Go Gently Episode 8 - Lets Chat About Materials 

Bonnie, with only a few videos this channel has still managed to be one of my favs. It's so relaxing to watch such videos and get educated. You're doing an amazing job and you're one of my biggest idols. Happy Late Birthday tho, i hope u haf a great time with ur loved ones. I appreciate u and ur work sm, i absoluetly do not know what i'm gonna do if u respond to this. Thank you for educating us and keeping us entertained with your adorable face, lysm bonnie❤

Labour saving convenience is the disease. Recycling and upcycling are part of the cure. The sad thing is that people are so busy, for the most part: they don't 'have time' to think about things, and they just fall into habits that favour the labour saving convenient approach. Even materials that are recycled or upcycled might eventually wear out, so the battle may be won but the war against waste is not over. That is where the concept of value proves especially handy. How much is a thing really worth to you? Do you *really* need it in your life? Can you do without it, or make do with something else in its stead? All of this is important to consider. Well done, Bonnie, for your efforts to engender such consideration!

Somehow, I end up here every single day, and why not? Her words are soooo motivating :). Ma'am, I really do love you and your videos are soooo INSPIRING. Loads of love and well wishes :D. Eagerly waiting for the book...

My Question: Hi Bonnie. A lot of the people I know don't really care about the climate and it can be quite frustrating, because it's such an huge crisis. How can I handle the hopelessness, when I feel like nobody cares? (Also, I love your channel. So inspiring!!!)

Depression and work prevent me to watch all your new videos but i'll get to it from today with pleasure . Love you Bonnie and be happy.

When I was growing up we bought soft drinks in returnable bottles. They were worth 10 cents each. We used to collect them for candy money!

After watching this video I just want to read the book right away! Seriously, thanks for sharing all this information with us

Found my 18 year old self again watching Ms. Bonnie while smiling ear to ear from the very beginning up to the end, I just find this video very entertaining and very informative, this comforts me a lot ('cause I was actually crying a while age--shii I'm over sharing) I love your whole being Ms. Bonnie!💕

I bought your book for my wife’s 48th wedding anniversary present. We are both environmentalists and do all we can to recycle, reduce energy, reduce green house gases, basically do what we can when we can. Your comment about every piece of plastic you’ve ever touched is still here is what sold me; our number one effort is to reduce what plastic we use to zero. And I could not forget to let you know we have both read the HP books AT LEAST four times and probably seen the movies more!

I remember reading about throwing things 'away' and the writer explaining there is no 'away' really, it's all here on our earth! Since moving to a remote Scottish island I've become much more aware of waste, as we have no way of recycling cardboard here, and I just cannot put it in the bin!! I've ended up composting brown cards, and buying a shredder to shred the coloured card and use as bedding for our chickens. Also using cardboard as weed mats around the base of trees we are planted around our land!

I must say - I live in a village in germany at the east coast and the composting and recycling options here are optimal. Crops are grown and harvested here on fields, that means more local products, there are containers for clothes, glass, trash and paper and the best thing is, that everywhere where a bench is, theres also a trash can next to it.

Great valuable Chat Bonnie. My main concern is the over use of fertilizers, and pesticides. It saddens me to see so many houses around me and all over the world are polluting the world with this propaganda of intoxicating the lands for protection which is doing totally the opposite. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your love and activism towards helping our planet heal.

Go Gently easily becomes my favorite channel, and Bonnie feels like a big sister to me. She inspired me to continue my journey on veganism and start my own channel. Thank you so much, Bonnie 🤗❤️

You are the reason why I am happy, please keep posting videos like this because they are so beautiful

Bonnie, I am Russian and no matter what is happening in our country, you do not give a reason to be sad! Your videos are very soothing and motivating❤️

This is my fave topic and I wish more people talked about reuse and recycling. In my opinion, EVERYONE should have at least some knowledge about this and tried to live a bit differently, more green and gently. And now I'm getting interested in 'materials' that I use too. Looking forward to getting more enlightened, thanks for all the useful information and 'go gently' . 💚

I'm so proud of the woman you've become Bonnie!! I love everything about you, especially when you talk about the planet, that we need to recycle, help, not pollute and etc. I could listen to you talking for a whole day without interruption CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WOMAN YOU HAVE BECOME!!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MY LOVE!!!❤❤❤❤

this episode was very interesting, congratulations! I agree there's massive misinformation about recycling of materials.. I hear constantly people saying it's okay I buy this stuff, I will recycle it! It would be much better if we didn't buy it on the first place! It would also be great if reparing and mending was an easy option: in my garage we have a cementery of toasters: there is this tiny little piece that always breaks and it's impossible to replace, and no one in my town will fix the toaster! :( it's very sad that it's always so much cheaper to buy new rather than repair the old.

