Do you feel sometimes like you’re doing too much? I’ve been feeling like that more and more often, with my mobile phone stress hitting previously unseen levels. Not because I’m super busy – although I am – but because I…
Top Documentaries to Watch on Compulsive Consumption
As a consumer in this capitalistic society, it’s hard to make the right choices. It’s harder still when you begin to learn the consequences of your choices. These documentaries cover some of the most used and abused items in all…
The Necessary Guide to Being a Conscious Consumer
I have been thinking about being a conscious consumer. It’s not easy, not when our consumption habits have been made so effortless. Companies and brands want us to buy their products, and they have made it as easy and mindless…
How to Switch to Cruelty-Free Personal Care Products
Let’s focus on looking at how we can reduce causing harm to animals, namely by talking about using cruelty free personal care products. All of us, each and every one of us, is sadly complicit in some way or the…
Simple Guide to Meal Planning for a Zero Waste Kitchen
Let’s learn some skillful meal planning for a zero waste kitchen. Now that we’ve covered switching to glass and cloth, composting organic material, and segregating waste, let’s attack the primary source of kitchen waste: the food! Everyone loves food. It’s…
Waste Segregation in your Zero Waste Kitchen
This is Step 4, and we now look at how to do waste segregation according to type – so we can either recycle, or dispose of them responsibly. How I’d arranged this Zero Waste Kitchen series is that we first…