5 days of: - 4 hr naps instead of 8 hrs sleep - sleeping at the office overnight - talking to at least 15 people face to face - eating raw food - unprocessed food - walking barefoot (maybe just in the office if it is New York) - cycling to work - not driving - not using commercial cleansers, toothpaste, soap, detergent, dish washing liquid etc - talking to at least 5 strangers per day - catching up with a friend per day - calling a distanced friend or relative each day - no music - no electronic devices - no talking, just listening - going to somewhere new each day - writing a letter to someone random or someone u know - eating every single meal with someone - no TV, phone, or computer - living like a blogger (dressing fancy each day, kardashian makeup, taking pictures of each meal and ootd, posting it on social media, vlogging and editing and all) - drawing or painting an art piece by hand a day - not a word of complaint - a walk before heading to work - home at 11pm
This vedeo is absolutely useful and it should make people realize that we can actually do something for our environment. I learnt some useful tips for no trash. Thank you for sharing!
This video was my starting point in environmentalism and its now my major in college. If not for this video, I literally wouldn't know what I would be doing with my life.
THANK YOU for this video! I've been looking into minimalism and gotten rid of a bunch of stuff in the past year but i didn't realize that i was producing even more trash then what i was getting rid of. i'm 16 so m parents think im going crazy but i genuinely love the idea of living minimalist and waste free once i move out. This video helped so much with that!
I am sooo happy I found this video because these past few weeks I've been really conscious of what I'm throwing away. Definitely going to take this more seriously
Why is everyone obsessed with glass jars?? Does it have to be a glass jar for a drink? Is it not okay if I bring a metal cup? I am very clumsy and would break it on the first day. It looks so bulky and uncomfortable to carry around like thats no what a glass jar is supposed to be used for..
In the Netherlands and in Belgium you need to pay €0,10 for a plastic bag. It helps a lot! I recycle my plastic bags and use it for twice! ( Im not so good in English Im Dutch😂😛😉
Awesome video! I love it, teaching zero waste to people it's hard we can show them it's possible! It's all about not being selfish and realizing what we are throwing out to the environment and the harms of our trash.
This is really interesting. I love the idea. Unfortunatlly we dont have those shops- where you can buy with your mason jars and so. But!! there is still way to be more aware of what you throw away. First step is bring your own tote bag. Refuse plastic bags in clothes shops. All paper from trash goes to recycling- also all magazines. I use cloth napkins, no paper towels- just cotton in kitchen. I used to pack my christmas presents with newspapers- it can be really nice and soo hipster :P Everytime I buy something in mason jar-I dont throw it away. I use those jars and lids when I do homemade jams. A lot of things in our lifes are really wasteful. For example capsule espresso- thats totally unheallty and a lot of trash.
I live in a small, blue collar town with no Whole Foods or similar bulk grocery store where I can just bring my own containers to fill up with grocery needs. Seems pretty impossible for me to do a major step in this process.
Buy your fruits and veggies loose in the store or at farmers market, buy food packaged in glass, cardboard, and aluminum. :) Thats what i do if i cant get to a bulk food location.
I'm so happy Lucie did this video!! 'Zero waste' is difficult or even impossible for most people, but making LESS trash is possible for everyone, and actually really easy. At least bring your own canvas bag when you go shopping and buy the loose fruit and veg - you can either put bigger things like aubergines and potatoes straight in the basket, or bring a light mesh bag for stuff like lemons, mushrooms, carrots... This is so easy and makes a big difference. (In fact you could also re-use old plastic bags, that's fine too!). If you drink loads of takeaway coffee, bring your own mug. Basically, like Lauren said, consider the most wasteful things you do and try to find a solution. E.g. if you use disposable wipes to remove makeup, switch to a flannel. If you use a lot of napkins or kitchen roll like Lucie did, buy a few cloth napkins and teatowels which you can wash after wiping up. So many cool and easy things to do :)
I loved this! I have been trying to do this for a couple months and haven't done the mason jar coffee yet, but I have been mostly successful on the reusable bags and I got stainless steel straws and reusable napkins, too! Pretty sure I am going to get this down eventually...
+Jessy Feng Yes recycling absolutely counts. The idea is to not send anything to landfills, so basically, nothing that is harmful to the environment or that takes years to decompose. Basically you can live by the 5 R's: Reduce, Refuse, Reuse, Recycle and Rot. Look up Lauren's blog or someone named Bea Johnson if you want to know more :)
It's a conversation starter, for sure, when you whip out your own cloth napkin and chopsticks at a restaurant and say "hold the straw" for your green iced tea. My best investment was in 24 white cotton handkerchiefs that I use for tissue and napkins.
