This month in collaboration with Grove Collaborative we’re talking about small swaps to make our homes more sustainable…
I really love Grove. They’re my one stop shop for a lot of the healthy, sustainable household and personal products I love. Everything’s beautifully designed too and prices are comparable, if not less, than other big box stores you may find the products in. I particularly love the Grove products though, and you can’t find those anywhere else. Best part: they all get delivered straight to your door! It’s been fun to work with them this year. We’ve covered a couple topics with Grove so far like dreading New Years resolutions, and tips for green laundry room.
Working with them has really opened my eyes to a lot of improvements I can make for our home to be more healthy and sustainable. Last week I went to a workshop with my friend Friday, of The Sustainability Concierge. She hosted a workshop at my other friend Kendra’s beautiful new studio space up in Marin. The topic was on sustainability + green cleaning, and I was scribbling notes frantically the whole time. There was SO much good info.
The Bee’s Wraps has become a favorite replaceable for plastic wrap too. I really love this stuff. When you wrap it around something (say a sandwich or over a dish) the warmth from your hands forms a light seal with the beeswax. Then it holds it shape when it’s cooled in the fridge. It’s pretty amazing and actually works better than plastic wrap in my opinion! It wipes off so easily too. It’s become such a game changer for me! I haven’t pulled out my plastic wrap in a few days, which feels really good.
What sustainability swaps could you or have you already made in your home? We love these bamboo straws too! Would you try the challenge to put one thing away and try something new? What’s been working for you, what’s not?
Thanks to Grove Collaborative for sponsoring this post. Don’t forget to get your free gift here (new customers only, and a $20 order minimum).
This is a great, and important, post! Making the swap feels like a big deal at first (and it is, for the environment! Just imagine if we all made these changes…), but I found it much easier to get used to new ways of doing things than I expected it would be. I haven’t used my plastic wrap or plastic bags in ages.
One other really easy swap–use bar soap instead of liquid soap. It’s much less packaging (no plastic at all), and my daughter has a much easier time washing her hands with bar soap over navigating the soap pump, too.
Every little bit helps! What a great initiative! 🙂
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