006: Living a Zero-Waste Lifestyle with Bea Johnson
A Sustainable Mind - environment & sustainability podcast
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Show Notes
Bea Johnson is one of today's foremost experts in the area of zero-waste living and voluntary simplicity. She is most well-known for being able to fit her family of four's trash for an entire year into a quart-sized jar. She has helped people all over the world achieve various levels of voluntary simplicity and eco-friendly living through her blog ZeroWasteHome.com and her book by the same name. She continues to spread the zero-waste message through talks which she gives all over the world.
The turning point
- By living with less we all of a sudden had more time to do the things we enjoyed doing
- Eliminated plastic bags
- Bought all dry goods in bulk
- Made reusable bags out of an old sheet
- Patagonia 3-way Jacket
- Bulk app, for finding stores that sell items in bulk, populated by members of the voluntary simplicity and zero waste community
- vrbo.com and airbnb.com for renting out your home
- relayrides.com for renting out your car
- eliminating junk mail
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