Sustainability Archives

March 18, 2023

What To Do With Clothes You No Longer Want

If you couldn’t tell from some previous posts I’ve made, I am trying to be a more conscious consumer. Since 2020, I have made it a personal mission to be more sustainable in my shopping. It was during the pandemic that I really fell in love with shopping on Poshmark and thredUP, to the point where I am now a thredUP ambassador! I have the apps for both of those and spend so much of my time looking up brands and hunting for particular items I want. So on one hand, I am trying to be more ethical and conscious of what I consume and purchase. On the other hand, I am trying to declutter my apartment and closet. I definitely would not consider myself a minimalist (even though my personal style leans that way), so I have been trying to get rid of clothes in my closet that I no longer want. It is an on-going process. I’ve recently researched more about textile waste and want to try to limit my own impact. Did you know that in America, an estimated 11.3 million tons of textile waste – equivalent to 85% of all textiles – end up in landfills every year? That’s equivalent to 81.5 pounds (37 kilograms) per person per year.

So if you’re like me and want to both declutter your closet but also be kind to Mother Earth, here are 10 things you can do with clothes you no longer want.

February 21, 2023

What To Do With Your Burned Down Candles

The other day I posted on Instagram that I spent the majority of my Saturday melting down the wax in some old candles for my wax warmer. I got a bunch of questions so I figured I would make a blog post explaining how I did it! I think this is a great way to get a little extra mileage on your candles and an efficient way to clean out your jars. I do want to add that I don’t think this trick works for every candle, but definitely most.

January 20, 2023

Why I Am Not Shopping At Amazon Anymore

This is something I have been thinking about for a while. Originally I wrote “this year” in the title, but I really hope I can give it up completely and forever. One of my best friends, Emily, gave up Amazon last year and I was so inspired by her that I had to give it a try. It is strange to think that I need to or even want to explain this decision, but I have a lot of thoughts about this and wanted to spill some ink about it below. Before you disagree with what I am saying, I hope you read this entire thing.

December 21, 2021

Sustainable + Aesthetically Pleasing Present Wrapping

So fun fact: I am infamous in my family for being horrible at wrapping presents. But hey!- it’s wrapped isn’t it? You can’t tell what it is…and thats all that matters… right? But last year I got the idea to use some old paper bags to wrap my family’s presents. A few weeks before that, my friend Hannah told me about drying oranges for the holidays and now I am obsessed! I loved being able to use them for my family’s Christmas wrapping. They are so aesthetically pleasing and much more environmentally friendly than buying new wrapping. When I posted the pictures above on my IG last year, my friend Jesse said “this holiday wrapping is the physical embodiment of the album ‘evermore’ and I love that so much! I also love how you probably already have most of these items in your house already. So you won’t have to run out to the store! Here is my take on aesthetically pleasing and sustainable Christmas wrapping.

April 22, 2020

4 Eco-Friendly Changes You Can Do Right Now

Happy Earth Everyone! I want to start this blog post off with this article about how our global battle against COVID-19 could also help us fight climate change. It’s definitely a small silver-lining in everything we’re dealing right now, but still some good news to share. I don’t consider myself a total eco-freako (and I use that term with love) but there are a bunch of things that I do on the reg that do help the environment and I want to encourage you to do the same.

But before we get to the post, I want to share one of my best friend’s incredible photo essays for ecofeminist ecotopias. Kalen has worked so freakin’ hard to get her Masters Degree and she’s literally a genius. This body of work is so impressive and it honestly just blows my mind that she brought all of her research and photography together to explain how patriarchal and imperial ideas have oppressed women and controlled and exploited land and natural resources. You can check it out here (trust me, it’s amazing).

July 11, 2019

Why You Should Try Shampoo and Conditioner Bars

So something I’ve been really passionate about lately is sustainability and trying to reduce the waste I contribute to the world. One of the first ways I thought of doing so is by not buying traditional shampoo and conditioner bottles. It just seems super wasteful and unnecessary to me to continuously buy bottles, use them for a few weeks and then toss them away. So I did a little research a few months back about shampoo bars! I was skeptical at first but they have really grown on me and I think you should give it a try!

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