyester is bad all around, but I have polyester blouses that I have worn for Years!! Cotton tops are not dressy enough for my work attire. And you didn't mention silk, but I feel like that is really bad as well, plus more expensive, and I believe has to be dry cleaned, which is also bad. Also, the Cotton I do have shrinks and fades, and I wash everything I own in tap/cold water and hang it to dry. Hint for everyone, I turn my tops and pants inside out when I take them off and deodorize them by spraying diluted rubbing alcohol on the inside. (You can also use diluted vodka).
It’s okay! Knowledge is power, but it can also be a burden. Take time to accept that you have done the best with the knowledge that you had. We are lifelong learners. 💓
Do you have a video about leather alternatives and how products from them are made? I'm not vegan but would prefer to buy vegan leather shoes if they were locally available, durable and made from non petroleum based biodegradable materials.
My favorite way of recycling pants (leggings, only type of pants that I can wear as I have to use leg braces) is to make a bag out of them. T-shirts get the same treatment (I can only wear cottont-shirtsmade by Hanes w/o tags as I have some bad tactile adversions due to sensory processing disorder stemming from autism spectrum disorder). Although I have also made some underwear too (I had a pair that I created a pattern from when they had too many holes to be useful anymore). I also like to turn clothing with too many holes to wear anymore into reusable tissues/hand towels/face wipes.
leather is also very easy to repair and dye even at home! there are leather soaps for when it gets dirty, leather paints to freshen it up, the wrinkles can be ironed and holes can be patched up quite well 😊 personally I think leather is a great material for shoes, compared to alternatives it lasts A LOT longer. but of course second hand is always better 😌
I crochet and I thought I was doing great selecting cotton and bamboo over acrylic yarns. While the choice IS better. I will be looking for recycled cotton in the future or other recycled fibers. I still don't care to use recycled plastic yarn due to microplastics when washed, but I won't be using virgin material anymore. Thanks for the info!
I would love one on cotton seed oil. Heavily used in packaged food, often part of vegetable oil blends and used by fast food chains for frying, most cotton seed oil is sourced as a byproduct of the cotton industry. This means, because technically cotton isn't being grown as a food and therefore isn't subject to the stricter rules for pesticides use with food crops, that cotton seed oil is quite possibly the most high pesticide substance in the human diet.
Appreciate your pragmatic attitude towards leather as a vegan. I'm no longer vegan, but was for a long time, and still like to minimise harm as much as possible.
I enjoyed this video a lot 😊, a lot of information provided!!! Will you please make a video about sustainable options to textiles? (Because I found out the things I produce for a living/earn my life, include textiles, dyers ans so... And has been quite discouraging 🙁, considering I must go on working. Besides, I live in an "undeveloped" country as Argentina is considered but I still worry about our environment) . Thanks a l lot for all your work! I enjoy every single video of yours 😊❤️
High school sewing teacher and (I am mentioning this next part very modestly)… also blue ribbon winner in a quilting competition… I’m here to say free quilting lessons any time for you my friend. If ever we’re in the same country, we’ll make quilting a thing in your life. It’s a lot of fun and it can be a very practical way to reuse and repurpose fabric. Great video Gittemary… the textiles industry is very wasteful and incredibly polluting. Thanks for this info today. 🌎💦Ⓜ️ary🌸
I'm all for using second hand leather too, and I really wish that, instead of continuing to produce it and maybe making the production process better, more "sustainable", they would just stop it altogether. I mean, we already have plenty of perfectly good leather items in circulation and new vegan leather options come up all the time... so why do we keep producing new animal leather? Even if it is a byproduct of the meat industry, as Gittemary says there are massive chemicals involved in tanning... just no, please. Let's learn to give value and use and love what is already there, preloved and waiting for us to find it in thrift shops, markets...
Such a great video! Looking forward to a lot of videos of your moving process! Can you make a video about how you're packing and transporting your stuff in a more sustainable manner?
What do you think about painting metal products to renew their life? Such as metal patio furniture, or small metal househould goods such as jar lids or wastepaper baskets. Is the harm from all that oil-based paint and paint thinner and water waste from the clean-up really worth it?
Thank you to Skillshare for sponsoring this video. The first 1,000 people to use this link, and use the code "gittemaryjohansen" will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/gittemaryjohansen04221
During winter time, I make braided rugs from old scraps of material. I discovered that old tee shirts work wonderfully for that. Now my entire family saves theirs for me. The brightly colored ones from charity walks work make a beautiful impact. 👍🤗
Well-done!! I love those and all kinds of handmade mats! Do you remember yo-yo quilts? Wouldn't t-shirts make a nice one in a grandmother's flower garden pattern? So cozy.
