Yeah I never understood why they need the *ABSOLUTE FRESHEST* of a product no matter what.

Your mum is a hero 😎

That's not a great sign in your partnership. He might do this as anxiety (not being productive enough, man enough, keeping up with the Joneses, etc. The meat stuff for ex is seen as maintaining masculinity in many cultures.

@@LaureMBrussolo oh no his diet doesnt really concern me as he is a pescatarian, though since we moved into our flat together, he eats the same foods that i do which is vegetarian and only eats fish if we go out which is occasionally. What does concern me is that he doesnt want to commit to reducing our plastic waste which frustrates me a lot. He buys disposable wipes for cleaning although i have perfectly good cloth and spray which effectively does the same job also he continually buys plastic bags from the supermarket instead of taking a reusable bag, hes forever buying single use items as well instead of using reusables

This sounds like you might want to have an open conversation with him. Not one where you try to convince him, but one where you are genuinely curious about his habits and motivations. Try to not show how you disapprove of his behaviour but instead approach it positively and to find his intrinsic motivation

My mom and sister are like this, saying they believe they need petroleum-based products to maintain their high hygienic standard. They have had immune concerns in the past but are also closed off to trying if the latest and greatest plant-based items work. Often I’m told that 1 brand’s product was tried 5+ years ago or the gentle products I’ve chosen are presented as evidence of “not good enough”. I believe some of this close-mindedness is related to needing control as they’ve yet to heal from childhood traumas. I had to train my brain to understand that this is their limit of “as much as they can”. Now I focus on what changes I can continue to make and share that with like-minded people.

I am trying to be more sustainable and I am definitely more on board with trying different things than my husband is. For example, I switched to using soap bars and shampoo bars, but he couldn't do that switch but he was willing to try and use re-fillable shampoo from our local zerowaste shop, and now that's what we do. Going to the supermarket I would choose fruit and veg that are not plastic wrapped or better still buy them from the farmers market if they are available. Since he noticed me doing that, he has done that when he went shopping on his own. I never told him he needed to, but he made the change if he thinks it is a reasonable and acceptable thing to do. He definitely isn't the leader in this journey but when I make the change he is willing to give it a try. And slowly sometimes I would suggest to make a change, and then we discuss whether or not it is a good idea. We compromise. I am very grateful that I have a very understanding husband and to be honest I am not the most hard-core zerowaste fighter. A relationship works when you are open and honest. Have a frank conversation about what you are actually trying to achieve, perhaps almost to tell him you are not expecting you or him to be completely zerowaste and perfect, it is just to try little changes. Perhaps he is anxious about what you are trying to achieve and worried about the stress of it if he caves.

Way to go ! I love our composting toilet and we've been implementing more solar. Little by little we're getting there

Also living tiny is a wonderful way of using less resources !

Thank you ☺️ I had a lot to go through today haha, but if you need longer to read you can always pause ☺️🌿

I was wanting to do this too! Most suggestions I found had Credit Unions at the top of the list but that became so overwhelming of which ones were big enough, local enough, could support intl travel, etc. Due to a different reason, I ended up opening an account with Bank of the West and was happily surprised by their new motto and company commitment. Whether it is greenwashing or real, time will tell. But it’s working on me

Are you trying to make me cry!? 😭😭 omg thank you, I am so happy that you like my content 💕

@@Gittemary no, thank you! I seriously do love all of your content. I don’t think I’ve skipped a video so far 😂💙

Check out shelbizleee I believe she had some car impact videos

@@authornesilstone I actually watch her I’ll look it up

I would be interested in a video of different car company supply chains as well. Plus how bad the infrastructure is here, between the impact of electric battery manufacturing, the lack of recycling or reuse of them after their life, and how infrequent charging stations are as well as where those stations source their electricity from... They've had like 50-60 years to figure it out, but haven't yet so it makes it really difficult to actually have a more efficient vehicle

The packaging has a significantly lower impact than the product itself. So if you find products with an lower impact and with more packaging then I would highly suggest you buy that instead of the product with less packaging.

Yeh, people/companies own the water rights and that includes any run off that would be going through personal property. Or they own the rights to the groundwater under personal property so you can't put wells or anything.

Actually according to the Colorado division of water resources residents are allowed to collect rainwater no permit is even needed just a closable lid and there is a limit to how much you can collect in a year but it's a couple hundred gallons.

@@Cat-nf9bh yes, I believe the allowance is 2 barrels totalling 110 gallons or less (edited for spelling)

It is now in the description 😎👏

@@Gittemary thanks !

L'energia nucleare non è necessariamente negativa però, se guardi anche solo l'ultimo video di Breaking Italy i commenti sono estremamente interessanti a riguardo!

@@marrykozakura9352 grazie mille, lo cerco subito!

Aw thanks 💕

Still, donating perfectly good food would be better...but at least that would be sth. And ofc some food is actually gone bad

They are big there? I thought they were a local Dutch bank only, although I've spotted some offices in Belgium, which is weird, as they are office-less in the Netherlands except for a tiny HQ.

I think it is the same everywhere, the energy is put into the national grid. But your provider either puts green energy or fossil fuel into the national grid so it does have an impact.

It's the same everywhere. But if you buy from a 100% renewable producer, that producer have more money to invest building more renewable plants and put more clean electricity in the grid👍

All my electronic devices, including my phone, are refurbished second-hand options ☺🌿 (I have an iPhone XS)

With the Unhook plugin for your browser, you can force 480p as default quality when viewing videos, as YT wants to go up as high as possible based on computer speed/internet bandwidth, and it also cuts out all distraction like auto-play, suggestion lists, prefetching unviewed content etc. Unhook took down my YT data needs by 80%.

I personally have an opposite view on this. We live in a capitalist world, money is literal votes on what gets produced. With more money you can support green energy generation, small innovative businesses etc...

@@amelie3012 Your view sounds attractive in theory, in reality you see people earning like 3-4 times avarage seriously overconsuming. They for example buy a Tesla, which is a great example of green washing, not actually lowring your footprint. Or they get a very modern new built well insulated house with all modern eco-savvy installations, yet the house is like 3 times as big, using a super big amount of materials, and still having the energy use of a regular 1950 home with bad insulation.

@@lovemadeinjapan oh yes I completely agree, but on this channel's comments you are targeting people with an ecological mindset. I believe that limiting people with that kind of mindsets to lower paying jobs isn't necessarily the best way forward

I think it's in the transport point.

It is ☺️

@@Gittemary oh sorry haha bad focus on my part ^^

Overpopulation is a myth that has its roots in eugenics, racism and ableism. Also, adoption is definitely not the best if you want kids, but is in fact harmful in many cases (especially in cases of international adoption, where often children are stolen from their parents). I would highly recommend you to read up on both of these subjects.

In the early 1970's this was a popular topic - over population was viewed as a very serious problem. There is a important boo on the topic - I think the author is Paul Ehrlich? ( Might be 'Diet fort a Small Planet') Now it is never mentioned - it should be. There are almost 8 BILLION people on the planet - that is far too many! Unfortunately I do to see things improving. I don't care how unpopular this opinion makes me - I've suppoerted it since I was 10, and I am now over 60 and yes, childfree.

@@itsjustlenneke yes it's very sad. It's best to allow everyone the choice to have kids or not. And an important aspect of that includes sex education (which is basically nonexistent in the US where I'm from) , free birth control and in the US legalizing abortions again.