+50 SUSTAINABLE TIPS FOR BEGINNERS //teens & people living with parents/roommates 

Cosmetologist here: coconut oil and olive oil will not absorb into the hair or skin, it will only build up. The molecule is too big! Jojoba oil is the only oil that will absorb into skin and hair, but it can be used on both all over the body 😊 just a information tidbit!

Can you please make a plant video? What vegetables can be regrown, what seeds you can find in the food you buy, easy to propagate plants :)

Another family friendly tip: You can often order eggs, milk and yogurt from your local farmer. That is more sustainable, they deliver directly to your house and most likely it's wayy cheaper.

Something else most people can do is simply leave positive reviews for the sustainable companies/ restaurants etc that you support!

Living by example honestly has a huge impact. Since I've been trying to reduce waste and eating mostly plant-based, my mother has become so much more conscious of her unsustainable habits. She loves to try my vegan dishes, we go to the farmer's market together and even when I'm not with her, she tries to avoid plastic while shopping. Even my dad has been influenced by my behaviour. He always makes jokes about it, but once my mother told me that during a birthday celebrations he explained to one of his friends why buying second-hand clothes makes a difference, and he also defends my eating habits when older family members question them.

After you use the banana peels to clean your plants, put them in a jar with water and keep it (covered!) on the counter for a few days. Then use that to water your plants, they love it, and compost the peels!

I live with my parents and they think I’m being crazy with living zero waste, I do my best with co-living and I’m definitely hard on myself for not being a “perfect” zero waster, thanks this video is what I needed to hear! 🥰💚

live your own life, show them how you can do things more ecofriendly without telling them they do it wrong, maybe one time they ask you for advices, but pressure always is not good idea ;)

4:57 you look so pretty in that dress Thank you so much for this video. I'm a 13 year old and I'm trying to do my bit helping the environment but was stuck with some ideas so this video helped alot. At the moment I sort out the recycling,I bike and walk litterally everywhere,me and my bff go litter picking-I bring a straw everywhere,I have a bamboo lunch box and I have a metal bottle. This video has opened my mind for more ideas. Thank you so much glittermary. Stay safe and healthy💕

Agreed! One thing I had my family do for my birthday was for them to try more sustainable toiletries like shampoo bars, bar soaps,washcloths, cotton rounds and bamboo brushes and toothbrushes etc. for at least a month instead of getting me gifts. At the end of the month they were pleasantly surprised that the sustainable product lasted longer and were more open to trying some other sustainable options. Any liquid products like shower gels, shampoos, disposable oeriod products (we had loads due to couponing) were donated to charity to help refugees and those undergoing the cost of living crisis at the minute 😀

I would grab recycling that my parents would throw away and switch them to recycling, I made a pinterest board for my wishlist with sustainable things, and the changes I'm doing are making my parents switch a fee things like choosing the glass container of something vs plastic. I'm also in wedding planning mode and have made sure to get compostable and wooden cutlery and plates for the engagement, bridal shower, and reception when we couldnt use real which comparing the prices for my mom was fairly eye opening for her.

I convinced my parents to use truearth as our laundry detergent and I just received my first Native plastic free deodorant and my mom loved the smell! Maybe she'll want one as well. Small "wins" like these make me really happy :)

i'm lucky my local bulk shop has tasty snacks and fruit&vegetables - all local. pulling those out while we were hanging out got them immediately interested in where i got them :D

Pieces of soap can also be used as a fabric markers :)

Another great tip is to make your own fertilizer by soaking banana peels in water for a few days! Great way to use them after rubbing them on the leaves :)

I joined a trade group on Facebook which means you can swap things instead of spending money. Is great because you know the people you’re trading with actually need what you have to give and vice versa!

