Benefiting You And Earth

If your starting out your sustainability journey, its easy to look at your wardrobe and see the mass amounts of polyester based clothing that have come from fast fashion brands like Shein or Mirrou and cringe. If you feel that way, that's a good thing! It means that you want to cleanse your wardrobe; a good way to change how you buy is simply by op shopping, but if you don't want to buy second hand that's okay! For today's blog I wanted to look at a list of brands that have safe and sustainable practices, and as I am based in New Zealand I want to focus on Kiwi and Australian brands as they are more available compared to American brands. The major things I want to focus on in terms of sustainability is clothing, food and microplastics. We will talk about ways to make your meals organic and everyday microplastics later on but for now lets focus on one thing; clothing. Clothing Brands: Kowtow (Website: Kowtow Clothing ) This brand uses 100% organic, fair trade and c...

 Hi, my name is Rose! I have been on a journey to start living my life as sustainable as possible for the last year and I wanted a way to keep a record of my journey with sustainability. This is also something that I want to do in connection to my faith as a Christian. As Christians we are called to be caretakers to this earth and look after those around us and I will include some Christian content too as that is primarily what defines me and my goals here! I decided to make a blog to help me keep track of what I am doing to help myself and the environment (and maybe even benefit those around me!)  In a world that is so focused on what the next big thing is or what celebrity is engaged, we are losing sight of what is most important for our livelihood and that's the earth we live on. This might not seem like a big deal now but in the next five years people will come to see what I'm saying and what other environmentalist are saying. I am by no means a professional at this (nor h...