Earth Day is coming up this Sunday, and while I do as many Earth friendly things as I can, I'm extending the "invitation" to you. I'm putting up some easy and simple ways you can help this planet. We need to think about what we're leaving behind for the next generations to come. This is something we all need to work at together and create a much more beautiful and sustainable planet Earth. So far, we've only got this one so we should be looking after it.
On Earth Day 2018 we're focusing on plastic and plastic pollution. Plastic is becoming a huge, huge problem. We've been seeing this for years, but it just doesn't seem to be slowing down.
What can you do to help?
Ditch the plastic straws!
~ This is probably the one thing you hear again and again and again. Sorry, I'm gonna be telling you once more (for the people at the back). Plastic straws are one of the most wasteful, harmful to the environment, forms of plastic. Only because so many people use them, and they're generally a one-use product. Go for either bamboo, or stainless steel ones. Over time it'll also save you money (one set of straws vs how ever many bags of straws you'll go through over your lifetime). Simple math isn't it? So earth friendly!
Stainless steel straws (curved): Life Basics Curved straws
Stainless steel straws (straight): Ever Eco Straight straws
Bamboo straws: Yourstraw Bamboo straws
Produce/ nut bags:
~ Ditch those one use plastic produce bags when doing your grocery shopping. These bags are so great and hold quite a bit of stuff. They're available in packs of 5 or 8.
These are the ones I get: Onya reusable produce bags
Beeswax wraps or glassware:
Use glassware to store things in the fridge like leftovers, lunches etc. Glassware is something you'll have as long as you can keep it and it's also great for heating food (vs leeching plastic). It heats more evenly and generally tastes better too. Or you could try out those beeswax food covers which take shape however you use it and can be used until it basically gets destroyed from use.
A range of Beeswax covers: Beeswax covers
More covers: Beeswax covers 2
Change your toothbrush!:
~ Go bamboo! They're more sustainable and are biodegradable. Saves hundreds of plastic
toothbrushes going to landfill. They're also available in kids sizes too.
Get one here: Charcoal Bamboo toothbrush
Or here: Bamboo toothbrush
Sustainable razor:
~ Again, something we go through quite regularly but we don't need to. Go for a safety razor and all you'll need to replace are the blades. This is a much more sustainable and earth friendly thing to do. Again, saving you money in the long run.
This I the one I have: Edwin Jagger safety razor
Bar soap:
~ Okay admittedly bar soap is not as nice as some bottled body washes out there and it does tend to run a little pricier as soap breaks down quicker of course! So you will go through more bars vs bottles of body wash. But it's much better for the environment. I use bar soap for 3 reasons:
* to get rid of all that unnecessary plastic
* so I'm using less chemicals, like sls, sulphates, phlalates and also palm oil
* to help smaller businesses rather than big corporations (also majority of small business do not test on animals either vs companies).
I usually get mine from:
Here: Scrumpy Soap
Or here: Sugarloaf Soap
I also check out Etsy for handmade soaps, which there are a lot so it's very ripe for the picking!
