#underconsumption — Public Fediverse posts

New Vigeo! Is No Buy just diet culture in disguise?

#nobuy #lowbuy #underconsumption #dietculture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-ArXOaX35o

Rampant #consumerism is bad for the #planet. ‘#Underconsumption core’ offers an alternative.

Meet the new #minimalism trend of 2024 — and the #TikTokers hoping it will last.

https://grist.org/looking-forward/rampant-consumerism-is-bad-for-the-planet-underconsumption-core-offers-an-alternative/

Rampant #consumerism is bad for the #planet. ‘#Underconsumption core’ offers an alternative.

Meet the new #minimalism trend of 2024 — and the #TikTokers hoping it will last.

https://grist.org/looking-forward/rampant-consumerism-is-bad-for-the-planet-underconsumption-core-offers-an-alternative/

Or it's a rejection of #mindlessconsumption?

Commentary: Is #underconsumption the new #consumption?
"Every generation thinks that they have stumbled onto something new & innovative, but soon realises tt it’s mostly been done before. With underconsumption core, I doubt tt anyone #GenX & older will bat an eyelid.. Underconsumption - or just normal consumption - requires practices tt #overconsumption doesn't: #Selfdiscipline & #restraint, especially in a #consumerist world"
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/underconsumption-trend-tiktok-regular-consumption-recycle-second-hand-frugal-4682346

Or it's a rejection of #mindlessconsumption?

Commentary: Is #underconsumption the new #consumption?
"Every generation thinks that they have stumbled onto something new & innovative, but soon realises tt it’s mostly been done before. With underconsumption core, I doubt tt anyone #GenX & older will bat an eyelid.. Underconsumption - or just normal consumption - requires practices tt #overconsumption doesn't: #Selfdiscipline & #restraint, especially in a #consumerist world"
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/underconsumption-trend-tiktok-regular-consumption-recycle-second-hand-frugal-4682346

Or it's a rejection of #mindlessconsumption?

Commentary: Is #underconsumption the new #consumption?
"Every generation thinks that they have stumbled onto something new & innovative, but soon realises tt it’s mostly been done before. With underconsumption core, I doubt tt anyone #GenX & older will bat an eyelid.. Underconsumption - or just normal consumption - requires practices tt #overconsumption doesn't: #Selfdiscipline & #restraint, especially in a #consumerist world"
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/underconsumption-trend-tiktok-regular-consumption-recycle-second-hand-frugal-4682346

Or it's a rejection of #mindlessconsumption?

Commentary: Is #underconsumption the new #consumption?
"Every generation thinks that they have stumbled onto something new & innovative, but soon realises tt it’s mostly been done before. With underconsumption core, I doubt tt anyone #GenX & older will bat an eyelid.. Underconsumption - or just normal consumption - requires practices tt #overconsumption doesn't: #Selfdiscipline & #restraint, especially in a #consumerist world"
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/underconsumption-trend-tiktok-regular-consumption-recycle-second-hand-frugal-4682346

#Singapore’s #youth embrace #underconsumption #lifestyle as economic realities bite
"embracing the #underconsumptioncore #trend has opened up new avenues.. e trend is a response to rising #costofliving, job uncertainty & lay-offs, which hv forced them to reduce their spending.. Its not just a reaction to #overconsumption but also a #strategic choice to manage #economicrealities.. being a more #conscious #consumer can hv #benefits for #personalfinances"
#mindfulconsumption
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3276571/singapores-youth-embrace-underconsumption-lifestyle-economic-realities-bite

#Singapore’s #youth embrace #underconsumption #lifestyle as economic realities bite
"embracing the #underconsumptioncore #trend has opened up new avenues.. e trend is a response to rising #costofliving, job uncertainty & lay-offs, which hv forced them to reduce their spending.. Its not just a reaction to #overconsumption but also a #strategic choice to manage #economicrealities.. being a more #conscious #consumer can hv #benefits for #personalfinances"
#mindfulconsumption
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3276571/singapores-youth-embrace-underconsumption-lifestyle-economic-realities-bite

