My tip...if you can...CYCLE!!! Why not!? If your destination isn't far away, it's much better for the environment to cycle or walk 💚🌱

As well as only washing clothes when dirty, same applies to humans. I’m not suggesting we should all be gross and stinky but it isn’t always necessary to have a long bath/shower and hair wash every single day. Short showers, leaving hair an extra day, washing body using a sink or two of water and a wash cloth saves so much water. A few years ago we had a family competition. We started showering with the plug in and measuring how much water was in the bath at the end. The goal was to use less water than anyone else. It was really eye opening to see how much water was used when having a leisurely shower. I try to be as fast as possible. Another idea is to have a bucket in the bathroom and collect the water that is wasted while waiting for the shower to reach temperature. Use that water for house plants or pet water bowls or to water the garden rather than just let us run down the drain.

Thank you for mentioning picking up trash! My son and I committed to 20 min a day and we ended up just forming a habit. We now pick up trash any time we walk and we walk all over when we have time! I have this theory that people will litter less if it's clean so cleaning up the streets will actually make them more likely to stay Cleaner! May sound silly and simple but we see a difference in our neighborhood for sure. If everyone did just a little bit... what an impact

I would LOVE a video about proper food storage or ways to extend the life of food in your fridge/pantry/kitchen counter!!

Hi! I just wanted to share that this week I went to a local vegan restaurant and got take out in my own container for the first time! Aaah! I've not been eating out a lot since the pandemic, but when I saw a chance to get take out the zero waste way I grabbed it! 💚 Smol begginer steps lead to great things!

I use chopsticks you get from delivery as plant guides and I melt candles together when they are no longer usable and use an old piece of rope as if it were its wick! those are the two more random tiny eco habits :)

I visited my community garden and deposited my compost for the first time! It was a lovely, quick and easy trip and a beautiful garden🥰I’m give you credit for inspiring me to do so! Thanks for sharing your message

I've recently gotten the old vacuum cleaner of my sister and after some internet research I found a universal washable and reusable bag for it. So that might a be an option as well if you still have one that uses a bag.

My tip is to reduce the quality of the videos you watch on KZfaq. Every video doesn't require a top quality of 1080 pixels, sometimes we just need 240 or 360. It can divide the data flow up to 9 or 20

I started growing my own food in containers. I had a lovely salad today (kale, lettuce, mustard red frills) with beetroot and fresh peas, the only thing I didn’t grow was the dressing (which I just made quickly). Was amazing. Food fit for a goddess

Awesome video. I wish you were here for my encounter with the jerk butchering all our shrubs at my apartment complex. He threw all the trimmings into the recycle dumpster🙈. I told him that didn’t belong there. His response “everythings recycled”. When I mentioned the 9% of plastic thing, he got nasty. I wish I could have tossed him in the dumpster

Please do a Part 2 of this!!! I always love watching your videos xx

*Congrats on 100k subs!*

Straight to the point…Love it!

Congrats on 100k! 🥳 Love this, and I’ve definitely implemented a few of these into my daily habits already!

Reusable produce bags. Can be small mesh or cotton bags. I've had mine for years but even the employees at Whole Foods from time to time have never seen them so I guess some people don't know about them. You mostly use them when purchasing your produce instead of using the plastic ones you were referring to but I also use them in the fridge to help organize. The cotton ones are great for things that like it dark like mushrooms or onions on the counter. I also use them when buying package free bread but it does go stale super fast if you leave it in there. They are also great for buying things like nuts, pastas, rice, etc and they don't really need to be tared beforehand since they weigh so little. They're even great to use as packing cubes when traveling to keep things like socks and underwear or cords tidy. I know these types of things take more resources to produce but given how many ways you can use them, I think it's worth. Thanks for another great video!!

Yay, I do most of those, a few more, use handkerchiefs instead of tissues, use a safety razor, if you have a lawn use and electric mover not petrol

You mentioned this in your video, but I truly believe that we all need to vociferously say a big polite “NO, Thank-you” to free stuff. Most people just throw all those free crappy little gimmicky things in the garbage… perhaps by saying “NO, Thank-you”, we might be educating the givers of free stuff to stop this practice. Great video Gittemary, it is full of awesome tips that are simple, practical, and best of all… do-able 😎🌀💙Ⓜ️ary

it would be nice to watch your updates about indoor composting, please

If you bring chips packets or any package that has aluminium coating inside can be reused to when we you go picnic or pack food instead of using aluminium foil

Alsooooooo, congratulations on 100k Gittemary! You totally deserve it! Keep spreading your message, we appreciate it 💚🎉

One more could be to not let your electronic devices charge overnight. This damages the battery of your devices and therefore reducing its lifetime. You could also use a smart plug to indicate how long you want your devices to charge to control that.

