darling don't be afraid

[gayjomarch]

Mr. Darcy really had some nerve accusing Jane Bennett of not adequately expressing her love for Bingley like he didn’t spend half the novel talking shit about Elizabeth to her damn face

[matchbox-mouse]

Beautiful day in the mountains, Alberta.

[tackled]

[imgfave]

[10knotes]

I want to go to this massage parlor

[goodreadss]

Vincent Van Gogh - Oleanders, 1888  Oil on canvas

vincent van gogh

[goodreadss]

Jean-Louis PAGUENAUD

[preventive]

via weheartit

[zombilenium]

Photograph by Mathias Mahling

[herbwicc]

Zero-waste switches I've made so far :)

Hygiene and on-the-go (except for the detergent soapnuts and tea bag).

Also not pictured in on-the-go is a handkerchief and a food container. The containers I use right now are tubberware that I already owned (because tiffins are expensive!) and I use them when I go out to eat to avoid using Styrofoam take-out boxes (if I can remember to bring them). Hopefully I can get a stainless steal container soon so that I can leave it in a safe spot in my car and not have to worry about forgetting it when I go out anymore. Mostly, for on the go, I've learned that I can often just take things from my kitchen instead of buying zero-waste specific products like eating utensils or coffee cups (as you can see, mine is just a 12oz jar with a sleeve I made).

As for hygiene, there are a few products I have yet to switch to zero waste alternatives. Either because I still have plenty left and I'm not going to throw it away just because, or because it's the best product that has worked for me. For example, I have a skin condition, so I use a special facial wash and prescribed medication for my face. These come in a plastic container, but I'm not about to switch those out for alternatives that can aggravate my condition, especially as mine are prescribed! So I don't switch out products if I have them for a specific sensitive condition/recommended by a doctor, no matter what. This includes changes due to allergies (of which I have many), and vaginal health products.

Making the kitchen zero waste has been a bit of a struggle, as I live with my mom and she has her own way of handling that part of the house. She's coming around though! In the meantime I do my best to avoid packaging by either shopping from no-packaging options or making things myself. I'm working on a lot of ideas there which I'll post about soon!

The point of this is to say: changing to a zero-waste lifestyle is a gradual process that we are all continuously working on, don't feel bad if you still have things that are not ecofriendly. Don't throw away items that still have plenty of use just to switch to zero-waste ones-- that's wasteful! And don't be too quick to buy the expensive zero-waste version of items before checking what you can use around your house and what you can make yourself.

[thinkthisthru]

NONFICTION BOOKS for new environmentalists :)

For all who are interested in keeping the planet safe and healthy, I recommend reading nonfiction (and a lot of it!). As a young person (who may not be immediately taken seriously) it will help you educate people on important topics in a way that is factual and sophisticated!

Here are some of my all time favorite nonfiction books about our planet, where the future is heading, and what we as a collective can do to take action!

The Ends of The World by Peter Brannen (10/10!!)

This is a FANTASTIC, funny, and highly informative book that came out this year about the historic effects of global warming, and where we might be heading as a result. It reads like a narrative, and gives a really interesting perspective on global warming from a historical, geological and biological perspective! In the words of Michael Pye “This is a book about rocks: a vivid, fascinating, sometimes horrifying book about rocks and the story they tell about all the past and future lives of our planet”. 

Things you’ll learn about: climate change, global warming, geology, the past 5 mass extinctions, paleontology, gigantic boney fishes, climate change, dinosaurs, and coral bleaching!

Spineless by Juli Berwald (8/10)

Spineless is an informative, beautifully written book about jellyfish and their effects on the oceans and ourselves. Berwald tells her personal journey studying jellyfish from start to finish in a way that is sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes infuriating, and always incredibly interesting!

Things you’ll learn about: jellyfish (literally everything about them, how to catch them, how to eat them, how to raise them, the big, the small, how they broke a nuclear reactor, eating habits, mating, EVERYTHING), global warming, the scientific community, japan, etc. etc. 

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (10/10)

A classic. Just a classic cornerstone environmentalism book. Everyone should read it sometime in their lives. Rachel Carson is a badass environmentalist who paved the way for female scientists and wrote a startling, unflinchingly honest book about the effects of DDT on wildlife (in the 1960s no less!). I love this book to pieces, please read!

Things you’ll learn about: effects of pesticides on the environment, history, and the effects of widespread human ignorance

the LOST species by Christopher Kemp (7/10)

This book is incredibly unique! It focuses on the importance of natural history museums and collections, and how many species are discovered in the musty boxes and crates of huge natural history collections. The book is broken into small sections, each talking about a different species found in this way. Its full of surprises and narratives!

Things you’ll learn about: endangered species, how natural history collections are built, how said collections are incredibly important and are falling into disrepair because no one cares about them, mass frog extinctions, and 30 ft. parasites that live in the stomachs of sperm whales!

[livekindlyco-blog]

We could all be a little more sustainable for the sake of the planet 🌍

[livekindlyco-blog]

Think of all we could accomplish! 

[minimaliststudy]

“Resist the system that created consumers for profit, then blamed them for pollution”

(an amazing tumblr comment on a recent post i wanted to boost)

[colliecane]

I made this over the span of several days, so please forgive the weird little changes throughout the comic. Anyway, I’ve been real passionate about the environment/zero waste lately, so here’s a comic on how you can do your part! I hope it was at least a little helpful 💗

[minimaliststudy]

the 7 r’s of sustainability

1. refuse - if you don’t need it, refuse it. say no to flyers, plastic bags, straws, plastic cutlery etc. invest in a reusable water bottle, slow down and eat in to avoid takeaway containers, make your daily tea or coffee at home and take bags with you when you go shopping

2. reduce - can you cut down on how much you are using? buy food in bulk, eat less meat, don’t buy clothes just because they’re on sale. finding lots of little ways to reduce what you are consuming can have a big impact

3. reuse - can you reuse the product or parts of the product for another purpose? reuse empty glass jars to store food or turn old clothes into cleaning rags

4. repair - if it’s broken try and fix it before you throw it away and buy a new one

5. rot - if you can’t reuse or repair something made of natural materials, compost it. don’t send it to landfill because it can’t decompose buried under other rubbish, the greenhouse gases will just collect

6. recycle - send materials like cardboard and glass off to be chemically repurposed into new products. this process is resource intensive so it is best to reduce your recycling as much as possible, but recycling is always better than sending things to landfill.

7. rethink - if you can’t do any of the above then it’s time to rethink whether you actually need the product. find sustainable alternatives 

[chiaralbart]

Small everyday ways to help the environment 🌿 there are easy and small things we can do to have a more environmentally friendly life 💚  even a tiny change in our lives can help! these are some easy ideas, and I will be sharing some of my fave daily things in my stories🌱 of course there are loads more,maybe i will do a series about this topic,hopefully they can inspire you with some new ideas 🌸✨

[myurbanhomestead]