#Singapore’s #youth embrace #underconsumption #lifestyle as economic realities bite
"embracing the #underconsumptioncore #trend has opened up new avenues.. e trend is a response to rising #costofliving, job uncertainty & lay-offs, which hv forced them to reduce their spending.. Its not just a reaction to #overconsumption but also a #strategic choice to manage #economicrealities.. being a more #conscious #consumer can hv #benefits for #personalfinances"
#mindfulconsumption
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3276571/singapores-youth-embrace-underconsumption-lifestyle-economic-realities-bite

#Singapore’s #youth embrace #underconsumption #lifestyle as economic realities bite
"embracing the #underconsumptioncore #trend has opened up new avenues.. e trend is a response to rising #costofliving, job uncertainty & lay-offs, which hv forced them to reduce their spending.. Its not just a reaction to #overconsumption but also a #strategic choice to manage #economicrealities.. being a more #conscious #consumer can hv #benefits for #personalfinances"
#mindfulconsumption
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3276571/singapores-youth-embrace-underconsumption-lifestyle-economic-realities-bite

This is another great idea (imho).

LENDING LIBRARIES

"Create a free community lending library to let people freely lend and exchange tools, seeds, sleds or snowshoes, books, cooking equipment, games, and more.

"Nearly every community has a traditional library, but why stop at loaning out books? Community lending libraries are helping neighbors lend and share all sorts of items, from seeds and cooking equipment to sports gear and tools. They take many shapes and forms, from the common Little Free Libraries you see on streets and in neighborhoods to more formalized libraries that lend items other than books. Just like regular libraries, lending libraries have many benefits — decreasing consumption, helping people access tools and supplies for free, and building community."

https://www.communityworkshopllc.com/goodstuff/2021/3/10/how-to-lending-libraries

@anne_twain @mu

#LendingLibraries #BuyNothing #ReduceReuseRecycle #Degrowth #CreativeReuse #Underconsumption #UnderconsumptionCore #Reuse #repurposing #Communities #LibraryOfThings #ThingLibrary

This is another great idea (imho).

LENDING LIBRARIES

"Create a free community lending library to let people freely lend and exchange tools, seeds, sleds or snowshoes, books, cooking equipment, games, and more.

"Nearly every community has a traditional library, but why stop at loaning out books? Community lending libraries are helping neighbors lend and share all sorts of items, from seeds and cooking equipment to sports gear and tools. They take many shapes and forms, from the common Little Free Libraries you see on streets and in neighborhoods to more formalized libraries that lend items other than books. Just like regular libraries, lending libraries have many benefits — decreasing consumption, helping people access tools and supplies for free, and building community."

https://www.communityworkshopllc.com/goodstuff/2021/3/10/how-to-lending-libraries

@anne_twain @mu

#LendingLibraries #BuyNothing #ReduceReuseRecycle #Degrowth #CreativeReuse #Underconsumption #UnderconsumptionCore #Reuse #repurposing #Communities #LibraryOfThings #ThingLibrary

This is another great idea (imho).

LENDING LIBRARIES

"Create a free community lending library to let people freely lend and exchange tools, seeds, sleds or snowshoes, books, cooking equipment, games, and more.

"Nearly every community has a traditional library, but why stop at loaning out books? Community lending libraries are helping neighbors lend and share all sorts of items, from seeds and cooking equipment to sports gear and tools. They take many shapes and forms, from the common Little Free Libraries you see on streets and in neighborhoods to more formalized libraries that lend items other than books. Just like regular libraries, lending libraries have many benefits — decreasing consumption, helping people access tools and supplies for free, and building community."

https://www.communityworkshopllc.com/goodstuff/2021/3/10/how-to-lending-libraries

@anne_twain @mu

#LendingLibraries #BuyNothing #ReduceReuseRecycle #Degrowth #CreativeReuse #Underconsumption #UnderconsumptionCore #Reuse #repurposing #Communities #LibraryOfThings #ThingLibrary

This is another great idea (imho).

