Hello,

    It’s been quite a while since the last time I posted, but i think I can catch up with all the infrormation that I’ve gathered over the last week and a half!

    For the past week Ive been really trying to focus on the ways that the society can limit or prevent us from our sustainable choices. Apart from my persononal biggest issue in zero waste shopping , which is the big increase in the cost, I’ve also noticed the lack of recyclable bins around my local area and even my student building when I do need to use plastic. I haven’t yet discovered sustainable alternatives for all the products that i need to buy (like bread for example). I havent been able to find bread without any plastic yet even when i go into a bakery, but next time I’m going to try to ask if there’s any other alternatives. 

    I am trying my best to be aware of unnecesary plastic on food and most times I am succesful in avoiding waste, But i did notice as the time goes by it’s been getting harder to keep it up, especially when my day is already busy and i dont have the enegry to walk a big distance. It’s especially hard when I’m travelling to my family or boyfriend, where I usually have to give in to the supermarket food as there is not enough sustainable shops in their local areas. 

    Despite the hardships, i did notice little changes in my habits which make it more natural for me to avoid food packed with plastic. I am quite used to buying local farmers food now and it always keeps me excited to buy food that I know is locally produced.

     I’m hoping to see some improvements in myself in the next 10 days of the challange and hopefully find out more about what i can do to be more sustainable : )

Hi everyone: ) 

        Today was my first day of actually putting my challange to practice and trying to shop fully organically, and i think I can say it went pretty well.

Over the next few weeks i’m planning to visit as many organic/local food shops as i can, so today I chose one closest to our campus. I was very positively suprised with how many great sustainable alternatives this shop had, from food with no package to refills and reusing the egg boxes, which personally was my favourite idea, to even refiling your cleaning detergens. I managed to buy most of the things i needed there, although i still had to use a supermarket for the things i didnt get to buy. 

       I think some of the downfalls of this experience for me was unfortunately the cost of the food, which wouldn’t normally allow me to shop there on a daily basis, and the fact that even the closest shops are at least half an hour away by bus from where i live, in comparison to supermarkets which i have at every step. Also it takes a bit more time to plan for shopping like that-especially if you want to bring your own containers and bags and even some reused bottles. Those are only little things of course, but i think they still matter.   

         I would say some of the habits holding me back at the moment is being used to food like fruit and veggies being overly cheap in supermarkets in comparison to local shops. 

           Nevertheless I’m really excited to visit more shops and hopefully try out more options on how i can reduce plastic in my grocery shopping. Next time I might also try out refilling my laundry/cleaning detergens for eco friendly ones if i get the chance! 

Hello!

My challenge for the next 30 days is going to be doing my best to only buy organically produced food with least amount of plastic packages as possible, at least 3 times a week. I choose this challenge as lately I’ve been becoming more conscious of how much unnecessary disposable plastic we put on all kinds of foods and products. I personally always feel guilty for contributing to that. Cutting down all disposable plastic use would be my goal in the future, but as this seems to be a bit of a reach in my student lifestyle at the moment, I think cutting down plastic in food is a good first step for me. My first ever step towards being more sustainable was becoming vegetarian around two years ago, which has been a big success for me, so I am very excited to learn new ways I can help the environment more. I am normally very used to buying food in supermarkets, so I’m hoping to find a bit of change in that.  

  I hope everyone finds their challenges useful and exciting, and I’m wishing you all tons of luck:)