Guru Bonnie inspires again! Looove this channel. Please keep it up!

I could listen to you talking about all kinds of topics for hours. Love your way of explaining and your passion for our planet. Thank you for taking us with you!

(Contains questions for the upcoming Q&A video) This video reminded me of this - *"Once you label me, you negate me." - Søren Kierkegaard* Dear Bonnie, knowing that I can't commend and thank you and your videos enough, I would straightaway say that this video is by far the best I've watched on your channel. For me, it truly was the virtual glimpse of your approaching book with you topping it up with that brief reading during the last minutes. I loved the part where you enthusiastically educated us about segregation of materials surrounding us and the different ways they can be treated when discarded, but for me, the equation 'Waste = Energy' stood out the most. A major takeaway. Indeed, your professor put it brilliantly. Thank you for all these tidbits in your videos. Oh, in regards to the plastic pens, I'd like to share that since last 7 months I've been using ballpoint pens made from cardboard as their body/tube with the only plastic part being the refill containing the ink. Plus, the best bit is that the bottom end of the pen comes with seeds of different plants which can be sown once you discard the pen. Felt like sharing with you. Anyways, sorry for the lengthy comment. My questions are as follows : 1) When/How are you planning to make your book available in India? (It's because the currently available platforms either don't ship to India or the cost is too high) 2) I have seen your posts and read some of your blogs written by some environment-savvy guests. So, I was wondering if you have any thoughts of transforming them into or doing them as podcasts. Do you? Regards from India.

bonnie, i love your channel so much 💕 , i always come back every sunday every two weeks to watch your videos 💞, this channel always relaxes me and shows me a lot of very interesting things, i am very proud of everything you have achieved until today, i love you bonnie 💗, keep it up ! ✨

Very cool, Bonnie.👍 A great new way to recycle.♻️

17.2.91 Bonnie Francesca Wright was born, everyone knows her for her incredible roles, but she is also a great producer, writer, activist, and besides, an INCREDIBLE person! I know there is no "perfect" person but she is! she is a love, precious in person, kind, gentle, sweet, loving, caring, caring and etc, she has so many qualities that I could spend 5 hours talking about them. Bonnie you deserve the WHOLE world!! Who doesn't like you is because he's either a demented or an asshole, because how can he not love you? you are so lovely!!! Enjoy this very special day!! Thank you for always supporting us (your fans) even though we are miles away!! LOVE YOU LOVE YOU LOVE YOU LOVE YOU BONNIE!! I HAVE SO PROUD OF YOU!! HAPPY BDAY!!!

U are right if we see value in everything we can really solve this problem of waste I came here as a Potterhead but now i can see it is really more than it I too have interest in materials waste and how to give my best to help to save this nature and this video was really knowledgeable for me cause I am only 12 so I don't know much about these thing but am always looking forward to learn more about these . I would really love to read your book

Bonnie, I really really like your videos and particularly the topics you speak about in the context of go gently. I am a big believer of living a sustainable life and I have been inspired by your videos already and always looking forward to seeing new ones on here! And it is nice to see you again and see what you are up to!!!

Very cool, Bonnie.👍👍👍👍👍 A great new way to recycle.♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️Hey bonnie, just wanna say your videos are amazing and i hope your doing great!

Bonnie, next Go Gently episode MUST have rock and roll music in the background. PLEASE play greatest 80s rock!

Thanks for all you have been teaching us in your videos. I love watching you and I have been using some of your tips to make the world around me better.

Wow your comparison of every day goods to gold really put things into perspective for me. Thank you for educating and inspiring us to become better humans for our earth.

The intro and graphics are absolutely beautiful 💛💛💛

I knew you looked familiar. I study architecture and I was writing a research paper last semester was about waste management and architecture design. Another student had a similar topic, her solution was focused on using the waste as building material itself. With mine, I studied more on how the waste was produced and how to better process them, especially with construction waste, streamlining the process and making it more efficient to give them new life. It's very hard to efficiently reuse/recycle waste at both an individual and systemic level, even the efforts being done now are not very sustainable, the little things like the candles, canvas bags, etc. do very little to help the garbage crisis, and take too much work for whatever benefits they have. The problem is daunting, but I commend people who make the effort, no matter how small. Channels like this are good because it brings the topic to mainstream culture because the real solution will be a broader interdisciplinary solution. There has to be a re-imagining of how to use materials and produce new products to always keep in mind the end. Circular economy is the key word. Waste management systems need innovation and new kinds of jobs have to be made cause people trying to reuse their coke bottles at home almost make no difference. Thanks Bonnie for caring about this topic.

