I made a sustainable decision recently and I'm so proud of what I did. My best friend is getting married this fall and originally canceled her wedding during quarantine. In June, she told her bridal party that the wedding was back on and told her bridesmaids what color dresses to wear. I stressed for hours, whether I should go the easy route and purchase a new dress or find it secondhand. Luckily, this bride is flexible on our dress style and gave us 2 color options. SO instead of purchasing a brand new dress, I searched local second hand boutiques and places like poshmark and thredup! I found one on poshmark for a quarter of the price! Now, I'm getting it drycleaned (it had stains) and hemmed by a professional! I am estactic that I didn't have to buy a brand new dress for a wedding ceremony (and they aren't having a wedding reception). I'm so glad I was patient and searched second hand and saved so much money!
I found my dress for my sisters wedding too second hand! There are already plenty pretty dresses out there 🤗 As a great side effect it was much cheaper, even with the tailoring costs because the sleeves were a little bit to long. ♡
@@Daphnaee Who else wears bridesmaid dresses more than once because brides have different colors and ideas for what they want. I'm so glad this one was flexible! After wearing it, I plan on donating to a local dress shop that donates profits to local teen programs. It's very likely someone else will need this color dress for a wedding or event sometime soon!
I did this for my best friend’s wedding a couple months ago and she gave the dress a stamp of approval! (Didn’t tell her it was $15 at Goodwill!!!) Haha.
I wish I could sell my bridesmaid dress from a wedding last summer. It's been sitting on Poshmark and FB Marketplace forever. It's a size 8, light blue, if anyone here needs one! $35
I used my mum's old plastic Tupperware containers until they started to fall apart and then I replaced them with glass containers :) Using what you already have is the best advice ever to save money and the planet! 💚 Edit: And from now on I'm a new subscriber! 🥳
I live in Poland and I don’t know a single person here that has a dryer in their home, in fact I didn’t even know what a dryer was until i started watching youtube!! it was and still is crazy to me that air drying wasn’t a thing for so much people
I live in a small village in Finland, dryers are considered kind of a luxury here too. Usually only large families or very busy people have dryers, I have one but it broke last week actually so unless it can be fixed I will start hang drying all my clothes. And dryers are definitely hard on your clothes, especially things like bras, things with lace, buttons and other delicate pieces easily break or get misshapen when put in a dryer.
I only wash underwear, socks, and workout clothes every time I wear it. Jeans I'll go weeks without washing😂 shirts I tend to wear a minimum of 2 times before washing. unfortunately in the summer I definitely do more laundry since it's so humid where I live. But in the fall/winter I barely have to wash anything
Since covid I don’t go any place other then work , so I wash my scrubs once a week and I do have to wash them in heat to make sure it kills any potential covid19 that might be on me , I shower when I come home and put on my pjs , so I do regular laundry maybe every 3 weeks before covid if I wasn’t dealing with any flu patients I could wear my scrubs 3 times before washing or unless I did flu clinic shots , ewww I felt so gross after giving shots so those scrubs are washed right away
Shelbi: "do you wash your jeans after you wear them once?" me: *trying to remember when was the last time I washed my jeans* but seriously, I just usually check bigger clothes for stains and sniff them to see if they're smelly, if they're not, it's all good :D or sometimes if I'm staying home I wear sweaty clothes (because it's 35 degrees celsius in here and anything fresh will be sweaty in 15 min anyway). Underwear and socks are an exception of course P.S. for hang drying, you can just get any thicker rope and tie it in your balcony or bathroom or wherever you have space for this if you don't want to buy a rack, does not look so pretty but gets the job done
I find jeans get... greasy after ... whatever time. Which I guess is solved by the freezer hack. But our freezer is small and full of food. So washing it is. Like twice a year.
Same. I change underwear and socks everyday. Anything that touches my armpits gets the sniff test and things like bottoms and outerwear just get washed when they have a stain. It might sound gross but it must have saved me a fortune in money, time and effort and helped the environment. Also I wash everything at 30° on 'eco time' with soap nuts and dry it on a drying rack/clothes horse.
I have four pairs of jeans, most bought second hand. I cycle through these and wash them when there are marks on them or they stink. Hang to dry and cycling them means they each get less ware and tare over time. I need to mend the inside leg on a couple of pairs I otherwise can't ware but I do my best to make my jeans last.
During COVID, I’ve been getting into Dumpster Diving. It’s practically a free hobby, and I’ve been able to donate literally HUNDREDS of pounds of sealed food and I have only spent $3.12 in a grocery store since May. I’ve also rescued returned items (air fryer, coffee maker, coffee percolator, hair dryer, perfect condition makeup palettes, sealed Gucci perfume, and more) and given them as gifts or used them myself. It’s a great way to reduce waste that goes to the landfill and I’ve saved SO much money. I have found that a reduced-waste lifestyle is actually a huge money saver for me, which is what drew me to the lifestyle in the first place. Thanks for another great video!
Yes, always check your local ordinances before the dive. If possible take a buddy in case you have an accident. Wear protective gear - I saw a video of a woman diving in flip flops 😱. Take a cooler with you, take old grocery bags with you - sometimes stores toss a 6 pack of juice because 1 item inside busted, you don't want that stickiness touching your vehicle before you can clean it at home. Take an old sterilite bin with lid - you don't want lightweight items blowing away out the back of your truck. BE SAFE!
@@NivionScribble Yeah some stores are so evil about it too :( I knew someone who worked at a Halloween store and they had to physically destroy (like cut up the clothes) anything they threw away at the end of the season because they didn't want people to dumpster dive it for free. How crazy is that? They're losing money/product either way...
In the town that I’m from every time someone turns 18 they get to plant and name a tree 😃 I never got to do that though cause I moved before I turned 18 😭
hi shelby! in one of your videos you should talk about "buy nothing" groups on facebook. it's a place where people list their unused goods for others to take for free! such a cool free thing to do. i save things from the trash via trashpicking, cleaning, and giving away the items i find on buy nothing! and it feels so good to help others
This is ideal for teens! I try to live a low waste life and everytime I tell that to someone of my age they are like: 'tf, how do you do that and isn't that super expensive?' So thanks for these tips, I am going to see where I can use these :)
Eco-minimalism when done in a non-instagram perfect aesthetic way IS CHEAPER 🥰 I'm moving into an apartment for the first time ever and put the call out for my buddies to clean up their unwanted household clutter. Almost everything in my apartment is 2nd hand, and I just picked it all up from their driveways and donated what I didn't need out of the piles (I told them of this plan before they decluttered), and collected the little tax return receipts for them. My apartment is gonna be cute - a lot of the stuff is actually vintage from the 60s and 70s! 🙃
Love, I am SO excited about this video, because this is hella important. But it happened AGAIN 😂 I literally also have a video like this coming up in a couple of days haha, it's already shot and edited. Are we synched up? 😂❤🌿 Lots of love!