Nice reminder! Thank you! And also short video that is also time saving 😁👍

the way she says PErIOd to emphasize is aweesomee!!!.......Congrats on a 100k girll!!

Happy 100.000 keep it up! Thanks for the inspiration

Congratulations on 100k subs Gittemary!💚

I took a walk today and came across a foodsharing shelf, now my little freezer is stuffed with delicious bread and ripe (aka perfect) bananas. Yay ✨

Great Tips! Only follow some of them, but better than nothing 😉

congrats on 100k! i love your videos they are so interesting and informative

I have a trash, recyclable, and a compost bin in my kitchen and also in my bathroom. Sometimes bathrooms get over looked. I'm having fun growing my own herbs and also drying some. I have a special spot in my apartment that I hang them upside down. Keep up with the great contain of your videos. I enjoy them extremely......

Congrats on reaching 100k Gittemary!! Glad to see you're reaching even more people :) I remember when I found you here a couple years ago I was thinking how could she not be more popular!? Keep it up! While there are many youtubers on this topic I find your videos and platform very helpful and enjoyable :) xo

I really like how in a few videos I've watched you accept take out as a normal thing people do and can do while trying to be sustainable. Way too many zero wasters just say...don't eat out as much. Which isn't something most people do 100% of the time so making the most out of the containers or cutlery or napkins is good advice. Same with buying discounted veg that's wrapped in plastic. My local grocers is generally really good about low packaging and they sell at a discount heaps of 'imperfect' produce but their really discounted stuff is all wrapped in clingfilm. I figure it's better to save money and the produce from going to landfill and accepting the plastic.

Congrats on 100k subscribers!! 💚 You deserve so many more!! 💚

I want moreeeee! So useful!

I waited a week before getting a silicone baking form for bread, cake banana bread etc and it was so worth it because now I can just bake my own bread, bake cake as a present for my friends, get rid of old bananas from my roommate by making banana bread and literally mixing yoghurt with flour and yeast to make some weird ass yoghurt bread and I can just cube old bread and throw that in the oven and put that in salad. It has payed off so well. Other times I have bought mini cake forms and I have not used them a single time and I am angry at myself for that. I hope to use them at some point to make little fruit cakes this summer

Ok, so I have done my homework 😊

This is great!! 💖 I’d love to see maybe a series on Zero Waste for Busy People and maybe could also include videos on it for intermediate or advanced zero wasters as well. I’ve asked for this type of video so thanks so much for listening! 😎

Great video, thank you. You can also use glass jars to freeze food in.

I’m so pleased that I am practicing many of these ideas already. I’m not quite ready to go to a vegan lifestyle, but many of the other tips are so easy to do. I’m trying to avoid buying anything that is packaged as plastic is so difficult to recycle and so harmful for the environment. I try to buy things in glass, paper or a tin. Have you done a video on comparing recycling of glass, paper, and plastic?

This is a really good, concise, low-pressure list for beginners 👍

I started storing all vegetables and fruits in the door of the fridge instead of the drawers. We can see them clearly and they no longer spoil because they are hidden from view. Looks nicer then the miss matched condiment bottles.

I have cats and dogs in special diets so u buy in large bags and reuse the bags for garbage. I save hard to recy6itens for our county's special collection days.

bravo!

I just got an ARLA ad about cheese on this video 😭 They're really trying huh

I love the word 'listical' ^^

I need to spill this out...somehow, you have Emilia Clarke vibe! 😄 Love your content, bye! 💚

Think about where you store things - I have a strong bag I was given for glass recycling, and it lives in the boot of my car, so when we take the dog out as a family, we park near the bottle bank and throw the glass in there. I make sure I have a few bags in my handbag, so I can give them to other people if they need them - we sometimes have free food at church eg bananas or bread rolls that are past their best before, & having cloth bags means I don't need to take a plastic bag & nor do my friends! When you do have to get something to replace a broken item, think about why it broke & how to avoid this - I got a stainless steel cafetiere to stop breaking the glass jugs of the previous ones I've had...