LENDING LIBRARIES

"Create a free community lending library to let people freely lend and exchange tools, seeds, sleds or snowshoes, books, cooking equipment, games, and more.

"Nearly every community has a traditional library, but why stop at loaning out books? Community lending libraries are helping neighbors lend and share all sorts of items, from seeds and cooking equipment to sports gear and tools. They take many shapes and forms, from the common Little Free Libraries you see on streets and in neighborhoods to more formalized libraries that lend items other than books. Just like regular libraries, lending libraries have many benefits — decreasing consumption, helping people access tools and supplies for free, and building community."

https://www.communityworkshopllc.com/goodstuff/2021/3/10/how-to-lending-libraries

@anne_twain @mu

#LendingLibraries #BuyNothing #ReduceReuseRecycle #Degrowth #CreativeReuse #Underconsumption #UnderconsumptionCore #Reuse #repurposing #Communities #LibraryOfThings #ThingLibrary

This is another great idea (imho).

LENDING LIBRARIES

"Create a free community lending library to let people freely lend and exchange tools, seeds, sleds or snowshoes, books, cooking equipment, games, and more.

"Nearly every community has a traditional library, but why stop at loaning out books? Community lending libraries are helping neighbors lend and share all sorts of items, from seeds and cooking equipment to sports gear and tools. They take many shapes and forms, from the common Little Free Libraries you see on streets and in neighborhoods to more formalized libraries that lend items other than books. Just like regular libraries, lending libraries have many benefits — decreasing consumption, helping people access tools and supplies for free, and building community."

https://www.communityworkshopllc.com/goodstuff/2021/3/10/how-to-lending-libraries

@anne_twain @mu

#LendingLibraries #BuyNothing #ReduceReuseRecycle #Degrowth #CreativeReuse #Underconsumption #UnderconsumptionCore #Reuse #repurposing #Communities #LibraryOfThings #ThingLibrary

Um, what's wrong with using things that still work and wearing old clothes? I think this "trend" is a good one! More #Underconsumption, #Reuse, #Recycling, #Upcycling and #Degrowth, please!

What TikTok ‘#UnderconsumptionCore’ trend means for your money: It’s ‘romanticizing being middle class,’ content creator says

Published Mon, Aug 19 20249:00 AM EDT
Victoria Feng, special to CNBC

"Using only one water bottle. Finishing that tube of makeup before buying another. Owning furniture that’s been passed down through generations.

"This isn’t the lifestyle that #SocialMedia influencers promoting their Amazon storefront or their brand discount codes show. So-called 'underconsumption core,' however, is one of the latest personal finance trends to go viral on TikTok, with many videos about the topic receiving millions of views.

"On social media, the 'core' ending is often used to describe a shared aesthetic among users. Non-personal finance examples include cottage core and goblin core. #Underconsumption core showcases the old items that people are still using."

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/19/what-tiktoks-underconsumption-core-trend-means-for-your-money.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
#SolarPunkSunday #Degrowth

Exhausted from the rising cost of living in the United States and nonstop ads, some young adults on TikTok are pushing for a more frugal lifestyle called "underconsumption core." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/12/world/society/underconsumption-core-trends-tiktok/ #worldnews #society #tiktok #socialmedia #sustainability #underconsumption #buyless #genz #millennial

"#Deinfluencing", "#Underconsumption Core" (#TikTok-Trend):
"Schon wieder #Minimalismus, jetzt halt in neuem Gewand [...]"?
https://www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin/leben/2024-08/underconsumption-core-tiktok-trend-minimalismus?utm_source=pocket-newtab-de-de

Often, we equate a rich life with material possessions. However, true richness comes from experiences, relationships, and personal growth. Buy only what you need, choose sustainable options, and volunteer or participate in local activities. By shifting your focus from material possessions to personal growth and meaningful connections, you can live a fulfilling life while reducing your impact on the planet. #underconsumptioncore #underconsumption #ClimateCrisis #climatechange

Wool can be made without killing animals. I think we need to go back to using #hemp, #wood and #wool -- and less synthetics. But most of all, make furniture and rugs that last -- so generation after generation can use them!

