I’m developing the Earth Girl Lifestyle as my solution to help return balance and respect to the Earth via everyday low impact living.

In an ideal world, I would live self sufficiently off the land, having zero impact. However, this is not a realistic goal from where I’ve started and I don’t believe it’s a realistic expectation of westernised societies in general. 

So I wanted to create a bridge, a stepping stone to a lifestyle that has westernised living appeal but aims to improve the health of humans AND the environment.

The Earth Girl Lifestyle is focused on healthy, low waste living. It’s about simple, effective and convenient everyday solutions for a healthier way to live on the planet. 

I have an ever inquiring mind that is constantly asking ‘how’ and ‘why’ and I’ve personally found the more I know, the less I know. It’s a continual journey of evolution which is why I love to invest my time researching, experimenting and developing simple solutions.

Writing the Earth Girl Lifestyle is an evolutionary love affair that I’m honoured to share with the world. It’s been a work in progress for many years and I’m hoping by sharing my knowledge I can help to minimise the extreme overwhelm that can be inevitable when you’re open to change and looking for solutions.

I hope this information can become a safe space for you to learn, share and grow. 

We’ve got a big job ahead of us, so let’s get started…

Because our modern day addiction to packaged goods is like a disease to humans AND the environment. We are polluting our bodies and the Earth to a point that is not sustainable. The balance is out and something has to give.

Plastics and synthetics are created from non-renewable resources. Supply and demand are what drive the market – the more we consume the more raw resources need to be supplied. Every piece of plastic that has ever been created still exists. Wildlife are hugely suffering from our throwaway lifestyles and the pollution that goes with it.

Our society is afforded great convenience by allowing us to place waste items in a bin and to not have to think about it again. But there is no away. Scratch a tiny bit under the surface and it’s easy to identify the waste and recycling industries are facing many problems.

Landfills are filling up and no one wants a new one to start in their backyard, yet we are consuming at an insatiable rate and it has to go somewhere. For recycling to truly work, items need to be processed in separated material categories. We need waste to be seen as a resource, worthy of a closed loop system.

No organisation is currently able to take responsibility for the problem – a group human effort is required. The ONLY thing that is in our control is to take personal responsibility for our own actions and actively strive to reduce our waste consumption. Even if the world’s population were to stop using single use items tomorrow, we’d still have years of cleaning up to do – a holistic approach is required.

By taking responsibility for our daily actions we have the power to heal and transform the situation. Our daily actions COUNT and we can be our own superheroes – not just for us, but for ALL future generations. This is worth our attention, energy and commitment.

Understandably, most of the general population are not aware of the extent of the problem. Many believe being a person who knows what to put in the right bin is enough. But actually, it’s not. The solution is to focus on waste reduction and knowing how to responsibly dispose of waste that cannot be avoided.

I have been living a low waste lifestyle since 2013, which allows me to put both my kerbside rubbish and recycling bins out for collection once per year, if that, with the contents continually diminishing.

I’ve found by focusing on reducing waste I could significantly improve other areas of my life that I was also passionate about, such as:

• Improving my health by making things from scratch from whole ingredients.
• Improving the Earth’s health by putting less synthetic chemicals down the drain and into landfill + lessening my chance of environmental packaging pollution.
• Improving animals health and wellbeing by not buying products that have been tested on animals, and not contributing to packaging pollution that can end up entangling wildlife’s bodies or being ingested by them.
• Saving money by growing my own, buying second hand, upcycling old and pre-loved items.
• Obtaining clarity by decluttering my life and living minimalistically.
• Feeling proud that I was being part of the solution and that my lifestyle was not a contributing factor to more mines starting up.

And the list goes on..

Low Waste Living has required me to adopt some back to basics, old school living principles – like what was normal for our ancestors – mixed with new world technologies, which I also love.

I believe low waste living helps to return some balance and respect to the Earth – it aims to give back, and not just take.

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I personally like to make things from scratch:

• So I know exactly what ingredients I’m putting onto/into my body + using around my home.
• Because I often don’t know who to trust when profit comes before the planet 
• So I can get educated on ingredients, processes and how things interrelate
• Because my favourite way to learn is via experience, not just theory
• Because it’s a practical creative outlet
• Because it saves me a heap of money and often time

I swapped from liquid to bar soap in my early 20’s as a way of reducing waste and chemicals in my daily life.

I didn’t have a desire to make my own as there was a local artisan soap maker that I loved to support and I was extremely happy with their product.

Then, I looked up what ingredients they used… and I saw Palm Oil – ‘Sustainable’ Palm Oil (which I don’t believe is a thing), so I instantly set about learning to make my own.

I went to a soap making workshop in August 2018 and it was just what I needed to get me started at home by myself.

The original recipe I used contained too many ingredients for my liking, so I set about finding a simpler recipe and learning to formulate my own.

I was also looking for a solid bar of soap that didn’t go soggy on the side of my sink, and contained all natural ingredients.

I’m now well and truly an addicted soap maker. It’s such a versatile, creative skill to have, and so practical.

Bar soap is my go to for washing my hair, body, hands, clothes and dishes.

Making my own not only saves me a heap of money, but I also love that I can customise recipes to fit my requirements. And best of all, I know exactly what ingredients I’m using in my life and putting down the drain. 

If you’d like to learn more, please check out the following blog posts:

DIY Solid Bar Soap Blog Post

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