Oftentimes, I feel like a fraud in the sustainability community. Sustainability has grown in mainstream culture over the past few years, often being accompanied with images of Hydroflasks, cream colored mesh bags, and metal straws. Personally, metal straws were my entry way to the world...
Tag: zero waste living
6 Easy & Simple Sustainable Practices to Start Today
posted by: aaliyahinspired
March 22, 2023
Conversations about sustainability are often coupled with the latest products or items that you can purchase to be more “eco-friendly.” Things like Hydro-flasks, aesthetically-pleasing bamboo sets of toothbrushes or dish scrubbers, or nice cutlery sets come to mind. Although these things are a step in...
5 Sustainable Clothing Brands to Support Today
posted by: aaliyahinspired
June 20, 2022
You’ve probably read the title of this blog post and asked yourself, “what makes a brand sustainable?” When compared to what we call “fast fashion” brands, sustainable clothing brands are the exact opposite: slow. Slow fashion brands aim to reduce their carbon footprint by harboring...
Fast Fashion: Why It’s Unsustainable and Unethical
posted by: aaliyahinspired
July 15, 2020
Forever 21, H&M, Urban Outfitters, Zara, and many other popular shopping attractions are contributors to the inhumane labor and unsustainable practices that are hidden behind the curtain of fast fashion. Similar to how we rush to fast food drive-thrus to quickly satisfy our hunger and...
The zero-waste movement can seem daunting and often elite — only holding a place for the privileged with lots of disposable income to purchase the fancy swaps displayed on social media, but as a college student who knows all about having a tight budget, living...
It’s been a year since I’ve decided to begin living a life with less waste. This lifestyle requires a lot of learning, patience, and practice which means going zero waste doesn’t happen overnight. Throughout my journey, I’ve made small changes along the way and I’ve...
Trash — we all have it and the amount we are sending into landfills and oceans is getting worse. Everyone has heard of the viral hashtag “Save The Turtles ” and it took the internet by storm after a video of a sea turtle had...