Zero waste habits I ACTUALLY do in summer 🌻♻️

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In today's video I'm sharing with you the zero waste habits I do on a in summer after trying to live sustainably for 7+ years). From reducing food waste, to minimalist living and beyond. I hope you enjoy this little insight into what I do to live sustainably and reduce waste where I can.

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[vickyjansen]

I live in Northern California and we just had our first heat wave. When I'm saving water for my plants on the balcony I sometimes do this. When washing vegetables especially some things in my garden, I save the water. When I'm waiting for the water to warm up in the shower. I let the water run through the spout to warm up in a bucket, then turn on the shower. The summer is a great time to dry clothes. I have a drying rack that I put in the show/bathtub to dry enough to not drip. Then I put it in another room so that a fan is running to dry them faster. The fan does double duty, keeping us cool and drying my clothes. I have small solar panels that are in our windows that I fill up our small batteries or other things. When it's hot at night we open up our windows to get cool air. When the sun comes up we close up everything and pull the shades down to keep the cool air in. During the heat I cook something that can go in many dishes that I can microwave to keep cool but also save energy. Thank you for your inspiration for creating stuff.

[pavlina]

Dear, you should try to visit some Middle Schools and do a presentation or something bcs your channel is so informative and fun. I see all the kids listening to you and taking something from you with them for their future.

[emiliaunfiltered]

This may sound (and be) a little silly but I’ve had a little break from YouTube and coming back and finding you here feels so comforting. Like seeing a friend after a while. And I realize that I’ve missed you and your videos. So thank you for being here. And since you’ve been active while I’ve been away, I now have many videos to catch up on in the upcoming rainy days. You’re such an inspiration! Thank you 💚

[Gallelyphen]

I've started saving orange peels and onion peels and then drying them and making powders. The onion powder is perfect for adding flavour to dishes, and the orange peel powder I like to add to smoothies or desserts. I also decided this year to stop buying bread in the store, and to bake it myself from now on (less plastic waste!). I've also been using more of what's available for free in nature, gathering edible weeds and flowers and drying them to use for tea. I made dandelion marmalade for the first time recently, from the petals of dandelions, which was really exciting for me. I also made lilac jelly candies, which I ate way too many of all at once. 😅 I'm also making syrup from fruit scraps, such as apple cores and strawberry tops (although my rabbits love to eat those too!). There's just so much you can do with things that are often just thrown away.

[rebeccameunier-mandar]

You look absolutely beautiful in ALL of those dresses - seriously! I dont know if you are uncomfortable in them but they dont look too big or too tight, just perfect❤ really nice video!

[marycharlebois]

I think one of my best low waste habits is to make gifts. Shopping is not my thing, and I would way rather make a gift than buy one. A dozen home baked bagels and a jar of homemade jam is a really versatile gift that I like to give. Right now I am upcycling (cleaned and dried) Kool-Aid pouches (from the school where I teach) into bags, pouches, and wallets that will make a great going away gift for a colleague and also a graduation gift for my nephew. Gift making is time consuming, but it is a labour of love… and it sure beats shopping!🤣 I 💯 loved this video, Immy. How was the cold brew with coffee cubes? How did your dehydrating turn out? Was it OK to put curry in the dehydrator with peaches? I went on a month long canoe trip once (4 people total) and I made all the fruit leather for the trip. A food dehydrator can certainly save you a lot of money!! Keep us posted on all your summer projects please… I’m always keen to see, hear, and learn more! Ⓜary💕

[anavidreader]

I’ve just preorder your book (and Leena’s)! I’m attempting to grow a whole range of vegetables this year (cucumbers, aubergine, broad beans, beetroot, carrots, green beans, spinach) after I enjoyed growing a tomato plant last year, you made me realise that growing things in pots/bags is really easy and much more accessible to me. I also invested in my future by purchasing a fig tree, Red current bush, Gooseberry bush and Jostaberry bush so hopefully they will give me plenty of harvests in future years. I’m also about to start my first ever knitted item of clothing after many months of learning and I’m very excited. I think I’m going to look into Worm composting as well to maybe set one up in my garden.

