Dining and Take-Away

• Get your own reusable coffee cup, imagine how much paper and plastic you’d be saving.
• Bring your own reusable bag to the restaurant.
• Say no to plastic straws by switching to metal or glass straws
• Refuse single use cutlery by switching to bamboo or bringing your own
• Adopt a flexitarian diet, reduce meat and dairy and eat more plant based food. It’s good for you!
• Go vegan one month per year
• Avoid highly processed foods
• Cut your portion size to avoid overeating or wasting food
• Avoid unnecessary packaging when possible
• Plan your meals
• Limit the number of food shopping trips so it’s done once a week instead of everyday
• Pack your leftovers in glass containers to have another day

Shopping

• Be a conscious buyer by purchasing sustainable and ethically sourced merchandise
• Avoid fast fashion as much as possible, buy less and better quality and try renting too
• Buy vintage clothes, home accessories, furniture, the stars do it!
• Buy organic when able
• Don’t buy from brands that have unethical practices
• Buy less and better quality
• Mend/ fix what you can instead of discarding old clothes, household items, electronics
• Avoid microplastics and palm oil in beauty products.
• Buy solar powered electronics/ lights when possible
• Support your local NGOs and artisans
• Refuse plastic bags by bringing your own reusable bag to the grocery store
• Get your own reusable produce bags, jars, containers when grocery shopping instead of single use plastic items
• Buy produce that is in season and if you’re able buy local
• Buy shampoo and soap bars instead of the ones sold in plastic containers
• Use glass containers to store food instead of plastic
• When buying food buy in bulk instead of small portions