I love this video idea and how you approach the (perceived) privilege of living more sustainably. When I was younger, I thought the mantra "reduce, reuse, recycle" were 3 things that were equally important to help protect the environment lol. It wasn't until high school that I realized it was actually listed in the order you were supposed to attempt them (oops). Anyway, kids, reduce > reuse > recycle.
My tip: I unfortunately did this before watching your video so didn’t go through your link, but I not only downloaded Ecosia for myself - I downloaded it on every single computer at my workplace 🤓
The only things I wash after just one wear are: socks, undies, work out clothes (if I actually worked out in them), and something I stained during the wear.
I love that you mentioned getting involved in your community and I would love to hear more about this from you. I think that sometimes we focus too much on how we can make changes in our day to day lives and the things we buy and forget that government and companies need to change in order to combat climate change.
that's so important too, we saw that during lockdown the world's emissions only dropped by about 17% because the majority of our emissions are the kind of thing that only widespread, large-scale changes like government regulations can affect. which is why it's great that shelbi mentioned voting, and getting politically active which is really important too, if you can. while voter suppression is a huge problem in the US, we have to recognise how lucky we are to be able to vote.
I noticed that you mentioned the library and I know that a lot of them have like dvds and blue rays available and like dvds of tv series. I feel like there may not be a lot of people who still collect dvds or blu rays but I have seen large collections. Those physical dvds obviously cost money and energy to produce and ship (if you’re getting them on amazon, which a lot of people I know do) Instead of buying every movie I want to see, I just go to the library and see if they have it available, check it out and take it home for a bit. There’s also like this super cool program that people who aren’t a library junkie don’t know about called ‘holds’. If something is available at another library in your public library network, u can place it on hold and they’ll ship it from the library where they have it available to your closest library u for either free or next to nothing! That saves waste and money from not having to produce as many dvds (cuz libraries are a shared communal resource) and having it ship a shorter distance (using less energy and gross gases in the process)
My favorite free tip that I heard in one of your previous videos that absolutely blew my mind was straight up use less. I had never thought about using less toothpaste than I was used to before, but by cutting back that small amount of product, over time you save a lot! It blew my mind because I had never considered it before, but it makes so much sense!
Sort of a "swap" for yarn crafters: You can make T-shirt yarn out of old T-shirts or other clothing items. This is good to keep you from buying new yarn and to keep old textiles out of landfills! Though the yarn is different from normal yarn and won't be appropriate for every craft, it has a ton of uses. I use it to make plant hangers and potholders. People make very sturdy baskets out of it often. There are tons of youtube videos showing how to make it, and it is pretty easy!
My mother has been re-using the plastic tuber-where from sandwich meat packages for *years* but it’s not for the planet. It’s to save her money. I have been getting second hand clothes my whole life because since I’m the youngest, my siblings give me their old clothes. And I’ve never washed something after wearing it once (underwear not included!)
It's crazy to me that there are places where recycling isn't the norm, even though I know that other european countries also seem to be lacking in this regard. Here in Germany every house collects trash separated (packaging, paper, regular trash that doesn't fit into other categories, (+some also collect everything that ist compostable)), there are glass collecting containers in every neighborhood, containers to collect batteries and lightbulbs in every supermarket and drugstore, and free stations where you can bring your compost and other bigger items. There ist also a huge system for bottles (plastic and glass), where you pay a little deposit for each bottle, that you get back when you return it to any store (Bonuspoint, even though widely debated, is that a lot of people can help themselves financially by collecting bottles that others were to lazy or didn't want to bring back themselves.) Recycling bins with four separate bins for glass, paper, packaging and general trash are also widely available in every city and in every trainstation (atleast that I have been to). Not saying that Germany is perfect at recycling and sustainibility in general, we still have a long way to go, but these measures have been in place for +20 years (my entire life) and I couldn't imagine it any other way. (Please excuse any errors, english is not my first language and my german autocorrect keeps trying to interfere)
That's amazing! Here in US, Colorado and a lot of other states it's mostly up to the individual - pay extra for recycling service through the trash, or save your recycling and drop it off yourself at a facility. Some grocery stores have bins to take back their plastic bags, and occasionally there's a city event to take in chemicals, batteries, etc (the hard stuff). If you live in an apartment like many of us there is ZERO recycling offered, I have to save mine and drop it off, and there's no where to take compost and I don't have a yard :( Crazy. I'd love to visit and see how they do things over there.
Pet peeve: when people throw out brown bananas Bananas are one of the only fruits you can actually eat when they go all brown and you can very easily freeze it and use it in a recipe/smoothie
I only wash clothes if I sweat a lot in them and/or they stink really bad, tbh. hahaha But that might be a mixture of laziness and trying to be sustainable. hahah and I hang dry most of my things. Also, a lot of cities have a rent-a-bike service so you don't necessarily need to own a bike to bike places. haha (I used them a lot when I was living in Chicago and now while I am studying abroad in Taipei I use them too.)
Living and growing up in South africa. We have always hung our washing to dry our clothes. We fill up our sinks to wash our dishes. We re use containers food comes in to store other thing. 2 liter ice cream dishes or Butter dishes or yougurt dishes for left overs.
Yes! Another low cost/free thing would be cooking from home. I have friends that ask "how do I reduce my waste?" And basically eat delivery for every meal. Like... a lot of waste would be reduced, even if you didnt shop super eco friendly, if you just cooked from home? And didnt have like 3 or 4 packages 3 times daily from door dash? Idk how they afford it. But it would certainly be cheaper too
How often do I wash my clothes depends on one question. How much did I sweat in them....I live in Texas. Underwear, socks, work out clothes, they get washed every wear. Other clothing items depends what I did that day.
Another great tip for bags at grocery stores (one I thought everyone did) is to just save your plastic bags. We use them to line our small trash cans, pick up doggy doo, and any other ways we can think of
I'm so glad I found your channel, because you have a very positive approach to sustainability, also I can learn so much from you about things I never ever thought about before
Heck yes to washing clothes less frequently! Also if my clothes smell a little stale, I'll just hang them out in the sun for a few hours which airs them out, neutralizes any smell - all without washing!
I have been watching a lot of these sustainable living videos recently and I've learnt that Jamaicans do a lot of these not just out of sustainability, but also to save money. It may also be that low income households across the world tend to try extend the life of items and/or buy less. Love from Jamaican UA-camr
A couple sustainable things people might not have thought of When you go somewhere like a waterpark or amusement park make sure you don’t forget or leave anything there, yes we do have lost and found but a majority of stuff ends up thrown away. Also if you are looking to reduce your waste slightly save extra ketchup/ranch/etc packets you might receive and use them at places like that too as often the containers used for ketchup and sauce have the most plastic of any serving container(compared to cardboard boxes, paper cups, etc) sincerely someone who works at a waterpark :)
These videos make me feel so much better 😂 the things that my boyfriend says I do because I’m “tight” ( don’t want to spend money ) are actually good for the planet Iv always reused packaging because I always was just excited that I could use that as something else for free 😂 turns out Iv been helping save the planet all these years. That’s going to be my new excuse to why I’m doing it. Also Scotland is so strict about recycling it seems compared to America. In my council we have a total of 6 bins that are collected for different waste. Landfill , plastics & cans , paper & card , garden waste , food waste , glass & small electronics. 🙈 it’s a lot of bins but they literally won’t lift your rubbish if you don’t fill your bins right ( yes they check, as only landfill bin can have waste in a rubbish bag which only gets emptied once a month. ) And air drying clothing is just the norm here 🤷🏻♀️
I am so grateful for Ecosia, I couldn't figure out how I could contribute but Ecosia made it so freaking simple, it works EXACTLY like Google and it's great
I've never heard you talk about Ecosia. Just added it to Chrome! I live out in the country, but thankfully, our small town (6600 folks) has a full recycling drop off center. I don't even have a trash can. I only buy items in no packaging or recyclable packaging. I've been doing this for about 5 years. Love your channel~!