This video is literally sent from heaven! 🤩✨Thank you! 💚🌿

Hey Gittemary... thanks for reminding us of all the ‘little things’ that accumulate to make a ‘big difference’ to our planet, its animals, and its peeps. This was very refreshing, gently encouraging and inspiring. You rock!! 🌿💜🥰

I buy "fast fashion" but I wear it for years. When it's not nice anymore it becomes either chores day or workout clothes. Tshirts become pyjamas and after they are falling apart they clean the cat litter and toilet.

So here's something that I have decided recently that has worked for me: I have decided to only keep clothes that I KNOW I will wear. I only have 3 shirts, two pairs of bottoms, a pair of boxers, and 2 pairs of socks. This way I am only keeping the clothing items I really need and I have an attachment to. I recommend Shelbizleee's channel. She has some great content and in one of her videos she mentions that when it comes to clothes you either sell that specific article of clothing or you give it away for free. But hey, I'm still kinda new to incorporating more sustainable, zero-waste habits in my life.👍🏻 I love this video by the way, in here there were quite a few things I didn't know and for that, I thank you. Stay safe out there💖 Also another thing I remembered, next time you go to the grocery store, look for the reduced produce. For a better understanding, basically stores will collect fruits and veggies and have the prices reduced which is not only a money saver, but your basically getting free food. I understand that not everyone would consider those reduced prices cheap but I mean that produce regualry priced vs. the reduced price is a steal. They reduce the produce because of imperfections and it'll ruin the aesthetic of their setup. When in actuality, they look even more beautiful. I highly recommend the documentary: Just Eat It, it's about a couple who eat nothing but food where it's about to be thrown out and/or headed to the landfill. Last time I watched it it was free here on RU-vid. I just wanted to add that little tidbit here.

Amazing video, thank you so much! 😍 The first package-free shop just opened in our town, and I'm about to convince my parents to buy there instead of the supermarket. Wish me luck!

If you use pads but reusable ones aren’t your thing I recommend Natracare pads they contain zero plastic and is made from either compostable or recyclable materials

Thank you for focusing on people who live with parents, its really helpful and appreciated!

hey gittemary, i was just reading about how olive oil can disrupt the skin barrier and actually make you loose moisture, better options could be avocado oil, hemp oil, grape-seed oil etc.

I am always happy to see your videos pop up in my subscription feed :)

Thank you, Gitte!

Thanks so much! This is what I needed!!

Absolutely love this! These tips are great and the encouragement at the end was so refreshing!

such a lovely and useful video! 💚💚

Thank you! Sometimes so obvious, but very useful!

Really helpful tips 🫶🏽

Great, practical advice!

Hi Gittemary! I am learning a lot from you & am putting things I've learnt into practice!

Smart girl! Thanks for sharing!

Great video, many fruits can be grown inside too!

You’re so cool! Thank you so much for this

In love with her videos

This video couldn’t come at a better time! I love these tips!

So many ideas! Even “advanced” people can certainly learned something new

Please do a video about Ecosia they are a search engine that plants tress

I love the way you say word "jar", it's so adorable 🤗 And great tips 👌🏻🙏🏻

I need that Gittemary pep talk at the end of the video to be my alarm every morning when I wake up.

Last tip was the best ❤️

Could you do a video on the company terracycle and give your insight opinions if it’s worth it as far as shipping unrecyclable items to be recycled

Love love this video 👍 💚🙏🌻

another tip is to set up a plant feeder on your balcony for local birds in your area

mm when it comes to pens, I asked for a fountain pen and used that my entire schooling and always rejected more pens at "back to school" time when I was in school in general idk why my family always wanted to buy me so much I already had around that time, but if you already have something that works, I found that saying "I have enough already" worked

I’ll show this video to my students!!! 😁

Ooh so nearly the first to comment 🙂 ....keep up the good work, your content has inspired my new little channel - thank you 💚

Ur very inspiring, can u suggest any sustainability documentary’s

just used the video in my English class - thx!!

Our favourite occupation for after big family dinners is to do a quiz. We take it in turn to write them; we laugh so much it’s lovely!