What You Need to Know About #OffGassing

Even after an install, a project’s furnishings and finishes can leach harmful chemicals into the air for years through a process called off-gassing. Here’s how you can combat it.

by Audrey Gray

"'Okay, I want to tell you about some things,' she recalls telling her client, going on to carefully explain the dangers inherent in both flooring choices—primarily the health impacts of chemical inhalants. Not only would these #chemicals flood a home during the installation of new #carpet or #vinyl planks, but they would continue to gradually leach into the air for years to come—a more subtle (but dangerous) process referred to as off-gassing. Thompson didn’t want her client’s family exposed to a vapor stew of chemicals every day, least of all in the yoga space, where the whole point was to breathe deeply while near the floor.

"She offered her client some carefully sourced options such as an all-wool carpet with a natural #rubber pad, and advocated for solid, #sustainably sourced wood downstairs instead of a composite of plastics. 'I thought she’d be excited,' Thompson says. 'But because of her beliefs about animal rights, I learned that wool wasn’t acceptable to her…and there were price point issues too. I thought, ‘Wow, this is a whole new level I hadn’t encountered.’”

"Welcome to what materials experts call 'one of the most complicated issues in health and wellness,' the murky and unregulated (at least in the U.S.—Europe is much stricter) relationships humans have with thousands of airborne #toxins emanating from our building materials, #furnishings, #CleaningProducts, #CarInteriors, #iPads, and even #candles.

"'Nobody’s telling you what is coming from all those vapors mixing in the air,' says Jillian Pritchard Cooke, the founder of Wellness Within Your Walls, an education consultancy focused on dramatically reducing the dangers of off-gassing in the built environment. 'It’s up to us to understand the individual effects each chemical can have on your #NervousSystem, your #lungs, and your cellular makeup. We need to be doing right by our clients.'

"Designers have, of course, been aware of the dangers of volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) for a long time, and have helped influence some wins in the marketplace, like the rising popularity of low- or no-VOC paints and the 2015 ban Home Depot and Lowe’s instituted in 2015 on toxic #phthalates (a class of industrial chemicals that help make plastic bendy) in flooring.

"But the problem endures, and unfortunately, many of the worst effects of VOCs—showing up in health conditions—accumulate over long periods of time.

"One of the best arguments for incorporating #vintage pieces in design, apart from saving space in landfills and decreasing carbon emissions, is that they are far safer from an off-gassing perspective. #Recycling building materials (for instance, saving the doors during a retrofit) helps too."

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-you-need-to-know-about-off-gassing?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#Recycle #Repair #Reuse
#ThrowawayCulture #Synthetics #Plastics #Pollution #Underconsumption

Wool can be made without killing animals. I think we need to go back to using #hemp, #wood and #wool -- and less synthetics. But most of all, make furniture and rugs that last -- so generation after generation can use them!

What You Need to Know About #OffGassing

Even after an install, a project’s furnishings and finishes can leach harmful chemicals into the air for years through a process called off-gassing. Here’s how you can combat it.

by Audrey Gray

"'Okay, I want to tell you about some things,' she recalls telling her client, going on to carefully explain the dangers inherent in both flooring choices—primarily the health impacts of chemical inhalants. Not only would these #chemicals flood a home during the installation of new #carpet or #vinyl planks, but they would continue to gradually leach into the air for years to come—a more subtle (but dangerous) process referred to as off-gassing. Thompson didn’t want her client’s family exposed to a vapor stew of chemicals every day, least of all in the yoga space, where the whole point was to breathe deeply while near the floor.

"She offered her client some carefully sourced options such as an all-wool carpet with a natural #rubber pad, and advocated for solid, #sustainably sourced wood downstairs instead of a composite of plastics. 'I thought she’d be excited,' Thompson says. 'But because of her beliefs about animal rights, I learned that wool wasn’t acceptable to her…and there were price point issues too. I thought, ‘Wow, this is a whole new level I hadn’t encountered.’”