Another way I connect with my local community is our local Buy Nothing group! I’ve been able to give and receive so much that would normally go to waste, and getting to know my neighbors is a huge plus! I’ve gotten everything from a Thundershirt for my dog to plant cuttings to onions, and given a knee scooter for someone who got injured, a pizza that accidentally had meat, and groceries we couldn’t use up. So helpful!!
lol: i watch your US. based Chanel regulary just to find out now about the ecosia App and search Tool. Because their based at my hometown Berlin-Germany :-) the emission foot Print ist neagtiv by 1kg / 2 lbs CO² per search. Because they not just plant trees or use ecofriendly Energy but futhermore they installed in addition new solarpanels on their roof tops. Beside this great fact i find it verry comforting to use this tool for my search now, because of the verry high regulations and european law codes for customer privacy and security! Thank you so much for your helpful tips :-)
So... this is a different topic, but can you explain what it means to be "1% for the planet" or a "certified B corporation" (just the things you would normally look for in a business) I want to share this stuff with friends, but I don't educated enough to justify these to other people.
I was so proud of my son, who is 9. His friends all want (or have) hydro flasks. He has a klean kanteen. When some of the kids were teasing him bc he didn’t have the “cool name brand” of water bottle 🙄, he said that’s stupid. They both carry water without using plastic and both keep things cold, why buy a new one?! I was so proud.
I can’t believe I am on this early! Love your content Shelby! I also make sustainable life tips but obviously I am a much smaller channel ❤️ that you for your inspiration!
Almost 2 years ago, I went on a makeup no buy, which led me to learning about minimalism. I found your channel because of the episode of the minimalists podcast u were on. Idk where i would be without you! ❤😅 lol
I'm lucky enough to go to a college that encourages making environmentally conscious decisions, so there are bins for trash, recycling, AND compost in the main buildings. All of the take-away containers from the cafeteria are also compostable, and I believe the coffee cups are, as well. All of the compost goes to the campus farm, which is where a lot of our food is sourced from, and they try to stay as local as possible with the rest of it, as well. They really try to make the campus as zero waste as possible, which I really love. I truly wish every college had the means to be able to do these things!
My favorite find has been that our local, organic peanut butter comes in the PERFECT glass jar with a plain white metal lid 👌"free" yet visually appealing Hope you're staying safe in Texas!
I’ve been re-using plastic take-out containers. The black ones aren’t recyclable but they are very sturdy and are great for storing things in the fridge or things like rice and beans.
I only wash clothes when they're dirty. When I spill food down my front - too often unfortunately I usually wash the spot - especially with grease. Much less grease since going vegan
I am low income and am inspired by you and Gittemary (it sounds like Glitter Mary 😂) and I just found a way to reuse medicine bottles! I can use them as food storage for on the go snacks! Perfect serving size!
I remember reading Marie Kondo's book and thinking, "how the hell am I going to find joy in folding clothes when I have to do it all the time and hate it?!" Now I don't wear my clothes only once before washing and I have found the joy in doing less laundry.
Hi Shelby! I've been using Ecosia on my laptop for a year now then realized that I haven't downloaded the app yet on my phone! So.. I paused the video just to download the app. Thank you for reminding me 😂 Love your contents and your personalityy!!!
I’d add joining your local Buy Nothing group. That’s saved me tons of money and waste by reusing things other people no longer want, and also give things I no longer want to someone else that will use it. It’s amazing ❤️
I wash my clothes if they smell or stink. It’s typically a little more often in summer because I sweat a lot. Most of my jeans go a least a week without washing
we set up my husbands streaming studio and bought a ton of stuff second hand. It felt great. We've been saving so much money by gardening composting diy laundry etc. No I don't wash jeans often lol
I have a junk-mail e-mail, where I ordered many letters from shops and did not cancel them after the initial benefit. I did not think for the longest time that actually it also uses actual energy (electricity) to send those mails to me, to storage those in always existing form AND for me to scroll them through and most of then going to the bin directly. :o So, for the planet: cancel mass-e-mails you don't even want to get!
I buy second hand books of authors I love or if I want the series because I will re-read multiple times. I only buy new books when I absolutely will re-read and that’s really only from 2 authors (I’m trying to wait a while after a new book comes out to see if there’s a used one). Books for me are a way to escape, especially to get away from technology, so I can really only enjoy a traditional book.
I only wash socks and underwear after every use, other clothes I wash when there are stains or they´re smelly. I used to wash workout clothes after every use, but stopped since I work out almost every day and at home so don´t see a point in washing them so often.
I'm still working to get through my ziplock bags from costco I've simply been washing and reusing them until they tear 🤷🏻♀️ and i just bought my Cora ball! I'm excited to start using it
I wash my ziplocks also lol 😂 every one says I’m cheap . I said I’m not cheap I care about the environment but for Christmas I’m going to ask for some stasher bags
i've been hang drying my clothes since high school, but that started because my dad was trying to save money but not using the dryer (we already have a $300 electric bill every month living in arizona lol). but i'm glad it's been ingrained in me for over ten years because i don't even think of putting anything right into the dryer anymore. i only dry towels (so they don't get that weird stink) and then i dewrinkle any of the clothes i hung to dry if they feel a lil crispy.
We both have valet chairs for that ‘lightly’ used clothes or most generally our work outfits which can be worn twice before a wash. We also have a minimalistic closet for two ladies. Maybe 50 pieces each not counting underwear or seasonal jackets.
Repurpose, reuse, and use what you have are literally the easiest points on here. Well everything is pretty easy but honestly should be done of the first steps. I'm still pretty "beginner" but I am also pretty broke most of the time and while I have plenty of reusable cups, bottles, straws, zip lock bags, etc I am still making my sustainable swaps slowly but surely.
You’ve mentioned it before in videos but not this one so... turning off/unplugging things technically saves money and energy. Most things won’t make a noticeable difference in your electric bill by just unplugging it. But some things drastically do. The main one I can think of is desktop computers. Please put them on a power strip and turn the strip off whenever it’s not in use! My dads power bill dropped 20% when he did this.
