Sustainably Living Kait

I have currently been reading Zero Waste Home by Bea Johnson .  This book is full of so many tips on having a zero waste life, while I have found many of these tips helpful but I know that many of them are not practical for me and the way that I currently live.  I know that I won't be able to get down to having just on quart jar's worth of trash per year but I have been celebrating the little victories in my efforts to become low waste and live more sustainably. I currently live with my mom and sister, and one little victory that we had this week was that our trash that went out this week was not full.  It's a small thing but that actually is a lot of little things that did not get put in the trash.  Also our recycling amount was down this month as well (our recycling is only picked up once a month).  I have been buying as many of vegetables unpackaged from the grocery store since the farmer's market won't be open until May and even then won't have prod...

I decided to start this blog in an effort to document my journey into a more sustainable and low-waste lifestyle.  There are many things that I have been doing for a couple of years that would be considered low-waste but I have come to realize that there is so much more that can be changed within my own lifestyle to lower my impact on the environment. A few things that I have already been doing that has greatly reduced the amount of waste that I generate include using a menstrual cup and reusable pads, making and using tooth powder, using shampoo bars that I make, and using reusable grocery bags and produce bags.  I have even recently begun to make my own detangling spray for my hair (which works so much better than anything that I have bought in the past).  There are also many things that I am working on changing to reduce the amount of plastic that I am using.  This is definitely the most difficult thing for me to reduce since I don't have easy access to bulk f...