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zero-waste :: thoughtful way of life

1/14/2020

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A photo of a set of wooden handled brushes will get a lot more clicks than a photo of a forest under the #zerowaste tag on social media. One could say that one is the how + one is the why. Another could say that one costs the other...or that one is necessary + one is unnecessary.

I want to say that's ok. It's human nature for whatever reason. I'm all for anyone giving zero-waste habits a go...for any reason. Each straw skipped helps + any zero-waste habit can snowball into more action + awareness. But I would like to caution against zero-waste involving a shopping list...because more often than not it will simply remain a way of consuming rather than a way of thinking.

This problem is demonstrated by the cashier checking me + my toilet paper out at the grocery store telling me that she is trying that internet toilet paper that she can't remember the name of. I supply the name + hope she realizes the irony of this whole situation. She could just walk down the aisle of the store she works in to buy paper-wrapped, recycled, toilet paper rather than having a huge box shipped across the country just for her. Ugh. 

Zero-waste isn't a collection of pretty wood handled brushes or tote bag full of stuff to lug around. It's a way of thinking that inspires a thoughtful way of life.

Love,
Jane
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Gunn
1/15/2020 12:11:46 pm

This is so true and I didn’t realise how ingrained the mentality to buy, buy, buy is in me before I used up all my singleuse items and got the «zerowastekit for beginners». Like, what am I going to buy now? Nothing? It feels unreal and I catch myself browsing the internet several times a week for things I «need». But I don’t need anything, how is it that I can’t stop looking?

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1/16/2020 06:07:19 pm

Oh, I hear you! If you figure out the trick...let me know. I think this is part of the reason I write here. It gives me something else to focus on. :)

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