When I was 20 I was here sending out love to the loggers, universe and hugging trees. I recently came across a blog and that made me rethink what I am doing right now. Don’t get me wrong, that tree hugger spirit stayed with me. I recycle, use cloth diapers, hang laundry on the line, get almost all of Bee’s things second hand and use transit and bike. I just suddenly realized that there is a lot more I can do.
This family produces about two small bags of garbage in a year. The whole concept of zero waste really tripped me out and it surprised me that it surprised me. I have always aimed for low consumerism and recycling, but the idea that a family could produce almost no waste blew my mind. I then went onto find more blogs from other families doing the same thing. It is possible and for most people it was really about changing some habits and then it just became routine.
I am joining Change the World Wednesdays and am going to start moving us towards something closer to zero waste. This is gonna be a fun, slow and rambling journey filled with love. Each Wednesday I am going to try one new thing to green us up as a family and send out some love to the universe. This Wednesday we did two things since it is the kick off week.
This morning Bee and I took the bus with two monkeys to a new store, The Soap Dispenser, that is more than happy to refill your containers. We got our shampoo and dish-soap bottles refilled and found out we can get everything we need to clean ourselves and the house there at a great price. Score!
We also started using a two pieces of newspaper to line our garbage bin instead of plastic bags. Total success so far! It wasn’t any messier and it is one more way to reduce plastic.
Love the pics!
Looking forward to following along on this new journey!
This post makes me want to move WEST. lol