I love this Video. Pleeeeease more information about Materials 🙏 Greetings from Austria :)

Your account and you inspire me. Looking forward to your new video. You are my favorite channel and my favorite person. Your channel and you are number one for me!!

Thanks for the tip on composting pencil sharpening! I tend to use a pencil quite a bit too but never thought about composting once sharpened. Good tip 🥰 Also can’t wait for Go Gently to come out! Sounds like it’s going to be full of such useful and thought-provoking info, I love learning about new ways to help the planet ☺️

she is incredible, I love her, she is my idol since I was 6 years old, she changed my life forever

Your videos are always a source of light on a cloudy day. Thanks for sharing with us 💛 - Julia

Happy belated birthday Bonnie!

Thank you for your advices. With your videos I learnt a lot ❤️ Your channel is like gold for the Earth

Thank you Bonnie for your inspirational words and educational videos. I struggled to effectively make changes in the past, because I was getting so overwhelmed by all the waste and pollution around us. By starting “gently” I can see the change in my household and I can share these information at school to empower (and inform) others. Thank you again for your help you are amazing :)

such valuable information!! Thank you Bonnie for all you do. Love love love your videos!

I love everything you used to tell us in your videos its always so informative and good. You're really a great human being. Lots of love💓💓💓

LOVE THIS-- regarding pens. I often use pens as a medium for art and for a basic low cost ballpoint pen I chose to use the Pilot G2 (and others like it) because it has refills. Instead of chucking out the whole pen, you only need to dispose of the ink well. Still using some plastic BUT a much smaller amount. Alternatively, fountain pens, while often a bit pricier, are refillable. To recycle ("recycle") pens, markers and other plastic based writing utensils (even watercolor pallets) , Terracycle has a program where you fill a box with writing implements and they work directly with manufacturers to make sure the material is reused. They generally have a waitlist but it takes a while to collect enough pens anyway. Cheers!

I love these kinds of things and I really don’t know how to start changing things in my house hold and you teach me so much! You’ve inspired me so much thank you Bonnie!!

this is so calming! these videos give me so much information about the planet! ive even started using reusable things and recycling the right way!

I am so happy you make these videos and I love watching them and I learn a lot of things from these videos. I also love your vlogs.

This was a great introductory discussion about materials. I’m really looking forward to reading the book and learning more! :)

I’m so happy for these video series, i feel like i’m having a nice chat about our planet with one of my favourite people that i think i’ll never be able to chat😅❤️

YEEEI, new video!

You seem so calm and realistic(You act real and like your own self). It feels so nice watching your videos. I really love it .😊💞

Happy 31 birthday Bonnie Wright I love you

Well-articulated, Bonnie! I look forward to seeing your book in my local bookstore! 🤗🤓

After Leonardo you are the star who care about environment 💙💚 🌍 Bonnie

I really appreciate your approach of teaching new things without fear mongering or sounding belittling about environmentalism. You are so approachable in your educating and I look forward to learning something new every time. Thank you for sharing information and sharing your time

I am a materials engineer and I really enjoyed your perfect explanation of the different types of materials.

Very interesting and inspiring video! Took a lot of notes! Your channel is the perfect place to learn a lot about environment, better ourselves and relax (thanks to your peaceful voice)

My precious Bonnie you inspire me so much and you bright up my day good luck with your book and stay safe

Hi Bonnie, you have no idea how much I love watching your videos. I am excited about your book, I already want it to come out and I hope it comes out in Latin America. You look so pretty and I love hearing you talk about these topics. I hope you are well, I love you

This is so incredibly helpful. *Thank you* so much for all the love and effort you put into these videos!