Go to protests! Support your local Fridays for future or extinction Rebellion etc!

1. Reusable water bottle + tap water 2. Repurpose glass bottles from purchases as water bottles (try not to reuse plastic water bottles as they can leak chemicals into the water overtime) 3. Use a tote bag 4. Don't put produce in grocery store plastic produce bags 5. Carry a spoon, fork, or spork in your backpack (can be one you already have) 6. Repurpose glass bottles from purchases for storage 7. Make at-home cleaners instead of store bought cleaners 8. Bring home and use restaurant napkins 9. Use solid shampoo and conditioner bars 10. Use reusable menstrual products 11. Use washable cloths instead of paper towels 12. Get a protective case and screen protector for your phone 13. Store lunch in a lunch box and use the lid as a plate 14. Get a bidet attachment or portable bidet 15. Wrap your lunch in reusable containers (like cloth) 16. Change to a renewable energy supplier 17. Turn off the lights when you leave a room (when you're the only one there) 18. Be mindful with home heating systems and AC (wear temperature appropriate clothes instead of/with them) 19. Designate a drawer for things you want to reuse 20. Turn off the water faucet between dishes/brushing teeth 21. Get a water-saving faucet attachment 22. Find out local recycling rules 23. Make more efficient home recycling systems (like compacting boxes) 24. Look at secondhand items/furniture options before buying new 25. Organize your fridge to avoid food going bad 26. Make room in your kitchen for regrowing fruit and veggies 27. Make a low-effort outdoor home composting system 28. Inside composting takes more effort sometimes but is a good investment 29. Mostly get natural materials over synthetics 30. Get energy-saving light bulbs 31. Choose bagless vacuum cleaners (also less of a hassle and saves you money) 32. Practice saying no to things you don't need 33. Spend less time online/on the TV 34. Prioritize spending time in nature or just generally outside 35. At night, think about if you need any reusables the next day 36. Make a list of 10 sustainable goals you want to achieve 37. Pick up trash you see on walks or at the beach/park 38. Shop local and/or in-season produce 39. Choose plant-based options at restaurants/getting take-out 40. Use said dishes as inspiration for homemade meals 41. Make recipes without meat or dairy if it includes them 42. Vote for the most sustainable policies that you can 43. Sign petitions to hold companies accountable for their unsustainable actions, laws, and products 44. Meal prep (can save time) 45. Only wash clothes when they are dirty 46. Get your bills paperlessly 47. Drink water over sugary drinks and whole food snacks over heavily processed foods 48. When ordering foods, request not to get sauce, cutlery, chopsticks, or other disposables 49. Ask for no straw when ordering a drink (if you can) 50. Store food properly/optimally to make them last longer

I agree you really need to get involved politically and vote for the right leaders with the greenest platform

I follow most of these steps, so l do my bit, 🌏❤️🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌎🌏🌏

Any tips on mending your own goods ?

I want to buy more second hand furniture, but I live by myself and don't have a car (my friends don't either), so it's quite difficult to buy it because usually they won't deliver. :(

So I repurpose old jar containers from like salsas and pasta sauces.. but how do you prevent the lids from getting rusted? It seems I always have to throw the lids out after some time.

32, 51 minimalism 😇🌿

Great video!! Just wanted to let you know that a lot of the add before your videos are for meat or dairy. I think it is so funny. Maybe they are thinking they can convince us to go back to eating meat. What a waste of their advertising dollars!!

Bummer, when hunting for the folding cutlery I found they ship in plastic and they provide a nylon case. I don't want any of that. I'll pass. I like the idea of solid shampoo so long as I can get it without the plastic packaging. Might try my hand at making some.

When using the tins to store food, how do you reheat if you’ve taken the food out of your house, like to work?

If you have to use those thin plastic produce bags for some reason, use them for your garbage bins :)

Another tip: Quit smoking ciggarettes. It's better for your health and the environment :) The amount of trash that comes with cigarette packaging and cigarette butts is gigantic. Especially because they take forever to break down and animals will eat them

One other eco friendly option. Instead of buying air freshener for the house, use few drops of essential oils like lavender in a spray bottle and use that instead.

A word of advice: look into fast hair growth shampoo to double hair growth.

I'm a little confused. Who doesn't have time to be sustainable? Like... you're busy every minute of every day? 🤔