This video has so many good ideas! One thing that I've been doing recently is we get food delivered and it comes in these big cardboard boxes so wait until we have about 6 boxes and then I put an ad on craigslist for free boxes if the person comes and picks the up. Someone always texts me within a couple hours and will come like a day after I've posted the ad. In the ad I just mentioned that the boxes would be great if you're moving. I like it cause then I don't have to recycle the boxes and the person who is moving gets free boxes and isn't using new boxes
I'm salvaging a lot of veggies from work! Zucchinis with squashed ends, slightly soft beetroots (putting them in water in the fridge gets them crispy again!) carrots with the top bitten off (by rabbits)... Saves me my grocery money since half my plate is vegetables!
I am glad you are calling for people to be more involved in their community. As I have learned from my engineer bf, there is a lot of systematic waste in our supply chain. These companies NEED large scale incentives and regulation to get them to change. Individual action only goes so far. Look at Covid 19. People stopped driving en masse (aka HUGE individual change), but there was only a 9% drop in emissions during the height of the pandemic. Annualized -- we won't even hit global emission targets to prevent permanent climate change! I am smashing the like button to get more people to see this.
As demanded: I wash only underwear and socks after i wore them once. Sportswear depending on how dirty and smelly it is, and Every thing else when it really is dirty or smelly (like Shirts after 2 - 3 days, and jeans after 3-5 days). For larger things like coats i have one time in the year (typically when the cold or warm season starts), when i wash all used sesional cloths together, before I store them until next year. Oh and for all the not-dirty-yet stuff I need to store until next time to wear it, I have "the chair" ;)
Great tips! Great reminder! Sustainable options I discovered recently: pasta straws 😃 (not for hot drinks obviously, but after a few lemonades you got a dinner 👍) and used kitchen oil (after deep frying - rare at our house, but happens) can be brought to gas stations and used in bio-fuels 👍
i literally wear jeans for a week straight (sometimes more :p ). Obviously I stop wearing the same clothes when they start to stink or get dirty but those are the only reasons
I’m a big fan of the sniff test for clothes but the season definitely impacts the frequency. I’m in Northern California and 100 degree days all this week means I’m gonna get sweaty so nearly everything is on a one time wear.
You have the prettiest natural looking hair 💛 Reusing things can be fun! I love saving those glass jars from jelly jars, salsa, etc! Also, this year joined our community garden & to help volunteer to clean up the nature parks in our community We haven’t had any meetings though this year 😕 but plenty other ways in the meantime I can help our planet & I put up a clothing line in my kitchen earlier this year!
I live in Phoenix, so for most of the year I have to wash things after 1 use. I’ve gotten into the routine of “between washing” my gym stuff in pre-hot water shower water with a really mild soap so I don’t do a full load every week. Outerwear during the winter goes much longer since there’s no sweat. Love this video!
In Australia most junk mail isn't addressed, generally a business just picks a neighbourhood and a worker personally puts advertisements in all mailboxes. The most annoying thing is, it doesn't matter if we have a sign saying no junk mail. It can but not always has plastic and it's impossible not to receive it, so if it's single sided I use it for writing disposable notes, and if it's double sided I can only try to figure out how to dispose of it responsibly
Hi, Shelby. I understand people who think that sustainability is expensive. It appeared that way at first to me too. But, last week I received my first order from Earth Hero and realized that in a long run the items I purchased will last me a lot longer compared to their plastic-wrapped alternatives. I got a block of stain lifter, a dish-washing block, organic cotton bread bag, and dishwasher pods. These items will last for much longer time than a liquid detergent and spray stain-lifter would. Therefore money saved, free time from shopping gained. I was so happy to see everything came wrapped in cardboard and no unnecessary pieces. Thank you for showing me all those great places to find earth-friendly items. My first imperfect foods box arrives today!
I'm glad you mentioned this in this video! Can you make a video about how you do research on companies and brands to determine if they're sustainable? Like what keywords, symbols and badges, etc etc? How do you determine the difference between a good company and a greenwashing company? Especially when A LOT of greenwashing companies use the cruelty free leaping bunny and recycling symbols and all that jazz.
I downloaded ecosia on my phone and laptop because of you and I feel so proud when I see the tree search count increase. Thanks so much for telling me about it. 💗
if anyone doesn’t have a drying rack, hanging your clothes on a hanger then putting them in a closet works for me! there’s a little humidity in the smaller closet too which helps my clothes dry faster & they have a slightly softer texture 🧺
Shelbi, you are doing so much good (indeed, sooo much of "the good that the world needs"), and I love your channel and all the work you put into this channel. Thank you! I would, however, like you to do research on the app Tik-Tok. The people behind have very questionable - and according to some countries' laws illegal - methods of collecting people's data, and the app collects so much information about their users, and several sources have suggested that they do not treat those data with much care. It is not sustainable, and it is not safe. Please, I would like you to consider your use of that particular platform. For more info, please google... no Ecosia (That should be a verb!) the terms 'tik-tok data usage'. Hope you see this. Thanks again! 💜
"the most sustainable thing is the thing you already have" 🙌🏾💚
I love that you try to do things for people who are broke/low income. Helps a lot since I live in a food desert/urban area. Thank you
I made a sustainable decision recently and I'm so proud of what I did. My best friend is getting married this fall and originally canceled her wedding during quarantine. In June, she told her bridal party that the wedding was back on and told her bridesmaids what color dresses to wear. I stressed for hours, whether I should go the easy route and purchase a new dress or find it secondhand. Luckily, this bride is flexible on our dress style and gave us 2 color options. SO instead of purchasing a brand new dress, I searched local second hand boutiques and places like poshmark and thredup! I found one on poshmark for a quarter of the price! Now, I'm getting it drycleaned (it had stains) and hemmed by a professional! I am estactic that I didn't have to buy a brand new dress for a wedding ceremony (and they aren't having a wedding reception).
I'm so glad I was patient and searched second hand and saved so much money!
That’s so cool that you could find a dress second hand!
I found my dress for my sisters wedding too second hand! There are already plenty pretty dresses out there 🤗
As a great side effect it was much cheaper, even with the tailoring costs because the sleeves were a little bit to long. ♡
@@Daphnaee Who else wears bridesmaid dresses more than once because brides have different colors and ideas for what they want. I'm so glad this one was flexible! After wearing it, I plan on donating to a local dress shop that donates profits to local teen programs. It's very likely someone else will need this color dress for a wedding or event sometime soon!
I did this for my best friend’s wedding a couple months ago and she gave the dress a stamp of approval! (Didn’t tell her it was $15 at Goodwill!!!) Haha.
I wish I could sell my bridesmaid dress from a wedding last summer. It's been sitting on Poshmark and FB Marketplace forever. It's a size 8, light blue, if anyone here needs one! $35
I used my mum's old plastic Tupperware containers until they started to fall apart and then I replaced them with glass containers :) Using what you already have is the best advice ever to save money and the planet! 💚
Edit: And from now on I'm a new subscriber! 🥳
My mum and I are still using my Granny's tupperware from the 70's! Still going strong 💚
I live in Poland and I don’t know a single person here that has a dryer in their home, in fact I didn’t even know what a dryer was until i started watching youtube!! it was and still is crazy to me that air drying wasn’t a thing for so much people
Same! In Russia we barely can squeeze a washing machine into bathroom or kitchen, who has space for a dryer
Same in the UK. They are becoming more popular now but are still considered a luxury. Or at least a nice perk if you're renting
Same here in Germany. I never really understood why dryers are so popular in the US?
