Living more sustainably step by step – with consistency and forbearance

Live more sustainably step by step – with consistency and forbearance. One big step towards sustainability, or do you prefer a lot of small ones? Always consistent or forgiving?  In principle, that’s not a question, is it? If I know the goal, I should tackle it with courage, strength, and consistency. Do I want more sustainability and climate protection? Bottom line: no more flying, no more driving a car, green electricity, […]

18 TIPS FOR SAVING PAPER

18 TIPS FOR SAVING PAPER How can you cut down on paper waste? I’d like to answer that question today. Because paper is made of wood, a valuable raw material. As humans will consume more and more consciously and without plastic in the coming decades, more paper will be needed. We can offset the increased demand for wood by saving […]

8 IDEAS FOR A SUSTAINABLE, PLASTIC-FREE PARTY

8 IDEAS FOR A SUSTAINABLE, PLASTIC-FREE PARTY Celebrating without plastic is easy! Regardless of whether you are a host or a guest:  you can do without a lot of plastic waste at parties and thus celebrate sustainably.  Because after beach and garden parties or just after having a barbecue, a lot of plastic waste is usually left behind. Now transfer […]

REUSE FOR LESS WASTE IN EVERYDAY LIFE

REUSE FOR LESS WASTE IN EVERYDAY LIFE Reusing things is an essential part of the zero-waste lifestyle and a basic rule of thumb with which you produce significantly less waste in your daily life. Today I would like to show you what you can reuse and to what extent that helps you live without plastic. WHY REUSE THINGS? If you […]

Wrapping Gifts Plastic-Free

Wrapping Gifts Plastic-Free Wrapping gifts without plastic – that makes sense! Because where a lot of gifts are wrapped, there is also a lot of plastic waste. Gift wrapping creates a wonderful moment but is superfluous afterwards. Therefore, you need to be careful to remove unnecessary material from your gifts and let your creativity run free. I have come up […]

FOLD PLASTIC-FREE GARBAGE BAGS MADE OF NEWSPRINT

FOLD PLASTIC-FREE RUBBISH BAGS OUT OF NEWSPAPER Trash bags and other plastic bags are still a big problem for our environment. Today I will show you a way to fold garbage bags without plastic. Now I will give you some simple folding instructions with which you can make a garbage bag with an old newspaper. You also don’t need glue for this. An old newspaper is enough to be able to fold the garbage bags from the newspaper. Here we go! WHY FOLD PLASTIC-FREE […]

Ideas for Making your Packaging more Sustainable

Ideas for Making your Packaging more Sustainable A widely shared definition of the sustainable package is that “Sustainable Packaging is the development and use of packaging which results in improved sustainability. Packaging sustainability also refers to the sourcing, development and use of packaging solutions that have minimal environmental impact and footprint. Simply put, sustainable packaging is earth-friendly and doesn’t contribute […]