Could you please do unsustainable food? So much almond butter and almond milk in the vegan community and a single almond takes over 4L of water to produce! Seed milks and spreads are a lot more sustainable
I am trying to launder my clothes less frequently when possible. A tip i heard from someone in theater is to spray clothes with vodka to remove smells. I've also recently gotten a handheld garment steamer and so far am finding it very helpful. I blast the armpits of tops and it eliminates nearly all body odor
Thanks I just used this tip, filled a spray bottle with vodka and just spot spray my clothes that aren't really dirty.
That is super neat! 😍👌 I sometimes throw my clothes in the freezer to remove smells haha
I would love a video about hello fresh and your opinion about it, i think they make so many weird claimes, i think its all greenwashing.
It would be so cool to see what clothes repairing/remaking/repurposing projects you (or probably often Jens haha) have!
Absolutely, it is on my list 😍
@@Gittemary ahh awesome 😍😍😄
Another tip for nylon stockings beyond repair is to use them in plant pots. I fill them with "leka kuler" in Norwegian - small drainage pebbles - it's then easy to just rince the lot when replanting
Thank you for all the helpful information ☺️. I try to only buy second hand for my family, but it's not always easy. Underwear and socks are always new, even though I try to buy organic cotton, a percentage of the underwear or socks always has elastic in it. I have leather bags and shoes and I plan on keeping them for a very long time, they are all between 4 to 10 years old and still look amazing. I try to make sure that if something is beginning to look fraid I have it repaired. I need to buy one of those guppy bags.
Fast fashion is gross
There are ancient kimonos that were repaired and repaired over hundreds of years and the kimono is now more repairs than the original and still works
Thanks for the great video. I feel guilty when it comes to fashion/clothing.
Where I live, there are no thrift shops or any place where I can buy second-hand, in-good-condition clothing... the "local" stores are not great either, they are either too expensive or they just sell cheap, non-durable knock-off items which are imported anyway... there is no culture/consensus among people to buy-sell second hand as well. so, fashion is the most difficult area for me when it comes to sustainable living. I feel extremely guilty for supporting fast-fashion brands, but at this point only they are available. I try to buy at least "organic" cotton items from them, even though I know it is just green washing.............. ugh. It is dilemma that I cannot escape. I just needed to vent.
So I recently took up knitting. I really wanted to learn how because I feel there is just something different about making something by hand. I am very fortunate to have a second hand arts and crafts store where I live and that is where I have gotten the majority of my yarn and needles. I have been very adamant about sticking to natural fibers only, but sometimes I feel bad because they are animal fibers. I keep telling myself that they are second hand items that could have ended up in the land full.
Why do you have the same avatar as diebulfrog1979?
A great reminder that there is no "away" and we're in a closed system so we have a lot of nuances to deal with when addressing fabrics that already exists in the world...great reminder about the filter bags ! Thanks for sharing 💚🌟
Absolutely, using what we already have consciously is always first priority 💚💪
I know polyester is bad all around, but I have polyester blouses that I have worn for Years!! Cotton tops are not dressy enough for my work attire. And you didn't mention silk, but I feel like that is really bad as well, plus more expensive, and I believe has to be dry cleaned, which is also bad. Also, the Cotton I do have shrinks and fades, and I wash everything I own in tap/cold water and hang it to dry.
Hint for everyone, I turn my tops and pants inside out when I take them off and deodorize them by spraying diluted rubbing alcohol on the inside. (You can also use diluted vodka).
This is very depressing. It's makes me feel helpless and wasteful despite my best efforts at conserving and frugality.
Watch my video about the most sustainable textiles as a pick-me-up 😎
It’s okay! Knowledge is power, but it can also be a burden. Take time to accept that you have done the best with the knowledge that you had. We are lifelong learners. 💓
Do you have a video about leather alternatives and how products from them are made? I'm not vegan but would prefer to buy vegan leather shoes if they were locally available, durable and made from non petroleum based biodegradable materials.
My favorite way of recycling pants (leggings, only type of pants that I can wear as I have to use leg braces) is to make a bag out of them. T-shirts get the same treatment (I can only wear cottont-shirtsmade by Hanes w/o tags as I have some bad tactile adversions due to sensory processing disorder stemming from autism spectrum disorder). Although I have also made some underwear too (I had a pair that I created a pattern from when they had too many holes to be useful anymore). I also like to turn clothing with too many holes to wear anymore into reusable tissues/hand towels/face wipes.