I live in a small village in Finland, dryers are considered kind of a luxury here too. Usually only large families or very busy people have dryers, I have one but it broke last week actually so unless it can be fixed I will start hang drying all my clothes. And dryers are definitely hard on your clothes, especially things like bras, things with lace, buttons and other delicate pieces easily break or get misshapen when put in a dryer.
In Italy they are rare, still not so common! With the sun and the hot weather we have, dryers are not needed
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I only wash underwear, socks, and workout clothes every time I wear it. Jeans I'll go weeks without washing😂 shirts I tend to wear a minimum of 2 times before washing. unfortunately in the summer I definitely do more laundry since it's so humid where I live. But in the fall/winter I barely have to wash anything
Same. I live in a desert and summertime is brutal.
@@mary.w. same in Florida !! haha
Same! I only tend to wash stuff when it looks or smells dirty, apart from underwear and socks! Most things can be worn at least 2-3 times!
Since covid I don’t go any place other then work , so I wash my scrubs once a week and I do have to wash them in heat to make sure it kills any potential covid19 that might be on me , I shower when I come home and put on my pjs , so I do regular laundry maybe every 3 weeks before covid if I wasn’t dealing with any flu patients I could wear my scrubs 3 times before washing or unless I did flu clinic shots , ewww I felt so gross after giving shots so those scrubs are washed right away
I use my work out clothing twice tho
Shelbi: "do you wash your jeans after you wear them once?"
me: *trying to remember when was the last time I washed my jeans*
but seriously, I just usually check bigger clothes for stains and sniff them to see if they're smelly, if they're not, it's all good :D or sometimes if I'm staying home I wear sweaty clothes (because it's 35 degrees celsius in here and anything fresh will be sweaty in 15 min anyway). Underwear and socks are an exception of course
P.S. for hang drying, you can just get any thicker rope and tie it in your balcony or bathroom or wherever you have space for this if you don't want to buy a rack, does not look so pretty but gets the job done
I find jeans get... greasy after ... whatever time. Which I guess is solved by the freezer hack. But our freezer is small and full of food. So washing it is. Like twice a year.
Same. I change underwear and socks everyday. Anything that touches my armpits gets the sniff test and things like bottoms and outerwear just get washed when they have a stain. It might sound gross but it must have saved me a fortune in money, time and effort and helped the environment. Also I wash everything at 30° on 'eco time' with soap nuts and dry it on a drying rack/clothes horse.
me: trying to remember the last time I wore jeans..
I have four pairs of jeans, most bought second hand. I cycle through these and wash them when there are marks on them or they stink. Hang to dry and cycling them means they each get less ware and tare over time. I need to mend the inside leg on a couple of pairs I otherwise can't ware but I do my best to make my jeans last.
Ah yes, the ultimate sniff test 😂👌
Yaaaasssss Shelbi dropping the facts! Vote and let's not let anyone forget the way that Citizens United is destroying us!!
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Omg Citizens United was the single worst thing that has happened to politics in my lifetime. VOTE!
During COVID, I’ve been getting into Dumpster Diving. It’s practically a free hobby, and I’ve been able to donate literally HUNDREDS of pounds of sealed food and I have only spent $3.12 in a grocery store since May. I’ve also rescued returned items (air fryer, coffee maker, coffee percolator, hair dryer, perfect condition makeup palettes, sealed Gucci perfume, and more) and given them as gifts or used them myself.
It’s a great way to reduce waste that goes to the landfill and I’ve saved SO much money. I have found that a reduced-waste lifestyle is actually a huge money saver for me, which is what drew me to the lifestyle in the first place.
Thanks for another great video!
Unfortunately, dumpster diving is a crime in several countries. :( It should be a crime to toss away perfectly good items instead of donating them.
Yes, always check your local ordinances before the dive. If possible take a buddy in case you have an accident. Wear protective gear - I saw a video of a woman diving in flip flops 😱. Take a cooler with you, take old grocery bags with you - sometimes stores toss a 6 pack of juice because 1 item inside busted, you don't want that stickiness touching your vehicle before you can clean it at home. Take an old sterilite bin with lid - you don't want lightweight items blowing away out the back of your truck. BE SAFE!
@@NivionScribble Yeah some stores are so evil about it too :( I knew someone who worked at a Halloween store and they had to physically destroy (like cut up the clothes) anything they threw away at the end of the season because they didn't want people to dumpster dive it for free. How crazy is that? They're losing money/product either way...
In the town that I’m from every time someone turns 18 they get to plant and name a tree 😃 I never got to do that though cause I moved before I turned 18 😭
That’s amazing! I love that! Is your town in the US?
Maddy Anderson no, it’s in Poland 😃
I love that idea where are you from ???
hi shelby! in one of your videos you should talk about "buy nothing" groups on facebook. it's a place where people list their unused goods for others to take for free! such a cool free thing to do. i save things from the trash via trashpicking, cleaning, and giving away the items i find on buy nothing! and it feels so good to help others
This is ideal for teens! I try to live a low waste life and everytime I tell that to someone of my age they are like: 'tf, how do you do that and isn't that super expensive?' So thanks for these tips, I am going to see where I can use these :)
Eco-minimalism when done in a non-instagram perfect aesthetic way IS CHEAPER 🥰 I'm moving into an apartment for the first time ever and put the call out for my buddies to clean up their unwanted household clutter. Almost everything in my apartment is 2nd hand, and I just picked it all up from their driveways and donated what I didn't need out of the piles (I told them of this plan before they decluttered), and collected the little tax return receipts for them. My apartment is gonna be cute - a lot of the stuff is actually vintage from the 60s and 70s! 🙃
Love, I am SO excited about this video, because this is hella important. But it happened AGAIN 😂 I literally also have a video like this coming up in a couple of days haha, it's already shot and edited. Are we synched up? 😂❤🌿 Lots of love!
Great minds think alike
Looking forward to your video as well! Knowledge is power 💪
I love this video idea and how you approach the (perceived) privilege of living more sustainably.
When I was younger, I thought the mantra "reduce, reuse, recycle" were 3 things that were equally important to help protect the environment lol. It wasn't until high school that I realized it was actually listed in the order you were supposed to attempt them (oops). Anyway, kids, reduce > reuse > recycle.
My tip: I unfortunately did this before watching your video so didn’t go through your link, but I not only downloaded Ecosia for myself - I downloaded it on every single computer at my workplace 🤓
I’m a simple gal, I see Shelbie posts - I drop everything and click 🥰
The only things I wash after just one wear are: socks, undies, work out clothes (if I actually worked out in them), and something I stained during the wear.
as a college student who refuses to pay $5 to do my laundry I go about 6 weeks between washes sometimes.
