Thrifty Thursday

Jueves de Reciclaje

Thrifty:

adjective, (of a person or their behavior) using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully. When we have a thrifty mindset, it not only keeps money in our wallets, it helps us reduce, reuse, repair, rethink our consumer choices.

Thrifty Thursday Jueves de Reciclaje

Save Money and the Planet

Ahorra dinero y salva

Challenge/Reto:

Buy second hand items comprar de segunda mano
Hang clothes to dry secar ropa al aire
Choose reusable items escogar cosas reusables
Repair instead of replace reparar en vez de reemplazar
Eat your leftovers comer las sobras
Shower less bañarse menos
Say no to things you don't need negar cosas que no necesitas

Fast Fashion: Shift your Shopping practices

Re-THINKING Fashion and Normalizing Second-Hand Clothing

What you buy makes a difference - (a simple way to make a change!)

Small Footprint Begins at Home

Is Fast Fashion Killing the Planet

"Americans throw away 13 million tons of textiles (approximately 85 percent) annually, which amounts to 9 percent of total non-recycled waste. And that ends up in the landfills"

How the Fast Fashion Industry Destroys the Environment

"...Producing apparel and garments, massive amounts of greenhouse gas emissions enter the atmosphere, water sources are depleted, and carcinogenic chemicals, dyes, salts, and heavy metals are dumped into waterways".