Is eco-friendly style an oxymoron? Does being fashionable not require a consumerist mindset? Or is...
Conscious Consuming
Would You Give a Secondhand Gift?
Would you give a secondhand gift? How would you feel about receiving a secondhand gift? With...
Recycling is Good. This is Better.
There is something better than recycling. It is National Recycling Week and that has prompted me...
Opting out of Consumer Culture
I'm going to discuss a perhaps controversial and unpopular topic in this post: opting out of...
Planning Our Buy Nothing New Month
October is Buy Nothing New Month. It is an idea that started in Melbourne and is spreading across...
Where to Borrow, Hire or Buy Secondhand
Reducing consumption requires knowing where to borrow, hire or buy secondhand goods rather than...
Mindset Shifts for Sustainable Living
Changing habits is hard so mindset shifts are often required. This holds as true for trying to...
When Convenience Hurts the Environment
Often, it seems to me, convenience hurts the environment. Specifically, I'm thinking about...
What is Conscious Consumption?
I use the phrase 'conscious consumption' quite a bit. I think it might need a bit of elaboration,...
Refuse – Top of the Waste Pyramid
REFUSE is at the top of the Waste Reducing Principles and, I've realised, for good reason. The...