5 sustainable swaps to try!

5 sustainable swaps to try!

Saturday, October 16, 2021

If you read my post on educating yourself around sustainability, see this is as part two. If not, please give it a read, first. Here are a list of things to start buying, swapping out things that are unsustainable. 

Cotton Pads SWAP for Re-usable Cotton Pads

A simple swap that will save you money in the long run. Re-usable pads to exactly the same trick as the cotton pads you just need to pop them in the wash instead of throwing them away. If you take care of them, they will last you a long time. 

Coffee cup from Starbucks for Reusable Keep Cup 

How about a pumpkin spice in a re-usable keep cup to save the planet. Usually cafes will give you a discount aswell so there is another plus! It’s a simple thing to carry around and coffee cups aren’t generally recyclable because of the film that covers in the inside of cup. One of my fave brands is Frank Green. I used to have one of their re-usable keep cups and you can pop the lid to stop it leaking out. The plastic was also biodegradable.

Start shopping in eco friendly collections and investing in your clothes 

I want to do a post separately on sustainable fashion but here are a few of my fave brands that do good recycled clothing items.

Primark 

H&M - the denim is really good! 

Tala - sustainable workout clothing. 

Swap plastic water bottles for a chilli bottle. 

Chilli bottles or insulated metal bottles are not that expensive and genuinely worth investing in. We are all constantly throwing away plastic so do your part and get a cute reusable bottle to fill on the go. 

Try swap one meal with meat in, to a veggie meal.

Unfortunately burgers are one of our leading causes of climate change. Not burgers personally but cows and the whole creation process. Simply swapping a meal or doing a meatless Monday will save us an incredible amount of water, land, CO2 and an animal or two. It may also be fun to get creative in the kitchen and make some delicious plant based meals. 

Even though these are simple swaps, if everyone changes something small, it’ll lead to big change. So I motivate you to try doing one of these swaps for Mother Earth. 

 

How to educate yourself on sustainability and climate change!

How to educate yourself on sustainability and climate change!

Sunday, October 10, 2021

Sustainability is becoming more and more important, which is great considering the absolute state us humans left it in. If you are new to Sustainability, I thought a little post on where to start, may be helpful! My awareness came from a talk I was lucky enough to experience at work. Sustainability is part of my role in my day job. Since listening to this talk, I have further explored the topic because it interested me a lot. I have listed my fave books and a few documentaries I recommend watching to gain a better understanding on sustainability.

Books:

No one is ever too small to make a change - Greta Thunberg 

Minimal how to simplify your life and live sustainability - Madeline Olivia 

(Plenty more, these are just ones I've read) 

Training:

AdGreen - I was trained through my work as I am part of their “green team” but it would benefit my job due to the nature of the industry I am in. Maybe this will inspire you to talk to your boss about making a team that focuses on some sustainable initiatives. 

Documentaries: (all can be found on Netflix) 

Cowspiracy 

A Plastic Ocean 

Down to Earth Series 

A life on our Planet - David Attenborough 

My fave sustainable creators (Youtube): 

Madeline Olivia 

Sustainably Vegan 

Immy Lily

How to De-Clutter and some tips to keeping your place tidy!

How to De-Clutter and some tips to keeping your place tidy!

Monday, April 20, 2020

As we are all spending more time at home, its easy to make more mess and for things to get out of hand. I have recently de-cluttered my bedroom and bathroom after reading the book "Minimal: How to simplify your life and live sustainably" By Madeline Olivia and it was much needed and you should definitely do this if you get the chance.

De-cluttering your shizzle

There is a rule to de-cluttering which is simply illustrated in the book (great read) but in short, break up an area into categories and then put this into sub-categories. So to start in your wardrobe, start with pulling all your socks out and picking out all the socks that have holes, that are itchy/uncomfortable and ones you don't like and put these in a pile to either give to a charity shop or recycle. Make a pile of socks that you like and are comfortable and the ones you um and ah about put in a maybe pile. So you should have 3 piles. Only put back the "like" pile and make sure you do it neatly. Pop the "no" pile in a box or bag to bring to the local charity shop/recycling bin (search for your nearest fabric recycling centre) and finally make a "maybe" box and hide this, if you reach to get anything from it, you can pop to in the "like" pile or within 6 months you can send this to charity.

On instagram I recently discovered a brand called Refashion, which send out free shipping bags to send your old un-wanted clothing and they re-sell it or upcycle it. They have a selected list of brands they love which you can follow or not. They ask that all clothes are freshly washed and the bags hold around 15 garments of clothing. With your bag, you get a return shipping label free of charge, so it's a super easy way of recycling old clothing.

You can always sell clothing on sites like Depop and Poshmark or upcycle it yourself. You can get crafty with your sewing kit and do some cool patterns on your jeans or shorts. Just get crafty with it!

Tips on keeping your place super tidy

I am a naturally tidy person anyways but I think that’s because I’ve adopted a few habits along the way.

I’ve learnt that by de-cluttering, it’s a lot easier to keep things tidy as you want to remain that way. I like that all the stuff I have now all has a spot (bar the Easter eggs on the side). So it simply takes you to put items back where they belong once you have used then. Not hard at all... But life can be busy sometimes and we can get lazy, so that’s when you form a load of clothes on your floor. It happens to me all the time and I hate mess.

The Solution: weekly just do a tidy up, I do mine every Sunday, hang up clean clothes, put dirty ones in the wash and pop everything back in it’s place. Ready to start a new week off!

As far as cleaning goes, one evening a week I just try and do it all in one. Give the floors a clean and Hoover, dust and clean. It makes a massive difference once you’ve cleaned your space and it’s also quite a workout.