[joni]

Dehydrating green is also great especially if you have excess from the garden. I will also dehydrate greens that have been reduced. I will add them to soups, stir fried, curries etc. Sewing is a list art. When I was young we would be given boxes of hand me downs...then I would rip the dresses apart...they had yards of material in them and make myself a dress. Drapes and sheets are also great finds for sourcing material. I live all the creative things you do. We are a couple of do it yourselfers. My husband is in to all fermented things... kimchi and Kieffer are his new ones Good luck

[bettykroll]

I love getting thrifted material or craft supplies. I just purchased a cotton tablecloth with a strawberry print to turn into a dress. If you have clothes you plan to get rid of but love the fabric try upcycling them. You can cut them apart and make “new” clothes from them. I also turn them into other things like placemats, silverware rolls, napkins, etc. if you have room a simple outdoor clothes line is great. The fresh smell of sheets hung on a line is wonderful.

[chocwiz]

Love your channel 💚 I’ve sewing for about 8 years now, and it’s one of my favourite hobbies. I always save my scraps (including cut thread) and recently used them all to stuff a yoga booster. As I’ve become better at sewing, I’ve learnt that you need to invest in the day to day tools to keep the experience enjoyable - I used to hardly change my needle, but now I change it every project, and just save the old ones. When I have enough, they’ll be recycled through sharps recycling. I also pick up old bedsheets from op shops so I can make toiles - I figure it’s better I end up with a final product that I will actually wear rather than something ill fitting that never gets used. I then use the toile for other projects later or save it in my scrap pile. I’ve also learnt some great skills sewing home-wears, like a mitered corner in napkins and bias binding on pot holders.

[phronsiekeys]

I love that apron. Some of my favorite colors, but I especially like how you used the flower garland part of the print to define the waist band. You have a real gift for textile projects!

[fwwbrtn]

That pink floral dress really looks so stunning on you! Thanks for sharing all your habits!

[emiliewalker]

I loved seeing a little more of your neighborhood in this video. Would love to see a vlog of the farmer’s market, and just your favorite places around Denver!

[khawlahpeace]

Love your habits. For me eating whole food plant based it comes in no packaging which makes me very comfortable with life . If I ever get a ziplock bag from someone I always wash and reuse it for as long as it remains functional. Thankfully outside my grocery store is a bag and package recycling bin. As some of my frozen fruits come in plastic bags that then can be recycled. I also reuse the pots that plants came in until they can’t be used anymore. Tea bags and coffee grounds for the garden, and just mixing veggie and fruit scraps in my garden beds every time I have them.

[grushdeva]

I don't have any summer habits, but recently I've started to love cooking and I try food preping now. It is really enjoyable to plan the next week meals and what we need to buy for them. I also helps to consume food more intentionally and eat less unhealthy snacks.

Also the last floral dress is amazing. You look like a stunning nimph.

[yonniehan]

I found this video particularly inspiring and motivating! I couldn't keep my eyes off it. ❤ It was so thoughtful when you mentioned not pulling out the weeds to provide some shade for your backyard visitors. That is not something I ever considered. I hope to improve my bread making skills so that I can buy less bread from the store and thus, less plastic packaging.

[lisamarielindenschmidt]

I used to dehydrate quite a bit when I was trying the raw vegan way of eating. I never had a problem dehydrating savouries and sweets together, so I think you should be OK. Your house might smell a bit weird though with the different flavours! I would, however, cut your fruits a bit smaller. They'll take forever to dehydrate and sometimes will dehydrate inconsistently which means they might be prone to molding. Good luck!

[Johanna-uhxh]

I have been lacking in joy as well recently.
Watching your video just now made me realized that it is exactly the habits you mentioned that I haven’t been doing as much of.
Everyday things sadly get in the way of good intentions sometimes.
Thank you for reminding me of them :)

[cldlight]

I’m so excited that I found your channel recently. I am loving your videos. A sewing tip that took me a while to learn: leave extra seam allowance in your me made clothing. My body changes often, and I like sewing with non stretch fabrics like cotton, so adding a half inch on the side seams really helps me to let out seams in clothing I really don’t want to let go of just yet. I would love to see how the dehydration of the curry goes 😀

[jesekreanne]

I'm so happy farmers market season is back!