Simply Sustainable
Moving Toward Plastic-Free, Low-Waste Living
(Sprache: Englisch)
Break your plastic habit with simple, actionable steps and jumpstart your journey toward a minimal, beautiful, low-waste home.
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Break your plastic habit with simple, actionable steps and jumpstart your journey toward a minimal, beautiful, low-waste home.Simply Sustainable guides you through the why and how of zero-waste, while emphasizing the importance of finding the sweet spot between sustainability and self-care. Julia Watkins, author of Simply Living Well
Transitioning to a zero-waste lifestyle means eliminating unnecessary clutter from your home and reducing your dependence on disposable goods, but it also comes with practical challenges that can seem daunting. In Simply Sustainable, perfection is not required. Whether you are looking for easy changes to get you started, or more advanced, high-impact tips for your low-waste home, these simple, effective steps will forever change your relationship to disposable plastic products.
Lily Cameron shows readers how to gradually transition away from plastic and curate a minimal, beautiful home in the process. Her approach teaches you how to "make plastic-free living work for you, savor your progress and celebrate that with each small change, you are making a positive impact on the environment, your health and your family's well being."
Simply Sustainable proves that zero-waste living can be easy and deeply satisfying, whether shopping at the farmers market, throwing a dinner party, or packing for a getaway weekend. With practical, manageable strategies organized by room, and inspiring photographs of plastic-free homes, you can begin your journey toward intentional, low-waste living.
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Chapter 1Going Plastic-free(ish)
I never considered myself part of the plastic problem. I grew up in California, the land of hippies and tree huggers, and my parents bought groceries in reusable totes long before plastic bag bans. I knew littering was wrong and recycling was good, and we even had an outdoor compost pile for kitchen scraps.
As an adult, I felt good about my environmental efforts. After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, I landed a job managing public relations for clean technology startups in the solar, energy storage, and water purification industries. I also rode public transportation to work or walked, ate a vegetarian diet, and lobbied my landlord to add a compost bin to our building. I knew climate change was a serious issue and scoffed at the drivers of gas-guzzling SUVs.
It wasn t until I read about the zero-waste movement that I realized I could be doing better (like, a lot). I learned about a no-nonsense French woman, Bea Johnson, who fit an entire year s worth of her family s trash into a single 8-ounce Le Parfait jar. Seeing how little waste she produced made me reflect on my lifestyle, and when I looked closer, I didn t like what I saw.
My fridge was filled with premade salads in plastic clam-shells, foam take-out containers, and leftover bits of produce and cheese bundled in plastic wrap. I loved shopping and my closet was overflowing with fast fashion that I replaced often. My bathroom drawers and shower were littered with expensive shampoos, serums, and other fancy products that promised flawless skin and long shiny hair. I guzzled lattes from a disposable to-go cup the size of my head each morning on my way to work.
Could I really call myself an environmentalist while stuffing massive garbage bags in the bin each week? Learning about the zero-waste movement was my wake-up call, and I was determined to make the switch to a plastic-free lifestyle. My fiance and I had just
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returned from a three-month road trip where we backpacked through the Pacific Northwest and decided it was the perfect time to quit plastic cold turkey. I couldn t wait to fit an entire year s worth of trash into a Mason jar.
I used up the last roll of paper towels and replaced it with reusable cloth rags. I switched from enormous to-go cups of coffee to loose-leaf tea bought in bulk and brewed at home (after discovering coffee made my skin break out). I found a body wash that could double as a shampoo and bought refills at a natural foods co-op with my own glass jar. I scoured the San Francisco Bay Area for ingredients to make toothpaste, lotion, and sunscreen from scratch.
Minimalism, a skill I developed while backpacking, became an incredibly helpful method for reducing waste. My home had become cluttered and disorganized after years of moving around the Bay Area. I was a sucker for kitschy decor and vintage clothing from flea markets and thrift stores (which I thought were a bargain), but in reality, they took up valuable space, money, and the time required to care for these items. Purging unused belongings helped reset my consumption patterns and made me realize I often bought things out of boredom not necessity. I became more cautious when making new purchases, investigating what materials each product was made from and how it would be disposed of at the end of its useful life.
With my newly minimal home and dedication to plastic-free living, my household garbage was shrinking, but I was also encountering some setbacks. For one, I couldn t find many of the reusable products I was looking for to replace disposables, such as a wood dish brush and cloth produce bags, and when I bought them online, they were shipped with wasteful plastic packaging. And, although my garbage was decreasing, it was nowhere near being able to fit into a Mason jar. I
I used up the last roll of paper towels and replaced it with reusable cloth rags. I switched from enormous to-go cups of coffee to loose-leaf tea bought in bulk and brewed at home (after discovering coffee made my skin break out). I found a body wash that could double as a shampoo and bought refills at a natural foods co-op with my own glass jar. I scoured the San Francisco Bay Area for ingredients to make toothpaste, lotion, and sunscreen from scratch.
Minimalism, a skill I developed while backpacking, became an incredibly helpful method for reducing waste. My home had become cluttered and disorganized after years of moving around the Bay Area. I was a sucker for kitschy decor and vintage clothing from flea markets and thrift stores (which I thought were a bargain), but in reality, they took up valuable space, money, and the time required to care for these items. Purging unused belongings helped reset my consumption patterns and made me realize I often bought things out of boredom not necessity. I became more cautious when making new purchases, investigating what materials each product was made from and how it would be disposed of at the end of its useful life.
With my newly minimal home and dedication to plastic-free living, my household garbage was shrinking, but I was also encountering some setbacks. For one, I couldn t find many of the reusable products I was looking for to replace disposables, such as a wood dish brush and cloth produce bags, and when I bought them online, they were shipped with wasteful plastic packaging. And, although my garbage was decreasing, it was nowhere near being able to fit into a Mason jar. I
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Autoren-Porträt von Lily Cameron
Lily Cameron is passionate about living a minimal, zero-waste lifestyle and helping others do the same. She launched her store, Wild Minimalist, to make it easier for more people to switch to low-waste living, and shares tips and advice from her own family's plastic-free journey on their blog and Instagram. Lily lives in Marin, California, with her husband and business partner, Max; their son; and their rescue dachshund.
Produktdetails
- Autor: Lily Cameron
- 2021, 224 Seiten, Masse: 18 x 25,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Ten Speed Press
- ISBN-10: 1984859137
- ISBN-13: 9781984859136
- Erscheinungsdatum: 24.03.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
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Simply Sustainable guides you through the why and how of zero-waste, while emphasizing the importance of finding the sweet spot between sustainability and self-care. Lily acknowledges the pitfalls of striving for perfection and instead offers encouraging tips for creating a plastic-free outlook that is every bit as sustainable for people as it is for the planet. Whether you re just getting started or an old hat, there s a bit of something for everyone, but newbies in particular will walk away feeling encouraged, excited, and prepared to embark on a low-waste lifestyle. The tone is refreshing and the photos and design are simple, minimal, and beautiful. Julia Watkins, author of Simply Living Well If you re looking for fresh, practical tips on how to live a more sustainable life, look no further. Lily Cameron s Simply Sustainable is a beautiful and thoughtfully curated handbook filled with bite-size tips, hacks, and resources to help you achieve a low-waste, plastic-free way of life without sacrificing on style. Shira Gill, home organizing expert and author
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