"Welcome to what materials experts call 'one of the most complicated issues in health and wellness,' the murky and unregulated (at least in the U.S.—Europe is much stricter) relationships humans have with thousands of airborne #toxins emanating from our building materials, #furnishings, #CleaningProducts, #CarInteriors, #iPads, and even #candles.

"'Nobody’s telling you what is coming from all those vapors mixing in the air,' says Jillian Pritchard Cooke, the founder of Wellness Within Your Walls, an education consultancy focused on dramatically reducing the dangers of off-gassing in the built environment. 'It’s up to us to understand the individual effects each chemical can have on your #NervousSystem, your #lungs, and your cellular makeup. We need to be doing right by our clients.'

"Designers have, of course, been aware of the dangers of volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) for a long time, and have helped influence some wins in the marketplace, like the rising popularity of low- or no-VOC paints and the 2015 ban Home Depot and Lowe’s instituted in 2015 on toxic #phthalates (a class of industrial chemicals that help make plastic bendy) in flooring.

"But the problem endures, and unfortunately, many of the worst effects of VOCs—showing up in health conditions—accumulate over long periods of time.

"One of the best arguments for incorporating #vintage pieces in design, apart from saving space in landfills and decreasing carbon emissions, is that they are far safer from an off-gassing perspective. #Recycling building materials (for instance, saving the doors during a retrofit) helps too."

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-you-need-to-know-about-off-gassing?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#Recycle #Repair #Reuse
#ThrowawayCulture #Synthetics #Plastics #Pollution #Underconsumption

Wool can be made without killing animals. I think we need to go back to using #hemp, #wood and #wool -- and less synthetics. But most of all, make furniture and rugs that last -- so generation after generation can use them!

What You Need to Know About #OffGassing

Even after an install, a project’s furnishings and finishes can leach harmful chemicals into the air for years through a process called off-gassing. Here’s how you can combat it.

by Audrey Gray

"'Okay, I want to tell you about some things,' she recalls telling her client, going on to carefully explain the dangers inherent in both flooring choices—primarily the health impacts of chemical inhalants. Not only would these #chemicals flood a home during the installation of new #carpet or #vinyl planks, but they would continue to gradually leach into the air for years to come—a more subtle (but dangerous) process referred to as off-gassing. Thompson didn’t want her client’s family exposed to a vapor stew of chemicals every day, least of all in the yoga space, where the whole point was to breathe deeply while near the floor.

"She offered her client some carefully sourced options such as an all-wool carpet with a natural #rubber pad, and advocated for solid, #sustainably sourced wood downstairs instead of a composite of plastics. 'I thought she’d be excited,' Thompson says. 'But because of her beliefs about animal rights, I learned that wool wasn’t acceptable to her…and there were price point issues too. I thought, ‘Wow, this is a whole new level I hadn’t encountered.’”

"Welcome to what materials experts call 'one of the most complicated issues in health and wellness,' the murky and unregulated (at least in the U.S.—Europe is much stricter) relationships humans have with thousands of airborne #toxins emanating from our building materials, #furnishings, #CleaningProducts, #CarInteriors, #iPads, and even #candles.

"'Nobody’s telling you what is coming from all those vapors mixing in the air,' says Jillian Pritchard Cooke, the founder of Wellness Within Your Walls, an education consultancy focused on dramatically reducing the dangers of off-gassing in the built environment. 'It’s up to us to understand the individual effects each chemical can have on your #NervousSystem, your #lungs, and your cellular makeup. We need to be doing right by our clients.'

"Designers have, of course, been aware of the dangers of volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) for a long time, and have helped influence some wins in the marketplace, like the rising popularity of low- or no-VOC paints and the 2015 ban Home Depot and Lowe’s instituted in 2015 on toxic #phthalates (a class of industrial chemicals that help make plastic bendy) in flooring.

