What to do with your (New) Vintage Purchases
So you have just visited my sweet new Etsy digs and scored an awesome treasure; or you have been on the local hunt and found a thrift...
The effort to adopt change toward simpler living should be one that you can maintain within your time and financial constraints. How you live should be easy and comfortable enough that you can sustain it.
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Look below for a new eco habit to add to your repertoire, one every day, or even one every week.
Don't drive when you can walk or bike
Eat one more home-cooked meal per week
Eat one fewer meat meal per week
If you eat out (try to avoid takeout/delivery), bring your own containers to take home leftovers
Travel by train when you can
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Grow houseplants; better yet, grow edible houseplants; grow perennial edibles in your garden beds
Make your own cookies, don't buy store-bought
Give soap nuts a try for laundry, instead of brand-named liquid, scented laundry detergent
Use cloth napkins (you can find so many of these at thrift stores)
Consider a bidet in lieu of toilet paper
Line dry clothes (particularly whites outside when you can)
Switch to a safety razor, instead of disposable bladed razors
Bring your own: reusable bags, takeaway containers, go cups, refillable bulk containers