Would you have any suggestions for more sustainable clothing brands?
I have a whole list on Gittemary.com - just search for “eco brands I stand by” ☺️
leather is also very easy to repair and dye even at home! there are leather soaps for when it gets dirty, leather paints to freshen it up, the wrinkles can be ironed and holes can be patched up quite well 😊 personally I think leather is a great material for shoes, compared to alternatives it lasts A LOT longer. but of course second hand is always better 😌
There's also a new tanning technology that uses zeolite instead of chromium or tannins.
I crochet and I thought I was doing great selecting cotton and bamboo over acrylic yarns. While the choice IS better. I will be looking for recycled cotton in the future or other recycled fibers. I still don't care to use recycled plastic yarn due to microplastics when washed, but I won't be using virgin material anymore. Thanks for the info!
MOST sustainable fabrics, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!
I would love one on cotton seed oil. Heavily used in packaged food, often part of vegetable oil blends and used by fast food chains for frying, most cotton seed oil is sourced as a byproduct of the cotton industry. This means, because technically cotton isn't being grown as a food and therefore isn't subject to the stricter rules for pesticides use with food crops, that cotton seed oil is quite possibly the most high pesticide substance in the human diet.
Appreciate your pragmatic attitude towards leather as a vegan. I'm no longer vegan, but was for a long time, and still like to minimise harm as much as possible.
Be critical on how vegan products are made! It is not all good.😢
I enjoyed this video a lot 😊, a lot of information provided!!! Will you please make a video about sustainable options to textiles? (Because I found out the things I produce for a living/earn my life, include textiles, dyers ans so... And has been quite discouraging 🙁, considering I must go on working. Besides, I live in an "undeveloped" country as Argentina is considered but I still worry about our environment) . Thanks a l lot for all your work! I enjoy every single video of yours 😊❤️
I already have the “most sustainable textiles video” the link is in the description ☺️
@@Gittemary thank you so much!!!!!!!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗❤️
High school sewing teacher and (I am mentioning this next part very modestly)… also blue ribbon winner in a quilting competition… I’m here to say free quilting lessons any time for you my friend. If ever we’re in the same country, we’ll make quilting a thing in your life. It’s a lot of fun and it can be a very practical way to reuse and repurpose fabric. Great video Gittemary… the textiles industry is very wasteful and incredibly polluting. Thanks for this info today. 🌎💦Ⓜ️ary🌸
That’s amazing Mary, so cool! 😍✨💪
I'm all for using second hand leather too, and I really wish that, instead of continuing to produce it and maybe making the production process better, more "sustainable", they would just stop it altogether. I mean, we already have plenty of perfectly good leather items in circulation and new vegan leather options come up all the time... so why do we keep producing new animal leather? Even if it is a byproduct of the meat industry, as Gittemary says there are massive chemicals involved in tanning... just no, please. Let's learn to give value and use and love what is already there, preloved and waiting for us to find it in thrift shops, markets...
Preach ❤️
Videos like this should get more views
Such a great video! Looking forward to a lot of videos of your moving process! Can you make a video about how you're packing and transporting your stuff in a more sustainable manner?
Thank you for those great, highly informative videos. ❤️
Anyone have a link to the bag to wash plastic materials in?
You can find all the info in my zero waste laundry guide ☺️✨
Hey…i’m the first to post! Thank you for your message and mission to help us be more sustainable. 👍
Thank you for being so fast! 😎
Just looked up the Aral Sea. That's so fking sad.... humans are just wonderful to our beautiful mother nature, aren't they🙄
🥲🥲🥲
What do you think about painting metal products to renew their life? Such as metal patio furniture, or small metal househould goods such as jar lids or wastepaper baskets. Is the harm from all that oil-based paint and paint thinner and water waste from the clean-up really worth it?
The impact of that paint is tiny and probably worth it compared to the benefits ☺️
@@Gittemary Thank you, this is something I've wondered about for a long time. I'll continue on with my painting!
I've learned so much from you! I really appreciate when you take your time to educate on things like this.
Thank you so much for the support ☺️
Great video, thank you so much! Is there already a video about the most sustainable fabrics on your channel? 🤍
Yes, and there is a link to it in the description ☺️🌿
@@Gittemary thank you, I over looked it completely 🙈
Great, informated video! 💅🌱
Thank you ✨
hola guapa