I love that you mentioned getting involved in your community and I would love to hear more about this from you. I think that sometimes we focus too much on how we can make changes in our day to day lives and the things we buy and forget that government and companies need to change in order to combat climate change.
I want to hear this too
that's so important too, we saw that during lockdown the world's emissions only dropped by about 17% because the majority of our emissions are the kind of thing that only widespread, large-scale changes like government regulations can affect. which is why it's great that shelbi mentioned voting, and getting politically active which is really important too, if you can. while voter suppression is a huge problem in the US, we have to recognise how lucky we are to be able to vote.
I noticed that you mentioned the library and I know that a lot of them have like dvds and blue rays available and like dvds of tv series. I feel like there may not be a lot of people who still collect dvds or blu rays but I have seen large collections. Those physical dvds obviously cost money and energy to produce and ship (if you’re getting them on amazon, which a lot of people I know do) Instead of buying every movie I want to see, I just go to the library and see if they have it available, check it out and take it home for a bit. There’s also like this super cool program that people who aren’t a library junkie don’t know about called ‘holds’. If something is available at another library in your public library network, u can place it on hold and they’ll ship it from the library where they have it available to your closest library u for either free or next to nothing! That saves waste and money from not having to produce as many dvds (cuz libraries are a shared communal resource) and having it ship a shorter distance (using less energy and gross gases in the process)
My favorite free tip that I heard in one of your previous videos that absolutely blew my mind was straight up use less. I had never thought about using less toothpaste than I was used to before, but by cutting back that small amount of product, over time you save a lot! It blew my mind because I had never considered it before, but it makes so much sense!
Sort of a "swap" for yarn crafters: You can make T-shirt yarn out of old T-shirts or other clothing items. This is good to keep you from buying new yarn and to keep old textiles out of landfills! Though the yarn is different from normal yarn and won't be appropriate for every craft, it has a ton of uses. I use it to make plant hangers and potholders. People make very sturdy baskets out of it often. There are tons of youtube videos showing how to make it, and it is pretty easy!
And rag rugs!
My mother has been re-using the plastic tuber-where from sandwich meat packages for *years* but it’s not for the planet. It’s to save her money. I have been getting second hand clothes my whole life because since I’m the youngest, my siblings give me their old clothes. And I’ve never washed something after wearing it once (underwear not included!)
I'll take that thriftiness on your mom's part as a win even if it's not cause of the planet. Still less plastic!!! ❤️
Tuber-where ? 😂
I love your channel ❤️ You keep me inspired to clean out my hoarded house to live a more minimalistic eco-friendly lifestyle 🌎 💚
It's crazy to me that there are places where recycling isn't the norm, even though I know that other european countries also seem to be lacking in this regard. Here in Germany every house collects trash separated (packaging, paper, regular trash that doesn't fit into other categories, (+some also collect everything that ist compostable)), there are glass collecting containers in every neighborhood, containers to collect batteries and lightbulbs in every supermarket and drugstore, and free stations where you can bring your compost and other bigger items. There ist also a huge system for bottles (plastic and glass), where you pay a little deposit for each bottle, that you get back when you return it to any store (Bonuspoint, even though widely debated, is that a lot of people can help themselves financially by collecting bottles that others were to lazy or didn't want to bring back themselves.) Recycling bins with four separate bins for glass, paper, packaging and general trash are also widely available in every city and in every trainstation (atleast that I have been to). Not saying that Germany is perfect at recycling and sustainibility in general, we still have a long way to go, but these measures have been in place for +20 years (my entire life) and I couldn't imagine it any other way. (Please excuse any errors, english is not my first language and my german autocorrect keeps trying to interfere)
That's amazing! Here in US, Colorado and a lot of other states it's mostly up to the individual - pay extra for recycling service through the trash, or save your recycling and drop it off yourself at a facility. Some grocery stores have bins to take back their plastic bags, and occasionally there's a city event to take in chemicals, batteries, etc (the hard stuff). If you live in an apartment like many of us there is ZERO recycling offered, I have to save mine and drop it off, and there's no where to take compost and I don't have a yard :( Crazy. I'd love to visit and see how they do things over there.
Pet peeve: when people throw out brown bananas
Bananas are one of the only fruits you can actually eat when they go all brown and you can very easily freeze it and use it in a recipe/smoothie
darniella dd I make banana bread! Love it, the bananas can be stored in fridge for weeks!
😱 Brown is the only time I'd use them!
I love how you talk about systemic/cultural realities in the US of capitalism and credit cards! So relevant and useful for people to realize.
I only wash clothes if I sweat a lot in them and/or they stink really bad, tbh. hahaha But that might be a mixture of laziness and trying to be sustainable. hahah and I hang dry most of my things.
Also, a lot of cities have a rent-a-bike service so you don't necessarily need to own a bike to bike places. haha (I used them a lot when I was living in Chicago and now while I am studying abroad in Taipei I use them too.)
Living and growing up in South africa. We have always hung our washing to dry our clothes. We fill up our sinks to wash our dishes. We re use containers food comes in to store other thing. 2 liter ice cream dishes or Butter dishes or yougurt dishes for left overs.
Yes! Another low cost/free thing would be cooking from home. I have friends that ask "how do I reduce my waste?" And basically eat delivery for every meal. Like... a lot of waste would be reduced, even if you didnt shop super eco friendly, if you just cooked from home? And didnt have like 3 or 4 packages 3 times daily from door dash?
Idk how they afford it. But it would certainly be cheaper too
Another great idea you have brought up in past videos: buying used phones. Not free but less waste and money saver!! Thank you so much!
How often do I wash my clothes depends on one question. How much did I sweat in them....I live in Texas. Underwear, socks, work out clothes, they get washed every wear. Other clothing items depends what I did that day.
You can keep veggie scraps in the freezer and when you have enough, you can boil them with some seasonings to make your own vegetable stock!
Another great tip for bags at grocery stores (one I thought everyone did) is to just save your plastic bags. We use them to line our small trash cans, pick up doggy doo, and any other ways we can think of
I'm so glad I found your channel, because you have a very positive approach to sustainability, also I can learn so much from you about things I never ever thought about before
Heck yes to washing clothes less frequently! Also if my clothes smell a little stale, I'll just hang them out in the sun for a few hours which airs them out, neutralizes any smell - all without washing!
I have been watching a lot of these sustainable living videos recently and I've learnt that Jamaicans do a lot of these not just out of sustainability, but also to save money. It may also be that low income households across the world tend to try extend the life of items and/or buy less.
Love from Jamaican UA-camr
A couple sustainable things people might not have thought of
When you go somewhere like a waterpark or amusement park make sure you don’t forget or leave anything there, yes we do have lost and found but a majority of stuff ends up thrown away. Also if you are looking to reduce your waste slightly save extra ketchup/ranch/etc packets you might receive and use them at places like that too as often the containers used for ketchup and sauce have the most plastic of any serving container(compared to cardboard boxes, paper cups, etc) sincerely someone who works at a waterpark :)
Started a “no buy period” for a year from May 24 this year for clothes, shoes, kitchen stuff, etc!! It’s been amazing so far!