This video really inspired me! I have really bad allergies and blow my nose with tissues around 100 times a day. I just sat and thought about how much waste that it, thousands of boxes of tissues! I'm thinking of switching to re-usable napkins that I can wash every day.
I loved this i want to start living less wastefully carrying reusable bags recycling& buying second hand things but except for fruits&vegetables shopping zero waste where i live is kind of hard
Where I live glass is not allowed on public transportation. It's also not alloed in public venues like parks or libraries. BPA plastic bottles or stainless steel for cold drinks work well.
Here in the Philippines we dont throw away paperbags or plastic because we reuse them for other stuff like where to put your stuff for school, for work, and more like where to put your stuff for projects
Great video & series. Ideas for 5 days of challenges - no procrastination, no email, going with the flow, tourist in your own city, daily outdoor time, and also shadowing people for 5 days could be interesting - as a celebrity or singer/songwriter, as a full time entrepreneur, as a mom with her own business, as a fashion blogger. Wishing you the best!
For hot drinks Keepcups are great as they're designed to be used at the coffee shops and include standard coffee size levels listed inside the cup :) I've had mine for several years. They've lasted well with regular use and are a lot easier to carry around as they're light and don't spill :)
+Colestercamps Yes but that paper cup has a plastic lid and the energy and resources need to produce the paper cups and lids is much greater than that needed for a reusable coffee cup. They really aren't that inconvenient, it does take a little to get used to bringing it with you but I've become used to grabbing it when I know I'll be getting take away coffee like i would my wallet or phone.
+ForcastingOnawhim or you can just take a paper cup and then throw it out the only time I use a reusable cup is when I care enough to keep it warm but then I just take the cup and dump it only my cup not going to go threw a drive threw with a line a mile long behind me. Your coffee is ready when you get to the window . People already wait 20 min some days for there coffee it wold take hours if everybody was useing stupid cups
+Colestercamps Ok drive thru coffee really isn't a thing here besides at Mcdonalds. Everyone goes inside a coffee shop here to get coffee even take aways so I think you can understand why it isn't a problem for us and why I wouldn't assume that is how you'd get coffee. Understandably though drive thru is a choice you and others make and that's up to you to decide and if you wanted to and were able I'm sure you could make the change.
+ForcastingOnawhim I go to Tim hourtens but even star bucks have drive-through's. There is no way in hell in hoping out of my truck in -40 for a coffee. And I just honestly don't care about saving resources I just do what I do and don't give a dam I recover cans and bottles to get my deposit back and that's about it, I have solar panels on my roof to save money on power and that's the only reason. I'm not going to limit my life to save an environment that dose not Need saving
this was such an interesting and really important video - it's going to make me a lot more conscious of the waste I produce so thank u so much for this vid!!
Love this idea and I do a lot: Reusable baby diappers, making my own detergents, freezing all little bits of fruit that noone eats and making ice cream out of them, freezing all meat leftovers and making pies or lasagna or pizza, looking for food with the less possible package over package, making my own bread or using cloth bags to buy it, making no sugar and no fat gummy bears for the kids, cloth napkins making yogurts and cheese make clothes and toys But there is still a lot of work to do, I recycle all non reusable materials but it's not easy to reduce even more. Portuguese retail laws are so non environmental friendly... :(
I need to go to a grocery store like that. Whoa, I've never seen it where you can buy honey that way. I'd save so much money buying it in bulk. Thanks Lucie
What about egg shells what about orange peels what about broken dishes or a mason jar "to be related" what about empty boxes of makeup for example what about a lot of things.. you made me think for a while lol
Omg this is about a year late but i can answer the makeup question. There are a lot of places that will take empty makeup containers and recycle them. And for mascara there is an organisation that will take old mascara wands and use them as rescue wildlife brushes.
