Frugality plays nicely with many other valuable tenets and environmentalism is no exception! Engaging with eco-friendly products and living a sustainable lifestyle matches well with frugality and does not need to be considered a luxury!
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Check out these episodes for more on frugality and environmentalism:
Ep 103- Frugal zero-waste lifestyle
Ep 48 – why frugality is environmentally
Headlines
What the Internet has to say:
This article from Brightly describes why environmentalism and sustainability is not just for the wealthy (and how we even began to think this in the first place!)
What Jen and Jill have to say:
- Is sustainability just for the wealthy?
- Products, containers, homes do NOT need to be beautiful and ‘grammable’
- There can be a difference between friendly products vs. least impact!
- Adopt a ‘work with what you got’ mentality
- Tip – use up what you have before replacing with ‘eco-friendly’ – also try swaps
- Make-up alley
- Buy clothing secondhand and sell clothes on apps (poshmark, thredup, etc.)
- We can’t buy our way to green
- Get DIY around the house
- Wash clothes in cooler temperatures
- Turn off lights! And use less heat + A/C 🙂
- Explore ways to be more energy efficient
More from the Internet:
This article from Green Foresters gives us tips on how to pair frugality with being eco-friendly
More from Jen + Jill:
- How sustainability and frugality go hand in hand
- Green doesn’t have to be considered a luxury
- Make your own products
- BYO cups + bags (we have found this helpful with guests – having reusable on hand when people are staying overnight)
- Buy secondhand first
- Native landscape – interesting one! Haven’t seen this on a list before – better for environment and native species and better crop yields
- Eat less meat and dairy
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Lightning Round
Small changes we’ve made check-in OR anything new implemented?
- Jill- still using my water bottle, sewing to mend clothing or have curtains less expensively! And blending leftover produce into a smoothie (yay for reducing food waste!)
- Jen- still using reusable napkins, NO PAPER TOWELS! Biodegradable toothbrush, purchasing coffee at home
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