I have just finished watching the documentary movie ‘Embrace’ by Taryn Brumfitt and it deeply moved me. It shows how our Western culture and also other cultures have very narrow beauty ideals which (nearly) no one is able to fulfil. These people – especially women – are depicted as ideals in advertisements, magazines, and most …
Sometimes there are many things going on and it is a struggle to focus on something in particular. So instead of having a major topic, I will just share with you some things in this post which I collected in the last days and weeks as sources of inspiration. First of all: Spring is coming …
Reducing purchases to a minimum is usually the most sustainable approach. This would mean not buying e.g. new clothes if it is not really necessary. Then, you can often repair items or have them repaired. You can also reuse e.g. by participating in a clothes exchange scheme/party or in a clothes rent or else buy …
Work is flexible. It can be done from home, from one of the public eating areas or from your workplace, which is usually in bikeable distance from your home. Traffic jams do not exist anymore, and commuting is short. You work partly for money, but as working weeks are shorter, you have a lot of …
As more things are done and created within a community or region, there is less dependence on international actors and events. Logistics and transport have been reduced. Value chains are shorter which makes them easier to control and to update qualitatively. Less money gets lost to unnecessary middlemen [i.e. "a dealer, agent, or company intermediate …
I already told you about the following footprint calculator in this post: https://cathagoessustainable.wordpress.com/2019/04/04/100-points-for-a-sustainable-day/ You can read all the details again there, but in short they say that each person can sustainably emit 6,8 kg CO2-eq per day (or 100 points in their calculator): https://www.eingutertag.org/en/ Last week I tried it and being at home and only …
"The major issues of fast fashion are obvious; it is a production planned for obsolescence, which all consumers have experienced after approximately ten washes with fabric fast downgrading, looking worn. By displaying great flexibility, high street, fast fashion brands are able to respond to customer preferences and trends with a few weeks of reactivity, due …
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