sustainability looks to protect our natural environment, human and ecological health, while driving innovation and not compromising our way of life.
People are attracted to sustainability, green living, or conscious life, because they are starting to realize that the everyday choices that all of us make have a great impact on our planet. I believe that finding a way to ensure us a sustainable life should be our top priority if we care about nature, humans, and animals.
Shopping for eco-friendly and ethical clothing is an essential thing for any conscious woman. This means that we need to stay away from fast-fashion and it’s important to restrain from our desire for constant and instinctive consumption.
Shopping can be a simple functional activity and not a thing that we do when we are bored or when we feel emotionally drained. But of course, we all like to buy something from time to time and this is totally normal. Instead of having a huge wardrobe, with many clothes that we don’t like to wear it’s better to choose quality over quantity. You can buy organic natural fibers, shop for clothing that is made from recycled textiles and yarns, choose handmade jewelry and fair-trade certified clothes, which are produced in conditions that offer the workers reasonable pay.
Sustainable fashion is actually a lifestyle where you commit to buy clothing, shoes and other things that don’t harm the environment or humans in any way; this means no animal leather or fur also. Being mindful when you shop will transform you into a more conscious and aware person, while you will learn to appreciate deeply everything that you own.
Other things that you can do are: reducing household energy use, eat locally, grow your own food, recycle as much as possible, donate stuff you don’t use anymore, purchase fair-trade products like organic coffee, sugar, tea, chocolate, and fruits.
Sustainably living may not be for everyone, especially because we are often driven by society to believe we always need new things, new clothing, new make-up, new shoes, and new phones. However, if we want to live in a better world and are interested in the effect of our actions, it’s good to take into consideration this way of living. Of course, sustainability applies to all areas of life like clothes, shoes, cosmetics, travel, home, and food.
A conscious life means being aware of how your actions may affect the entire world around you. When you buy fast-fashion you sustain modern-day slavery, environmental instability and the death of innocent animals. Of course, sustainability goes hand in hand with veganism, but this should be obvious.
Getting into the right mindset may be the first thing that you need to do, after that by just taking baby steps you will learn more about this lifestyle. Be conscious and aware of your everyday choices if you want to have a more meaningful and simple life.
Choose organic, vegan, ethic and fair-trade stuff!