Conscious Consuming Archives - Family Footprint Project

No New Clothes in 2023

I have decided that I will buy no new clothes in 2023. Two things recently have motivated me to do...

Over the years I've collected a few ideas for DIY activity kits for kids and I thought I'd collect...

Consumerism. Materialism. Wait, aren't they the same thing? I admit, I hadn't really thought about...

Did you know tomorrow is International Repair Day? There are many excellent reasons to repair...

Is eco-friendly style an oxymoron? Does being fashionable not require a consumerist mindset? Or is...

Would you give a secondhand gift? How would you feel about receiving a secondhand gift? With...

There is something better than recycling. It is National Recycling Week and that has prompted me...

I'm going to discuss a perhaps controversial and unpopular topic in this post: opting out of...

October is Buy Nothing New Month. It is an idea that started in Melbourne and is spreading across...

Reducing consumption requires knowing where to borrow, hire or buy secondhand goods rather than...