Living like things don't exist August 15, 2016 09:30
We've developed a bit of a habit in our family, of living like certain things don't exist. It began with choosing to have our second baby at home. Later, we decided to home educate our owlets and, through our school-free adventures, we gradually forgot school was such a big part life for so many. Living without it quickly became so normal for us, we were surprised every time the school holidays happened and there were children everywhere again!
For us, it was surprising just how quickly we adapted to a world where single-use plastics and products don't exist. We started to always remember our water bottles, remember shopping bags, coffee cups and straws if we thought we'd need them. Even the owlets were totally on board with it... And so zero waste life became very achievable. There are still a couple of things we'd like to remove from our realm of options - they're a work in progress. Some are used based on their ability to compost in our garden, or fill our bellies in a way that works for us right now. For now, we are comfortable with them, but I'm interested to see how we go down the track.
Feel like playing along with us? We have a Facebook group called Zero Waste Tasmaniawhere we run these weekly challenges for people to pretend single-use things don't exist for a week each.
It can be fun to test the boundaries of what you're comfortable sometimes and seeing things from a different perspective, don't you think?
~ Lauren. xx