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For me, less is more. Though it isn’t about rigidity - allowing myself only a certain number of belongings, it's about having what I truly love, value, and use. At the same time, it’s also about re-evaluating our needs and wants along the way as life changes and grows. Use these questions to guide you when it comes to having things: Is it valuable? Is it useful? Will it be of benefit? Does it bring beauty and inspiration? Is it compassionate? Be flexible, not rigid. Take pauses so you can see what really inspires you and what you truly want in your life. •
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I stress often in my work about the importance of putting value back into all we have collectively devalued (things we use, resources, communities, each other, food, animals, and our own experiences). A zero-waste/environmental mindset is truly about examining, rethinking, reshaping, and slowing down in order to put value back and show compassion for our planet and ultimately for one another. But what do these ideals really look like when applied to our lives? That is something I truly believe is up to you and based on your current conditions. We can start with practices that are the most attainable for our own lives. That will look very different for everyone. Maybe it’s using less plastic, bringing our own bag, cup, or utensil, shopping local, using our consumer voice, starting sharing communities, or becoming more resourceful and thrifty. We can gain inspiration from each other and tweeze out what resonates with us.
The most important facet of this mindset is understanding that making less trash is one way to collective call for society to rebuild and reconnect with our planet again. •
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Reminder! The term zero waste originally wasn't intended to be implemented as a lifestyle trend of sorts - it's actually an industrial term which refers to a circular economy - where we design, manufacture, consume, and recover in a circular fashion without waste as an end product. Much how the earth’s systems work! The infrastructure of zero waste doesn’t exist globally yet. Our current infrastructure is linear, which means we design for the dump. We tend to take the "zero waste" term as though it's all in or nothing...as though you don't consume or participate in any other thing that could be waste related. The premise of zero waste is actually to look carefully at what we are designing (to mimic the systems of nature), to embrace careful consumption, material mindfulness, resourcefulness, simplicity, and to revisit craftsmanship of our products and services. It's about bringing value back into our belongings, people, and community. The shift is about changing our attitudes towards waste, consumerism, & resource nutrient flows. We also have to understand that anything we consume right now can be spun with a bad environmental breakdown, that's because we've designed infrastructure, manufacturing, consumption, and disposal with waste and convenience in mind. By having a low-waste mindset it becomes our living protest against this linear economy of production and consumption. It's saying, I want a better outcome than the tons of trash and toxic plastics polluting our planet. I want better design, better recovery, long lasting, durable, reusable and repairable products. This level of consumer demand will ripple upstream and that's how change will start to happen. We have a long way to go still. 🌱Remember, not everyone will have the same access or ability to make changes or do something. There are lots of complexities - social, political, economic, environmental issues that are barriers. There is no perfect system right now. Do your best. •
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