Can you please make a video on brands that make great products skin routine wise? I would really love that

I love your videos so much and you are such an inspiration! I just made a video on my channel for zero waste bathroom swaps. I've been doing a ton of research and watching documentaries lately and I want to spread the knowledge with as many people as possible!

I really just started trying with a zero waste lifestyle journey and I got some soap nuts to play around with. I know there was a soap refill tablets you recommended but idk how to get them in America 😫

I've started making eco bricks and when I get some money I'm gonna buy a normal amount of groceries and buy reusable bags for them and make more ecobricks and try to make a compost bin to try to make my waste less

Yesss I want to be eco friendly and I wanna homestead but my parents think I’m just overdoing things

08:00 Genuine question. If petroleum is used to make (some, not all) plastic and also happens to be found in paraffin wax, why should that sway me away from parrafin wax candles? Parrafin wax isn't the one that contains plastic.

I started watching you like week ago and i just now noticed that you're wearing lunula necklace!

Reuse nice cute ziplock bags that food came in from the store

Thank you so much for this video and it's all very useful! Another great youtube video on this subject is 'Plastic Portrait' on Planet Classroom Network. This video is about John Cloud Kaiser explaining how to use a plastic container lid to make a self portrait with everyday materials.

Im curious about how to move out of your parents place sustainably. Considering you sort of start over completely when you move out of your parents house.

Have you ever heard of any eco friendly whitebored markers ?

I'm not in control of everything that's very true, I keep nagging about wastefulness with my family hoping one day or other they will do it unconsciously. By the way I want to let you know it is better to use up the whole onion you cut either you use it in your recipe or chop and freeze for later use instead of leaving it out side they say onions capture any incoming germs and purified the air.

yaasss !

In norway every bottle or can we have to pay 2 to 3kr extra per bottle/can (about 50 cent extra) and when we return the bottle at any store, we get the money back. And the store recycle it.

Hi Gittermary, I wanted to ask you that if you have any tips for zero waste, plastic free items or brands which make eco friendly items for pets? (dogs)

Hi, What is the Boardgame that the people were playing?

Reuse water from washing machine to clean the floor; collect water from rain to water plants.... be careful. Water is Gold.

Dear Gittemary, thanks for everything u teach us! Personally, I already do 24 things of the things u mentioned (I counted xd), but living with 4 other flatmates is not that easy, especially not in the field of waste disposal and eco-consciousness. :/ I sometimes really feel bad for buying stuff in plastic or ordering something off of Amazon, but then I remember that this lifestyle is a journey and I'm working hard on myself every day. :)

Thrift shopping is way cheaper and more fun

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Don't annoy people who don't live a sustainable lifestyle. They might change if you are a good example.

