5 Tips to be a Sustainable Shopper, Conscious Consumer, and Reduce your Impact on the Earth

5 Tips to be a Sustainable Shopper, Conscious Consumer, and Reduce your Impact on the Earth

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5 Tips to be a Sustainable Shopper, Conscious Consumer, and Reduce your Impact on the Earth You may have heard phrases like ‘reducing your carbon footprint’, ‘sustainable shopping’, be a ‘conscious consumer’, but have you taken stock of your individual impact on this planet?

A ‘Sustainable Shopper’ recognises we live in one large ecosystem with smaller ecosystems within the larger all affect and impact each other. So, in terms of goods and services, a sustainable shopper considers the most efficient and most beneficial for all.

We need to be able to replenish and continue these practices without over depleting or over-consuming resources.

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1. Buy local food as much as possibleconsider the humans behind the food Especially. during a global pandemic the importance of ‘support local’ has a different meaning than it did at the beginning of 2020.

Many small businesses staying afloat from government support (or not) and many ultimately not being able to continue in the aftermath of the pandemic impacts. The little guy out there flourishes from the locals in their community.

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2. Sustainable shopping – no fast fashion, natural fibres Especially. during a global pandemic the importance of ‘support local’ has a different meaning than it did at the beginning of 2020.

Many small businesses staying afloat from government support (or not) and many ultimately not being able to continue in the aftermath of the pandemic impacts. The little guy out there flourishes from the locals in their community.

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3. Reducing your carbon input by minimising transportation We all know there are other options but this prompt is to see if you can minimise excess use of transportation that harms the planet.

• Is there a shop you can walk to? Get your exercise in and have a trolley to bring home your goods.

• Are you able to walk or cycle to work?

• Is there someone you can carpool with?

•Take public transportation?

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4. Reuse, Upcycle, DIY Second-hand furniture items, use glass jars at a bulk store, upcycle an old bed frame as a fun DIY project. Reusable bags are a huge help to the planet.

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5. Look at household contributioncompost/worm farm Take a look at the products you purchase. How much waste do you put out every week? Some grocery stores are taking soft plastics which they make into outdoor furniture or other products.

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Make sure you rinse out recycled items so they can actually be recycled Look into having a household compost or a worm farm Buy in bulk to reduce packaging.

Support brands that do good for the planet

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