Hey everyone my name is Mariama, I‘m from Germany :) In Germany there is a brand (BIG) which has recycle stations for used and broken plastic pens all over the country. You can bring your pens there and they recycle it into different new things. Maybe there is something similar in your area. I Love your Chanel Bonnie it’s so inspiring :))

Bonnie, I often find myself clueless how I can start living in a way that is the least harming for our earth. I am so glad you started this channel as you break down what can be done in such a simple, motivating and inspiring way. Your channel really has become my safe place and is able to calm me down in this crazy world we live in. I can't wait to read your book and learn even more! Sending you so much love

Bonnie, I'm so excited for your book that it's the first time I'm pre-ordering a book!! 💘💘

Absolutely amazing video!! Love you ❤ I absolutely love your your videos Bonnie!! Luv you❤️

I absolutely love your your videos Bonnie!! Luv you❤️

Absolutely amazing video!! Love you ❤

Hi Bonnie! You are amazing and bring so much positivity in to this world. Your videos help me relax. I love how you want to change the world into a better place! Good luck with your book I'm very excited to get to read it. Love you ♡ stay safe!

I like this video, it's very interesting to read books

Question for your Q&A video: What are your top five beginner tips for someone who wants to begin living life more eco friendly/where should someone start when they want to change their life to be more eco friendly? loved this video!! keep them coming!! ❤️

Love your videos ❤️

Great and very informative video! I highly recommend the documentary "Kiss the ground" which i think you would love! It's all about soil regeneration and existing solutions for that!

Hey bonnie, just wanna say your videos are amazing and i hope your doing great!

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I love your videos and your vibes!! It makes me feel happy 😌🌷💗

She explains it better than our science teacher. I love youu Bonnie💚💚💚💚

Bonnie, you are doing great on that book, it must take a lot of pride to write 50000 words. I hope your book gets to the whole world or most of it, lots of information in there, you keep up the good work!

This is fascinating. Thank you!!

You are a great person Bonnie, I love your videos and recommend your videos to people around me. The content of your videos is great, thanks to you, many people are helping nature. I'm looking forward to your book and I'm sure it will be excellent. Thank you very much for helping our nature and sharing these beautiful ideas with us!! ❤❤

So excited for the book Bonnie! I’ve learned so much from you already from these videos! ❤️

Love your insights, Bonnie! They are eye-opening and inspiring, and now I'm excited to read through your book and find out more.

Hi Bonnie, I love you, and your video's is amazing! 🥰❤️

Bonnie I LOVE these videos

Bonnie, my sweet princess beloved with only a few videos this channel has still managed to be one of my favs. It's so relaxing to watch such videos and get educated. You're doing an amazing job and you're one of my biggest idols. Happy Late Birthday tho, i hope u haf a great time with ur loved ones. I appreciate u and ur work sm, i absoluetly do not know what i'm gonna do if u respond to this. Thank you for educating us and keeping us entertained with your adorable face, love you so much my beloved Bonnie❤❤❤❤❤

amazing video as always! you are wonderful ❤️

I love this video! Thank you so so much

I really love your channel Bonnie, it is very good to raise awareness for the environment and much better if it is fun, your videos are very motivating, I love you bonnie 💞

I really appreciate how educational your videos are, not just about how we can care for the world in our everyday life but also the wider picture that connects to these smaller acts

Hello, Bonnie 🤍thank you for another thoughtful and inspiring video - in this hard times it really gives a chance to swap for something cozy and really useful! The more I learn from you the more attention try to give to what surrounds me and my dearest, thank you 🤗 I bear hope that your book will reach Russia, too🙏🏻Life changes every day but it doesn't mean we should be careless about our home- Earth 🙏🏻

Bonnie you are truly an Inspiration. You are so awesome. I enjoy your videos and get to know you better. Stay safe and have a wonderful day 💓

I love the way you talk about various topics related to nature. It's very educational and motivating. Thank you for your hard work.

Love your vids, inspiring ❤️

I love learning from you and being a part of this community 💕

your videos make my heart feel at ease kinda. You have such a positive, calming personality

I absolutely love your video! You share some very enlightening information. I have learned so much from you. Thank you!

Great episode! Thank you for always teach us, in a very gentle way, to look differently at the things that sorround our day to day life! By the way, clearly this book was beautifully written, I loved to hear a bit of it. Can’t wait until it’s out ❤️

Great episode as always and a happy belated birthday!

I HAVE SO PROUD OF YOU BONNIE SERIOUSLY!!!!!

I am always looking forward to your videos. They inspire me a lot 😍✨! I can't wait to read your book 🤩🙃! Thank you Bonnie

I love your videos so much! Gogently is my favorite chanell and soon i will read and will be my favorite book too! I love you so much, and you are my inspiration, i admire you so much and have so proud of you!! Thanks for all the thing you already do for our planet💗

I can’t wait until your book comes out Bonnie!

So much knowledge❤🙏 I love watching you’re videos❤❤