An intro to sustainable living

Happy Earth Day, my fellow earthlings! What a wonderful holiday and although I’m sad we have to celebrate from the confinement of our homes, I’m grateful that this whole pandemic has at the very least given our planet a little break from our nonstop go-go-going.

In honor of this very special day, I thought I’d put together a short and sweet post on sustainable practices you can incorporate into your day-to-day life. I am no expert, but if you are looking to make some lifestyle changes because you care about the environment and the planet, then I am right here beside you. Living sustainably is something that has always been important to me, but only more recently have I begun to put in the work to make tangible changes in my daily life. Here’s a list of (relatively) simple changes that you can also make! Some of them are probably no brainers, but we all have to start somewhere!

Bring your own bags when you go to the grocery store. (Or any store!) I keep a cloth bag in my purse at all times and it comes in handy nearly every day. Fellow fashionistas, Free People shopping bags work great and fold up really small.
Bring your own reusable produce bags.

Try to shop online less. This has been one of the toughest for me, and it’s especially hard during a pandemic, but shipping is so wasteful, from the packaging to the airplane fuel.
Borrow clothes, shop second hand, trade with your friends, buy and sell through sites like Poshmark. Fashion companies are responsible for so much pollution and waste.
Go without a straw. I keep a washable silicone straw in my purse in case I really want to use one.
Save jars and reuse them! I always save pasta sauce jars, jam jars, you name it. They hold my makeup brushes, my toothbrush, my chia pudding when I eat breakfast at work, the bundle of cilantro in the fridge…you never know when a jar might come in handy!

Bring a water bottle/to-go coffee cup with you and save a plastic bottle or cup.
Bring your own tupperware if you know in advance you are planning to eat out, and skip a leftovers container (which is usually made of styrofoam, boooo.)
Bamboo toothbrush. Nuff said.
Use wool dyer balls. They decrease dry time and static while collecting fuzz!