"But the problem endures, and unfortunately, many of the worst effects of VOCs—showing up in health conditions—accumulate over long periods of time.

"One of the best arguments for incorporating #vintage pieces in design, apart from saving space in landfills and decreasing carbon emissions, is that they are far safer from an off-gassing perspective. #Recycling building materials (for instance, saving the doors during a retrofit) helps too."

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-you-need-to-know-about-off-gassing?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#Recycle #Repair #Reuse
#ThrowawayCulture #Synthetics #Plastics #Pollution #Underconsumption

Wool can be made without killing animals. I think we need to go back to using #hemp, #wood and #wool -- and less synthetics. But most of all, make furniture and rugs that last -- so generation after generation can use them!

What You Need to Know About #OffGassing

Even after an install, a project’s furnishings and finishes can leach harmful chemicals into the air for years through a process called off-gassing. Here’s how you can combat it.

by Audrey Gray

"'Okay, I want to tell you about some things,' she recalls telling her client, going on to carefully explain the dangers inherent in both flooring choices—primarily the health impacts of chemical inhalants. Not only would these #chemicals flood a home during the installation of new #carpet or #vinyl planks, but they would continue to gradually leach into the air for years to come—a more subtle (but dangerous) process referred to as off-gassing. Thompson didn’t want her client’s family exposed to a vapor stew of chemicals every day, least of all in the yoga space, where the whole point was to breathe deeply while near the floor.

"She offered her client some carefully sourced options such as an all-wool carpet with a natural #rubber pad, and advocated for solid, #sustainably sourced wood downstairs instead of a composite of plastics. 'I thought she’d be excited,' Thompson says. 'But because of her beliefs about animal rights, I learned that wool wasn’t acceptable to her…and there were price point issues too. I thought, ‘Wow, this is a whole new level I hadn’t encountered.’”

"Welcome to what materials experts call 'one of the most complicated issues in health and wellness,' the murky and unregulated (at least in the U.S.—Europe is much stricter) relationships humans have with thousands of airborne #toxins emanating from our building materials, #furnishings, #CleaningProducts, #CarInteriors, #iPads, and even #candles.

"'Nobody’s telling you what is coming from all those vapors mixing in the air,' says Jillian Pritchard Cooke, the founder of Wellness Within Your Walls, an education consultancy focused on dramatically reducing the dangers of off-gassing in the built environment. 'It’s up to us to understand the individual effects each chemical can have on your #NervousSystem, your #lungs, and your cellular makeup. We need to be doing right by our clients.'

"Designers have, of course, been aware of the dangers of volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) for a long time, and have helped influence some wins in the marketplace, like the rising popularity of low- or no-VOC paints and the 2015 ban Home Depot and Lowe’s instituted in 2015 on toxic #phthalates (a class of industrial chemicals that help make plastic bendy) in flooring.

"But the problem endures, and unfortunately, many of the worst effects of VOCs—showing up in health conditions—accumulate over long periods of time.

"One of the best arguments for incorporating #vintage pieces in design, apart from saving space in landfills and decreasing carbon emissions, is that they are far safer from an off-gassing perspective. #Recycling building materials (for instance, saving the doors during a retrofit) helps too."

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-you-need-to-know-about-off-gassing?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#Recycle #Repair #Reuse
#ThrowawayCulture #Synthetics #Plastics #Pollution #Underconsumption

Wool can be made without killing animals. I think we need to go back to using #hemp, #wood and #wool -- and less synthetics. But most of all, make furniture and rugs that last -- so generation after generation can use them!

What You Need to Know About #OffGassing

Even after an install, a project’s furnishings and finishes can leach harmful chemicals into the air for years through a process called off-gassing. Here’s how you can combat it.

by Audrey Gray

"'Okay, I want to tell you about some things,' she recalls telling her client, going on to carefully explain the dangers inherent in both flooring choices—primarily the health impacts of chemical inhalants. Not only would these #chemicals flood a home during the installation of new #carpet or #vinyl planks, but they would continue to gradually leach into the air for years to come—a more subtle (but dangerous) process referred to as off-gassing. Thompson didn’t want her client’s family exposed to a vapor stew of chemicals every day, least of all in the yoga space, where the whole point was to breathe deeply while near the floor.