These videos make me feel so much better 😂 the things that my boyfriend says I do because I’m “tight” ( don’t want to spend money ) are actually good for the planet Iv always reused packaging because I always was just excited that I could use that as something else for free 😂 turns out Iv been helping save the planet all these years. That’s going to be my new excuse to why I’m doing it. Also Scotland is so strict about recycling it seems compared to America. In my council we have a total of 6 bins that are collected for different waste. Landfill , plastics & cans , paper & card , garden waste , food waste , glass & small electronics. 🙈 it’s a lot of bins but they literally won’t lift your rubbish if you don’t fill your bins right ( yes they check, as only landfill bin can have waste in a rubbish bag which only gets emptied once a month. )
And air drying clothing is just the norm here 🤷🏻♀️
I am so grateful for Ecosia, I couldn't figure out how I could contribute but Ecosia made it so freaking simple, it works EXACTLY like Google and it's great
I've never heard you talk about Ecosia. Just added it to Chrome! I live out in the country, but thankfully, our small town (6600 folks) has a full recycling drop off center. I don't even have a trash can. I only buy items in no packaging or recyclable packaging. I've been doing this for about 5 years. Love your channel~!
I noticed the 99 Million a few days ago and got super excited. I love Ecosia 🌳
Another way I connect with my local community is our local Buy Nothing group! I’ve been able to give and receive so much that would normally go to waste, and getting to know my neighbors is a huge plus! I’ve gotten everything from a Thundershirt for my dog to plant cuttings to onions, and given a knee scooter for someone who got injured, a pizza that accidentally had meat, and groceries we couldn’t use up. So helpful!!
I love you Shelby you help me so much with sustainable living and going zero waste. Thank you so much xxx love from Britain
lol: i watch your US. based Chanel regulary just to find out now about the ecosia App and search Tool. Because their based at my hometown Berlin-Germany :-) the emission foot Print ist neagtiv by 1kg / 2 lbs CO² per search. Because they not just plant trees or use ecofriendly Energy but futhermore they installed in addition new solarpanels on their roof tops. Beside this great fact i find it verry comforting to use this tool for my search now, because of the verry high regulations and european law codes for customer privacy and security! Thank you so much for your helpful tips :-)
Reusing jars is much cheaper that bought storage. Also plant your seeds in toilet paper rolls for easy sowing!! 😊
I love the no junk mail segment! It's so helpful. I no longer receive stupid things that don't relate to me
Thank you so much Shelby for this video ! So great ! As a librarian I was really happy you mentionned libraries ;)
So... this is a different topic, but can you explain what it means to be "1% for the planet" or a "certified B corporation" (just the things you would normally look for in a business) I want to share this stuff with friends, but I don't educated enough to justify these to other people.
To those who don’t know they sell bamboo toothbrushes at tj maxx for like $5 for 3
I actually bought about 6 bamboo toothbrushes at TJ Maxx for about $7. Depends on your location though.
I’ve seen them, unfortunately they come in plastic packaging
Whaaaaat?!
yeah even though its not from a sustainable company, at least not that I know of, its a sustainable item
That tree number brought tears to my eyes. That's freakin amazing!!
I was so proud of my son, who is 9. His friends all want (or have) hydro flasks. He has a klean kanteen. When some of the kids were teasing him bc he didn’t have the “cool name brand” of water bottle 🙄, he said that’s stupid. They both carry water without using plastic and both keep things cold, why buy a new one?! I was so proud.
I can’t believe I am on this early! Love your content Shelby! I also make sustainable life tips but obviously I am a much smaller channel ❤️ that you for your inspiration!
Almost 2 years ago, I went on a makeup no buy, which led me to learning about minimalism. I found your channel because of the episode of the minimalists podcast u were on. Idk where i would be without you! ❤😅 lol
I'm so glad you are working with/sponsored by ecosia. I've heard such great things about them.
(sponsorships arent always bad)
I'm lucky enough to go to a college that encourages making environmentally conscious decisions, so there are bins for trash, recycling, AND compost in the main buildings. All of the take-away containers from the cafeteria are also compostable, and I believe the coffee cups are, as well. All of the compost goes to the campus farm, which is where a lot of our food is sourced from, and they try to stay as local as possible with the rest of it, as well. They really try to make the campus as zero waste as possible, which I really love. I truly wish every college had the means to be able to do these things!
And Ecosia has planted nearly 100 000 000 trees! So awesome!
My favorite find has been that our local, organic peanut butter comes in the PERFECT glass jar with a plain white metal lid 👌"free" yet visually appealing
Hope you're staying safe in Texas!
I’ve been re-using plastic take-out containers. The black ones aren’t recyclable but they are very sturdy and are great for storing things in the fridge or things like rice and beans.
I only wash clothes when they're dirty. When I spill food down my front - too often unfortunately I usually wash the spot - especially with grease. Much less grease since going vegan
I am low income and am inspired by you and Gittemary (it sounds like Glitter Mary 😂) and I just found a way to reuse medicine bottles! I can use them as food storage for on the go snacks! Perfect serving size!
I remember reading Marie Kondo's book and thinking, "how the hell am I going to find joy in folding clothes when I have to do it all the time and hate it?!" Now I don't wear my clothes only once before washing and I have found the joy in doing less laundry.
Hi Shelby! I've been using Ecosia on my laptop for a year now then realized that I haven't downloaded the app yet on my phone! So.. I paused the video just to download the app. Thank you for reminding me 😂 Love your contents and your personalityy!!!
I’d add joining your local Buy Nothing group. That’s saved me tons of money and waste by reusing things other people no longer want, and also give things I no longer want to someone else that will use it. It’s amazing ❤️
I wash my clothes if they smell or stink. It’s typically a little more often in summer because I sweat a lot. Most of my jeans go a least a week without washing
we set up my husbands streaming studio and bought a ton of stuff second hand. It felt great. We've been saving so much money by gardening composting diy laundry etc. No I don't wash jeans often lol
Yes our sustainability queen nailing it again with her widespread view on saving the planet 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I have a junk-mail e-mail, where I ordered many letters from shops and did not cancel them after the initial benefit. I did not think for the longest time that actually it also uses actual energy (electricity) to send those mails to me, to storage those in always existing form AND for me to scroll them through and most of then going to the bin directly. :o So, for the planet: cancel mass-e-mails you don't even want to get!
I buy second hand books of authors I love or if I want the series because I will re-read multiple times. I only buy new books when I absolutely will re-read and that’s really only from 2 authors (I’m trying to wait a while after a new book comes out to see if there’s a used one). Books for me are a way to escape, especially to get away from technology, so I can really only enjoy a traditional book.
I only wash socks and underwear after every use, other clothes I wash when there are stains or they´re smelly. I used to wash workout clothes after every use, but stopped since I work out almost every day and at home so don´t see a point in washing them so often.
Ecosia turned 100 million searches just half an hour ago!!!!