How To Live In Harmony With Nature And Reduce Pollution 1. Many Production Which We Do Not Need Actually For Human Beings Has To Be Stopped We manufacture so many products and it is creating pollution. So if we minimise our products, pollution would be less. We produce so many things which we do not need, like cold drinks, leather products, potato wafers, chips, fruit juices, chocolates, biscuits, pickles, ice creams, etc. Cold drinks, fruit juices, pickles, ice creams, etc. Should be cooked at home only. If we stopped producing this things which are not required for humans, so much pollution could be reduced. If we colour the clothes pollution occurs. So if we don't colour our clothes, the pollution resulting from colouring the clothes can be stopped. Let everything remain in natural colour. 2. We Should Cook Foods In Its Natural Form We can cook rice and wheat in our homes and eat it. Rice and Wheat is produced in farms. Then it is packed and transported to big warehouses, then wholesalers buy from them and supply to retail shops. But if a manufacturing company makes bread from rice and wheat, then to make bread a manufacturing company has to be set up, machines and working staffs are needed. When a company is built many other things are also needed. Then at last a plastic pack is required to pack the breads. So if we start cooking eatable things in its natural form then we do not need many companies like bread manufacturing company, tomato ketchup, noodles, fruit jam, pizza, burger, etc., the things required for the company and the plastic pack, paper box pack and glass bottles. If done like this, so many companies will not be required and hence less pollution for the world. Also we could save our money like this. If you buy a packet of bread, it would cost you more money than if you cook wheat and rice in home. Previously before industrial revolution, we didn't have technology, but our foods were rich with nutrients. Now we have technology, but technology is polluting our foods and our foods are not rich with nutrients, and because of that also we have health problems. If this is done, then many jobs would be lost. For that many peoples should do farming and they should be given loans if they do not have enough money to start farming on their own. Food, Medicines, Surgeries and Education's should be made free to the world till the world settles down with farming. After that food, medicines, surgeries and education's should be stopped free to the world. Many people should study botany subject so that they have knowledge of plants and they should do farming. Is their any another solution, that humans won't lose jobs and also pollution would decrease. Humans have to take this step certainly instead of going on polluting the earth, making wildlife extinct and also mass extinctions of humans in future. 3. Electricity Pollution We create electricity from many types of sources like coal, water, etc., but it creates pollution. If electricity created from windmill and solar energy then no pollution occurs in the creation process. But still to manufacture windmill and solar machines pollution would occur. As I previously said that if we shut down many manufacturing companies which are producing things which are not needed for humans, then the world would not require so much electricity. If less electricity required, then less pollution generated. 4. Could We Stop Drinking Cow's and Buffalo's Milk Whatever vitamins and nutrients we get from milk, if we can get it from other eatable things, then we can stop drinking cow's and buffalo's milk. As milk has to be packed in glass bottles and plastic packs and then transported to places. All of this can be stopped. For infants whose mother's have died or mother's who cannot breast feed their infants, only for them cow's and buffalo's milk should be given. We use milk in tea and coffee. Instead of milk we must use lime with tea and coffee or just plain tea and coffee. A lime should be cut into a few pieces and cooked with tea and coffee or something else can be used instead of lime. 5. How Much Should Be The World's Population Every place should have a single house. No buildings, everything ground floor. If we do this and the whole lands of our planet earth would be occupied one day with homes, farms, forests, schools, hospitals, etc., then we would come to know how much our planet earth can have maximum population. Once the population is determined, then we have to maintain that population. For example if our earth can have a population of 10 billion peoples, then when the population reaches 10 billion, then everyone should have only one child till the population reaches 9 billion peoples. As if we have only one child then the population decreases. When population is 9 billion peoples, then everyone should have 2 children's till the population reaches 10 billion peoples. After that again we should have only one child. In this way population can be maintained.

There're menstrual reusable period cloths pads, menstrual cups and disc's and reusable period underwear.

Gift sustainably without saying anything about it. Wrap in fabric/reused paper/bags Gift refill pens because they are cool not because they are sustainable Gift sustainable soap products not because they are sustainable but because they smell good, you didn’t want them to have to buy it themselves, etc Gift through care and love not your view of life.

"If you're a person that menstruates".. love your inclusivity

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Question: what's the point in picking up litter if it's going in the bin anyway? Rubbish goes to landfills so really it's just moving the eyesore from one location to another, it doesn't solve it.

This is really informative! I have been trying to search for a RU-vid vid that really breaks down the stuff in this RU-vid vid! 👩‍⚕️Your breakdown is similar to the channel from this educational health enthusiast Doctor Ethan! Ethan's tips are totally educational and I actually learned a lot for my school. He is the most informative Doctor in Nottingham and he talks about conditions! I recommend you watch his RU-vid out and give the medical student a subscribe! 👉 #MedicalStudentEthan

"If you're a person who mensturates" my little transmasc heart: 🥺

You are such a nice and positive Person and I think your work is so important! It should be shown in schools. Greetings from Germany.🤍

Something else most people can do is simply leave positive reviews for the sustainable companies/ restaurants etc that you support!

Really helpful tips 🫶

Another great tip is to make your own fertilizer by soaking banana peels in water for a few days! Great way to use them after rubbing them on the leaves :)