"She offered her client some carefully sourced options such as an all-wool carpet with a natural #rubber pad, and advocated for solid, #sustainably sourced wood downstairs instead of a composite of plastics. 'I thought she’d be excited,' Thompson says. 'But because of her beliefs about animal rights, I learned that wool wasn’t acceptable to her…and there were price point issues too. I thought, ‘Wow, this is a whole new level I hadn’t encountered.’”

"Welcome to what materials experts call 'one of the most complicated issues in health and wellness,' the murky and unregulated (at least in the U.S.—Europe is much stricter) relationships humans have with thousands of airborne #toxins emanating from our building materials, #furnishings, #CleaningProducts, #CarInteriors, #iPads, and even #candles.

"'Nobody’s telling you what is coming from all those vapors mixing in the air,' says Jillian Pritchard Cooke, the founder of Wellness Within Your Walls, an education consultancy focused on dramatically reducing the dangers of off-gassing in the built environment. 'It’s up to us to understand the individual effects each chemical can have on your #NervousSystem, your #lungs, and your cellular makeup. We need to be doing right by our clients.'

"Designers have, of course, been aware of the dangers of volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) for a long time, and have helped influence some wins in the marketplace, like the rising popularity of low- or no-VOC paints and the 2015 ban Home Depot and Lowe’s instituted in 2015 on toxic #phthalates (a class of industrial chemicals that help make plastic bendy) in flooring.

"But the problem endures, and unfortunately, many of the worst effects of VOCs—showing up in health conditions—accumulate over long periods of time.

"One of the best arguments for incorporating #vintage pieces in design, apart from saving space in landfills and decreasing carbon emissions, is that they are far safer from an off-gassing perspective. #Recycling building materials (for instance, saving the doors during a retrofit) helps too."

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-you-need-to-know-about-off-gassing?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#Recycle #Repair #Reuse
#ThrowawayCulture #Synthetics #Plastics #Pollution #Underconsumption

1929 was not an #overproduction crisis, it was an #underconsumption crisis, due to a lack and hurdles in #logistics. First an international state innovation program called #WWII established worldwide #infrastructure, (plenty of streets, worldwide net of air cargo, new means of transportation in container, plenty of cargo ships), that gave fordistic #production finally the necessary amount of #consumers. 5/8

Better yet, wear clothes made of shorn #wool, #hemp, #bamboo, #flax, or #OrganicCotton.

How do you tackle #microplastics? Start with your washing machine.
Simple filters could help remove #microfiber pollution from your #laundry. But experts say a broader portfolio of solutions is needed to address the problem.

by Saqib Rahim, Apr 19, 2023

"As environmental challenges go, microfiber pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. It was only a decade or so ago that scientists first suspected our #clothing, increasingly made of #synthetic materials like #polyester and #nylon, might be major contributors to the global #plastic problem.

"Today a growing body of science suggests the tiny strands that slough off #clothes are everywhere and in everything. By one estimate, they account for as much as one-third of all microplastics released to the ocean. They’ve been found on #MountEverest and in the #MarianaTrench, along with tap #water, #plankton, shrimp guts, and our poo."

Read more: https://grist.org/technology/how-do-you-tackle-microplastics-start-with-your-washing-machine/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#WaterIsLife #Pollution #NaturalFibers #MakeClothesThatLast #SayNoToFastFashion #Underconsumption #UnderconsumptionCore

Better yet, wear clothes made of shorn #wool, #hemp, #bamboo, #flax, or #OrganicCotton.

How do you tackle #microplastics? Start with your washing machine.
Simple filters could help remove #microfiber pollution from your #laundry. But experts say a broader portfolio of solutions is needed to address the problem.

by Saqib Rahim, Apr 19, 2023

"As environmental challenges go, microfiber pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. It was only a decade or so ago that scientists first suspected our #clothing, increasingly made of #synthetic materials like #polyester and #nylon, might be major contributors to the global #plastic problem.