Honestly- I never thought when I used to always carry a mason jar in a cozy everywhere that it was making any significant difference until I lost it and have gone for a while without replacing it- kinda seeing how most people still live. SO MANY PAPER CUPS PILE UP OMG!!!! It's kind of overwhelming to see how endless the waste cups become. And it made me realize that even small changes actually do make a BIG difference. And since having a glass mason jar is so cheap (like $1-2 bucks at a hardware store), stylish (glass is more chic than disposable paper), it's fun and a good conversation starter BC people always* asked me 'what's in the jar?' :) :P and it's overall so simple and easy, it actually makes me kind of mad when I see so many people even in a supposedly eco-conscious place where I live (the Bay Area) participating in this 'disposable' culture. It also makes me mad that so many RU-vid "gurus" continue to shamelessly stubbornly practice that bad, dirty habit- and demonstrate it like its some part of a glamorous lifestyle. It's trashy, not glamorous. I feel bad when I don't have my reusable mason jar, and paper cups pile up and become trash. At least they can be composted but still city composting & bins isn't the standard or available everywhere. But I've got to strongly encourage everyone to try this ONE tip out of anything and make try it out as a new habit and see for yourself if you don't think it's an upgrade. Plus- those paper cups are lined in plastic- and plastic leaches into substances it's in contact with heat (hot coffee), UV light (if sunlight hits your plastic cup) or freezing (freezing plastic water bottles - don't do it)- all makes glass a much safer option. You can get yourself a wool or neoprene or whatever fiber you want made into a cozy so you don't burn your hand BC the glass can get very hot and you don't want your barista burning their hand either. Also this company CUPPOW makes lids designed to fit into Mason jars so you don't have to unscrew them on the go and spill anything- they're made in USA from recycled plastic. They turn any Mason jar basically into a 'sippy cup' ☺️ I'll have to repurchase and review one one of these days soon - they work for kids too with small Mason jars- people may feel it's too hazardous to give kids a glass jar- but they're thick and when covered in a neoprene cozy it protects them- thy don't tend to break upon dropping you'd have to throw them with force. So anyway- to each their own but if I had kids I wouldn't be too concerned and would give them mini versions of my adult Mason jar sippy cup in a heartbeat ;) teach em' young! Hope y'all try & enjoy the Mason jar habit I can't say enough about that one little game changer 💕✨✌️
Impossible to bring a reusable bag or carry a fork or ask for no straw? Nobody told you jt was all or nothing but those three things alone will save a lot of trash
I love this. Heart broken there is absolutely no bulk stores near me that have wet goods like, shampoo, honey, detergent, oil etc. I do have stores that carry dry food goods though, and I've been learning to use them 😁
Any change in a positive direction is definitely good, but I did notice that the coffee shop straw certainly looked like disposable plastic trash and most bars without health code violations will throw out garnish like plastic swords if random patrons have been playing with them.
I want to have a zero-waste lifestyle but my mother gets mad at me when I tell her we should stop buying paper plates, and maybe start using tote bags at the grocery store :(
My husband also doesn't want to go zero waste! However, I believe that as I reduce my trash, he'll see how it's not as hard as it seems, and maybe he'll decide to reduce his trash. We can't force others to adopt our habits =). So maybe your mom will still buy paper plates, but that doesn't mean you have to use them. You can also bring tote bags for the groceries and pack the groceries up without asking your mom to bring them. Hopefully that helps, and happy traveling through learning about zero waste!
I say keep going at it. Tote bags are the best way to do the shopping thing. If everyone had exactly what they needed, it would not be so bad now. People at stores are often surprised when I tell them not to bag my things. lol
I personally feel that there is cross contamination when you bring a coffee container to a coffee shop. The barista is not wearing gloves when touching the mason jar. Germs from the jar can now spread to other parts of the coffee shop, milk dispenser, for example and I feel this will be transferred to other customers. It’s a great attempt at zero waste but it can have potential health hazards.
Great video! I'm curious how Lauren Singer does makeup with zero waste? Her cheeks looked really rosy, but buying blusher inevitably leaves behind a makeup compact. Did she talk about any DIY-ing she does with you?
+Lee Michelle Not sure about Lauren exactly, but given she makes most of her products (toothpaste, washing detergent etc) I'm assuming she makes it - if she's even wearing blusher at all, she's super pretty too! :D
This is great. But actually i think this should not sound like a challenge to everyone. Ok, groceries with zero waste is complicated, but bag, cup and asking not to put trash in a drink are just super easy and almost a must. Also after groceries with trash you just recycle
what did you do about toiletries and bathroom products? curious how to be zero-waste with that since I'm hesitant about using reusable cloths and constantly washing them!
3:28 if you add he glue sickin and it spills the inside out even just a little you couldn see and you won’t realize since inside is lass and a *very* and i say very i mean *VERY* poisonous fluid
this is great! i'd definitely like to make a conscious effort to reduce my trash. i'm curious- what do you think about recycling? does it make enough of a difference? is my trash company *actually* recycling like they say they are? there is a lot to learn for sure! every little bit helps. :)
