Since my last post in March, I’ve made a few new additions to my garden, including the compact greenhouse, proudly set up on the balcony to protect my lovely plants from the fumes (my balcony faces the parking lot for our buildings), the pigeons, which often sit above our balcony, and recently also against neighbour’s careless…
Green Dreams in a Small Space: Starting My Urban Garden in London
My first reason for starting an urban garden in a small London apartment was my desire to keep progressing on my eco-minimalist, sustainable lifestyle path. The second reason was the new documentary I have been developing since October 2021, which required me to set up a garden. I spent a lot of time on the…
Sustainability in Progress: What I’m planning 2022 to look like on My Eco-Minimalistic Sustainable Journey?
For me, 2021 was all about taking the beginner’s steps on my new eco-minimalistic journey. To make my weekly sustainable swaps, I moved my disposable income towards that goal. If the swap was too pricey, I waited until I had enough money to make the change. Pretty soon, I got into the groove of swapping,…
Small Steps, Big Impact: My Eco Highlights of 2021
” How to Be a Conscious Consumer?” was the article that started me on my journey toward more conscious, eco-minimalist living. I’m happy to report that 2021 has been a very productive year for making eco-minimalist choices and taking action (not everyone thinks and feels that individual choices matter, but I do believe that taking action…
Sustainable & Joyful: Getting Ready for a Low-Waste Holiday Season
For me, the Christmas Holidays are when I slow down, watch lots of Christmas movies, eat popcorn, cook very little and try to survive on leftovers for as long as I can. However, beyond its magic, Christmas is also one of the most unsustainable times of the year. To an already over-polluted planet, we bring…
What Does Ecofeminism Mean?
According to Wikipedia, Ecofeminism is “a branch of feminism that sees environmentalism, and the relationship between women and the earth, as fundamental to its analysis and practice. Ecofeminist thinkers draw on the concept of gender to analyse the relationships between humans and the natural world.” Ecofeminism has always been part of our human existence, emphasising a strong…
The Art of Re-gifting: Giving with Purpose and Less Waste
All my life, I’ve loved practical gifts. However, since I immersed myself in the sustainability and financial independence movements, my push toward practicality in giving and receiving gifts has grown even further. It doesn’t mean that the kids or I never receive gifts that aren’t practical for us. Of course, we do, and I’m always…
On My Zero Waste Journey Off, I Go Part 3 (the summer travels)
Summer was to produce as little waste as possible. I knew that avoiding waste entirely would be an impossible task, especially when you have kids who always, and I mean ALWAYS, want to eat or drink something. Flying Out On the way out of the UK, at the airport, we didn’t get any food wrapped…
Do What Empowers You!!!
We all have heard this saying probably a million times under many different circumstances, and each time, most likely, it referred to something else. For me, trying to produce as little waste as possible, which requires finding sustainable swaps, is empowering and has been helping me out throughout the whole pandemic. Focusing on something positive…
On My Zero Waste Journey Off, I Go Part 2
On My Zero Waste Journey Off, I Go Part 1 I’ve been busy in June trying out a bunch of new sustainable swaps. Not all of them have proven as good as I had hoped. But since I treat my journey as a learning curve, I’m flexible about trying swaps, and if I find them…