"Today a growing body of science suggests the tiny strands that slough off #clothes are everywhere and in everything. By one estimate, they account for as much as one-third of all microplastics released to the ocean. They’ve been found on #MountEverest and in the #MarianaTrench, along with tap #water, #plankton, shrimp guts, and our poo."

Read more: https://grist.org/technology/how-do-you-tackle-microplastics-start-with-your-washing-machine/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#WaterIsLife #Pollution #NaturalFibers #MakeClothesThatLast #SayNoToFastFashion #Underconsumption #UnderconsumptionCore

Better yet, wear clothes made of shorn #wool, #hemp, #bamboo, #flax, or #OrganicCotton.

How do you tackle #microplastics? Start with your washing machine.
Simple filters could help remove #microfiber pollution from your #laundry. But experts say a broader portfolio of solutions is needed to address the problem.

by Saqib Rahim, Apr 19, 2023

"As environmental challenges go, microfiber pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. It was only a decade or so ago that scientists first suspected our #clothing, increasingly made of #synthetic materials like #polyester and #nylon, might be major contributors to the global #plastic problem.

"Today a growing body of science suggests the tiny strands that slough off #clothes are everywhere and in everything. By one estimate, they account for as much as one-third of all microplastics released to the ocean. They’ve been found on #MountEverest and in the #MarianaTrench, along with tap #water, #plankton, shrimp guts, and our poo."

Read more: https://grist.org/technology/how-do-you-tackle-microplastics-start-with-your-washing-machine/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#WaterIsLife #Pollution #NaturalFibers #MakeClothesThatLast #SayNoToFastFashion #Underconsumption #UnderconsumptionCore

Better yet, wear clothes made of shorn #wool, #hemp, #bamboo, #flax, or #OrganicCotton.

How do you tackle #microplastics? Start with your washing machine.
Simple filters could help remove #microfiber pollution from your #laundry. But experts say a broader portfolio of solutions is needed to address the problem.

by Saqib Rahim, Apr 19, 2023

"As environmental challenges go, microfiber pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. It was only a decade or so ago that scientists first suspected our #clothing, increasingly made of #synthetic materials like #polyester and #nylon, might be major contributors to the global #plastic problem.

"Today a growing body of science suggests the tiny strands that slough off #clothes are everywhere and in everything. By one estimate, they account for as much as one-third of all microplastics released to the ocean. They’ve been found on #MountEverest and in the #MarianaTrench, along with tap #water, #plankton, shrimp guts, and our poo."

Read more: https://grist.org/technology/how-do-you-tackle-microplastics-start-with-your-washing-machine/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#WaterIsLife #Pollution #NaturalFibers #MakeClothesThatLast #SayNoToFastFashion #Underconsumption #UnderconsumptionCore

Better yet, wear clothes made of shorn #wool, #hemp, #bamboo, #flax, or #OrganicCotton.

How do you tackle #microplastics? Start with your washing machine.
Simple filters could help remove #microfiber pollution from your #laundry. But experts say a broader portfolio of solutions is needed to address the problem.

by Saqib Rahim, Apr 19, 2023

"As environmental challenges go, microfiber pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. It was only a decade or so ago that scientists first suspected our #clothing, increasingly made of #synthetic materials like #polyester and #nylon, might be major contributors to the global #plastic problem.

"Today a growing body of science suggests the tiny strands that slough off #clothes are everywhere and in everything. By one estimate, they account for as much as one-third of all microplastics released to the ocean. They’ve been found on #MountEverest and in the #MarianaTrench, along with tap #water, #plankton, shrimp guts, and our poo."

Read more: https://grist.org/technology/how-do-you-tackle-microplastics-start-with-your-washing-machine/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#WaterIsLife #Pollution #NaturalFibers #MakeClothesThatLast #SayNoToFastFashion #Underconsumption #UnderconsumptionCore