006: Living a Zero-Waste Lifestyle with Bea Johnson

Bea Johnson is one of today's foremost experts in the area of zero-waste living and voluntary simplicity. She is most well-known for being able to fit her family of four’s trash for an entire year into a quart-sized jar. She has helped people all over the world achieve various levels of voluntary simplicity and eco-friendly living through her blog ZeroWasteHome.com and her book by the same name. She continues to spread the zero-waste message through talks which she gives all over the world.

 

The turning point

• By living with less we all of a sudden had more time to do the things we enjoyed doing

How she got started

• Eliminated plastic bags
• Bought all dry goods in bulk
• Made reusable bags out of an old sheet

Resources

• Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste by Bea Johnson

• Patagonia 3-way Jacket
• Bulk app, for finding stores that sell items in bulk, populated by members of the voluntary simplicity and zero waste community
• vrbo.com and airbnb.com for renting out your home
• relayrides.com for renting out your car
• eliminating junk mail
  • optoutscreen.com
  • dmachoice.org
  • cataloguechoice.org
  • paperkarma.com

 

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