Sustainable Minimalists

HEADLINES: President Biden

The enviro-news you need to know for Friday, January 12 2024:[00:45] Want to eat and drink less plastic? Don't drink bottled water ... [5:00] Vroom vroom! Clean yellow school buses are a-comin' nationwide[10:00] Say it ain't so: Right now the US is producing more oil than any other country ... ever[14:00] Help halt the fossil fuel industry's Liquified Natural Gas export expansion! Here's how Resources mentioned:

<a href="https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-biden-and-doe-stop-cp2-and-new-liquified-natural-gas-exports?referrer=group-fossil-free-media&amp;source=direct_link">Petition to Stop New LNG Exports</a> (via actionnetwork.org)

<a href="https://thirdact.org/act/stoplng-sit-in-washington-dc/">#StopLNG Sit-in at Department of Energy in Washington, DC</a> (via thirdact.org)
 
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Creating eco-minimalist, non-toxic homes (without the extra work). Although minimalism has experienced a rebirth in recent years, the "less is more" movement has been around for centuries. Yet today's minimalist influencers have resurrected minimalism with a decidedly consumerist spin, as modern minimalism is nearly synonymous with decluttering. While there's a lot of chatter about tidying, it's radio silence and crickets when it comes to sustainability. The result? Aspiring minimalists find themselves on an endless hamster wheel of buying, decluttering, buying more, and purging again. Overemphasizing decluttering and underemphasizing the reasons why we overbuy in the first place is thoroughly inconsistent with slow living as a movement; consumption without intention is terrible for the planet, too. Your host, Stephanie Seferian, is a stay-at-home/podcast-from-home mom and author who believes that minimalism, eco-friendliness, and non-toxic living are intrinsically intertwined. She's here to explore the topics of conscious consumerism, sustainability, and environmentally-friendly parenting practices with like-minded women; she's here, too, to show you how to curate eco-friendly, decluttered homes (without the extra work).