I'm still working to get through my ziplock bags from costco I've simply been washing and reusing them until they tear 🤷🏻♀️ and i just bought my Cora ball! I'm excited to start using it
I wash my ziplocks also lol 😂 every one says I’m cheap . I said I’m not cheap I care about the environment but for Christmas I’m going to ask for some stasher bags
i've been hang drying my clothes since high school, but that started because my dad was trying to save money but not using the dryer (we already have a $300 electric bill every month living in arizona lol). but i'm glad it's been ingrained in me for over ten years because i don't even think of putting anything right into the dryer anymore. i only dry towels (so they don't get that weird stink) and then i dewrinkle any of the clothes i hung to dry if they feel a lil crispy.
WHAT?! I can stop my junk mail. Bless you.
We both have valet chairs for that ‘lightly’ used clothes or most generally our work outfits which can be worn twice before a wash. We also have a minimalistic closet for two ladies. Maybe 50 pieces each not counting underwear or seasonal jackets.
Girl let me tell you, you inspired me. You did!
I started my journey maybe a month ago, and that made me save my moneyyyy
I just found u recently and have downloaded ecosia and already started changing my life to zero waste. Thank you for what you do
Repurpose, reuse, and use what you have are literally the easiest points on here. Well everything is pretty easy but honestly should be done of the first steps. I'm still pretty "beginner" but I am also pretty broke most of the time and while I have plenty of reusable cups, bottles, straws, zip lock bags, etc I am still making my sustainable swaps slowly but surely.
You’ve mentioned it before in videos but not this one so... turning off/unplugging things technically saves money and energy. Most things won’t make a noticeable difference in your electric bill by just unplugging it. But some things drastically do. The main one I can think of is desktop computers. Please put them on a power strip and turn the strip off whenever it’s not in use! My dads power bill dropped 20% when he did this.
This video has so many good ideas! One thing that I've been doing recently is we get food delivered and it comes in these big cardboard boxes so wait until we have about 6 boxes and then I put an ad on craigslist for free boxes if the person comes and picks the up. Someone always texts me within a couple hours and will come like a day after I've posted the ad. In the ad I just mentioned that the boxes would be great if you're moving. I like it cause then I don't have to recycle the boxes and the person who is moving gets free boxes and isn't using new boxes
I'm salvaging a lot of veggies from work! Zucchinis with squashed ends, slightly soft beetroots (putting them in water in the fridge gets them crispy again!) carrots with the top bitten off (by rabbits)... Saves me my grocery money since half my plate is vegetables!
I am glad you are calling for people to be more involved in their community. As I have learned from my engineer bf, there is a lot of systematic waste in our supply chain. These companies NEED large scale incentives and regulation to get them to change. Individual action only goes so far. Look at Covid 19. People stopped driving en masse (aka HUGE individual change), but there was only a 9% drop in emissions during the height of the pandemic. Annualized -- we won't even hit global emission targets to prevent permanent climate change!
I am smashing the like button to get more people to see this.
As demanded: I wash only underwear and socks after i wore them once. Sportswear depending on how dirty and smelly it is, and Every thing else when it really is dirty or smelly (like Shirts after 2 - 3 days, and jeans after 3-5 days). For larger things like coats i have one time in the year (typically when the cold or warm season starts), when i wash all used sesional cloths together, before I store them until next year. Oh and for all the not-dirty-yet stuff I need to store until next time to wear it, I have "the chair" ;)
THANKS FOR THE REMINDER OF ECO SIA! ❤️🌱🌍
Great tips! Great reminder! Sustainable options I discovered recently: pasta straws 😃 (not for hot drinks obviously, but after a few lemonades you got a dinner 👍) and used kitchen oil (after deep frying - rare at our house, but happens) can be brought to gas stations and used in bio-fuels 👍
i literally wear jeans for a week straight (sometimes more :p ). Obviously I stop wearing the same clothes when they start to stink or get dirty but those are the only reasons
Wow, your name looks so wonderful 💛 How is it pronounced?
Thank you for my Wednesday boost of serotonin, Shelbs. 😭✨
This is the original and out of the box content I subscribed for.
I’m a big fan of the sniff test for clothes but the season definitely impacts the frequency. I’m in Northern California and 100 degree days all this week means I’m gonna get sweaty so nearly everything is on a one time wear.
You have the prettiest natural looking hair 💛
Reusing things can be fun!
I love saving those glass jars from jelly jars, salsa, etc!
Also, this year joined our community garden & to help volunteer to clean up the nature parks in our community
We haven’t had any meetings though this year 😕 but plenty other ways in the meantime
I can help our planet & I put up a clothing line in my kitchen earlier this year!
I live in Phoenix, so for most of the year I have to wash things after 1 use. I’ve gotten into the routine of “between washing” my gym stuff in pre-hot water shower water with a really mild soap so I don’t do a full load every week. Outerwear during the winter goes much longer since there’s no sweat. Love this video!
In Australia most junk mail isn't addressed, generally a business just picks a neighbourhood and a worker personally puts advertisements in all mailboxes. The most annoying thing is, it doesn't matter if we have a sign saying no junk mail. It can but not always has plastic and it's impossible not to receive it, so if it's single sided I use it for writing disposable notes, and if it's double sided I can only try to figure out how to dispose of it responsibly
Hi, Shelby. I understand people who think that sustainability is expensive. It appeared that way at first to me too. But, last week I received my first order from Earth Hero and realized that in a long run the items I purchased will last me a lot longer compared to their plastic-wrapped alternatives. I got a block of stain lifter, a dish-washing block, organic cotton bread bag, and dishwasher pods. These items will last for much longer time than a liquid detergent and spray stain-lifter would. Therefore money saved, free time from shopping gained. I was so happy to see everything came wrapped in cardboard and no unnecessary pieces. Thank you for showing me all those great places to find earth-friendly items. My first imperfect foods box arrives today!
I'm glad you mentioned this in this video! Can you make a video about how you do research on companies and brands to determine if they're sustainable? Like what keywords, symbols and badges, etc etc? How do you determine the difference between a good company and a greenwashing company? Especially when A LOT of greenwashing companies use the cruelty free leaping bunny and recycling symbols and all that jazz.
I would love to see a video where you follow the ecosia team and actually get a behind the scenes about where they plant trees or their process
I downloaded ecosia on my phone and laptop because of you and I feel so proud when I see the tree search count increase. Thanks so much for telling me about it. 💗
if anyone doesn’t have a drying rack, hanging your clothes on a hanger then putting them in a closet works for me! there’s a little humidity in the smaller closet too which helps my clothes dry faster & they have a slightly softer texture 🧺
Shelbi, you are doing so much good (indeed, sooo much of "the good that the world needs"), and I love your channel and all the work you put into this channel. Thank you! I would, however, like you to do research on the app Tik-Tok. The people behind have very questionable - and according to some countries' laws illegal - methods of collecting people's data, and the app collects so much information about their users, and several sources have suggested that they do not treat those data with much care. It is not sustainable, and it is not safe. Please, I would like you to consider your use of that particular platform. For more info, please google... no Ecosia (That should be a verb!) the terms 'tik-tok data usage'. Hope you see this. Thanks again! 💜