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ECO-FRIENDLY SWAPS// Ingredients in Soaps and Cleaning Products
ECO-FRIENDLY SWAPS// Ingredients in Soaps and Cleaning Products

Buying a shampoo, laundry, or makeup product is also about deconstructing the object. You’re buying the plastic bottle, the ingredients, the health effects. One of the easiest eco-friendly swaps is choosing non toxic liquids.

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Habit Building, Plastic Pollution, Zero WasteLeah WilliamsWaste, consumption, waste and consumption, Waste and Consumption, liquids, soap, dish soap, unscented, soap dispensary, The Soap Dispensary, eco swaps, shampoo, water, water systems, plastic pollution, toxic, non-toxic, small changes, green washing, green, ingredients, sunscreen, oceans, animals, empathy, clean oceans, sustainability, shopping, consumer power, agency, power, vote with your dollar, collective, decisions, impact, November, 2018, Life Made Light, life made light, lifemadelight, Consumption, waste, november, bottle, natural beauty, foaming agents, Ecomax, plastic bottles, sustainable, greenwashing, Greenwashing, Green Washing, plastic, responsibility, zero waste, no plastic, low impact, Leah Williams, leah williams, leah williams instagram, Leah Williams Canada, leah m Williams, Leah M Williams, Toxic Ingredients, the dirty dozen, david suzukis dirty dozen, david suzukis dirty dozen cosmetics, zero waste liquids, zero waste refills, eco-friendly bathroom, eco-friendly laundry soap, Problems with SLS, problems with Greenwashing, ingredients of soap, Trying to be more sustainableComment
“We can’t just CONSUME our way to a more sustainable world”
“We can’t just CONSUME our way to a more sustainable world”

When you scroll through Instagram and look at pictures of things in jars you may get the feeling that you're making less waste, but you’re actually just on your phone… The reality is that we can't consume our way out of a situation that is a result of over consumption.

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Social Media, Zero Waste, Stuff and HappinessLeah WilliamsLife Made Light, lifemadelight, life made light, Zero Waste, zero waste, zero waste and social media, Zero Waste and Media, Social Media, social media, Instagram, instagram, Eco Warrior Princess, eco warrior princess, quotes, reusable, sustainability, consumption, shopping, consequences, online, vegetables, scrolling, jars, pacifiction, numbing, pacifying, emotional numbing, phone, technology, addiction, media, trend, distraction, 1984, insatiable, why, culture, culture of consumption, mindfulness, September, september, 2018, consume, sustainable world, sustainable, we can't just consume our way to a more sustainable world, Leah Williams, leah williams, leah williams instagram, Leah Williams Canada, leah m Williams, Leah M Williams, PopularComment
HABITS// Make it Easy to Quit Single-use Plastics
HABITS// Make it Easy to Quit Single-use Plastics

Breaking habits is difficult, but it’s totally possible. A lot of the time it means getting really honest with yourself, accepting that you may need something specific to make a real change. The first step can be figuring out what’s best suited to who you are.

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Habit Building, Zero Waste, Plastic PollutionLeah WilliamsLife Made Light, lifemadelight, life made light, Minimalism, minimalism, Using Less, using less, Minimalism and Using Less, April, april, 2018, yeti, Yeti, travel mug, insulated, reusable mug, reusable, thermos, Ocean Wise, oceanwise, beoceanwise, plastic pollution, plastic, plastic waste, single use, disposable, coffee cups, plastic cups, take out, Vancouver, vancouver landfill, Vancouver Landfill, habits, creating positive change, positive change, being honest, asking why, how to change, flexible, compassion, self compassion, momentum, improvement, benefits, hidden benefit, rule, go without, do you need it, be the change, forgetfulness, make the change, environmental impact, environment, sustainable, sustainability, peace, ease, reusables, reusable products, zero waste products, low waste products, yeti mug, Leah Williams, leah williams, leah williams instagram, Leah Williams Canada, leah m Williams, Leah M Williams, I keep forgetting my reusable mug, remembering reusables, zero waste hacks, replacing a bad habit with a good one, quitting plastic, single-use plastics, single-use plasticComment
COMPARISON// Zero Waste, Social Media, and Feeling Not Good Enough
COMPARISON// Zero Waste, Social Media, and Feeling Not Good Enough

If you’re into Zero Waste or just interested in being more ecofriendly, and you start looking around online, you can easily start to self-judge and notice all the things you’re not doing “right.”

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Zero Waste, Social MediaLeah Williams2017, December, eco-friendly, Zero Waste, zero waste, instagram, Instagram, Life Made Light, life made light, december, comparison, guilt, inspiration, stay in your own lane, enough, enoughness, not good enough, shame, apathy, rejection, discouragement, vegan, veganism, ideologies, representation, image culture, critical thinking, mindfulness, sustainable, sustanability, sustainable living, ask why, self compassion, curiosity, stay open, lifemadelight, Zero Waste and Social Media, social media, zero waste and social media, Zero Waste and Media, Social Media, green living, Leah Williams, leah williams, leah williams instagram, Leah Williams Canada, leah m Williams, Leah M Williams, Don't compare your real life to someone else's controlled online contentComment