Sustainable Home

Informationen zum Autor Christine Liu is author of the blog and YouTube account Snapshots of Simplicity, a diary and guide to living simply and sustainably. She has a degree in Industrial and Packaging Technology from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, and was also a H&M Sustainable Packaging Challenge Fellow of the DO School based in Germany. She lives in San Jose, California, where she works full time at Cisco Systems as a Sustainable Packaging Program Manager, and is also a global co-founder of Cisco's employee organization called The Green Team Network. Outside of her blogging and work efforts, Christine drives community initiatives in regards to zero waste living and speaks at local schools and organizations about living a sustainable lifestyle. Klappentext A stylish and inspirational guide to keeping a sustainable and low-impact home, going from room to room presenting tips and tricks on upcycling, gardening, efficiency and more. Zusammenfassung Sustainable Home is a stylish, inspirational and practical guidebook to maintaining a more environmentally friendly household. Inhaltsverzeichnis Living Minimalism Decluttering Mindful purchasing Energy Usage Clean energy Unplugging Furniture Sustainable furnishings Make-Your-Own: Hairpin Table Indoor Plants Caring for plants Make-Your-Own: Terrarium Kitchen Grocery Shopping Preparing and packing Sourcing locally Plant-Based Eating Alternatives to protein Make-Your-Own: Black Bean Burger Make-Your-Own: Milk Alternatives Wastage Packing to prevent food waste Make-Your-Own: Pickled Veg Composting Food Preparation and Cooking Sustainable kitchenware One-pot cooking Bedroom Closet Curating a minimalist wardrobe Sustainable clothing materials Laundering Re-use and Recycle Make-Your-Own: Tee-shirt Bag Make-Your-Own: Natural Clothes Dye Sleep Sustainable furniture Make-Your-Own: Room Spray Bathroom Toothcare Sustainable cleaning materials Make-Your-Own: Toothpaste Body Care Make-Your-Own: Aloe Vera Body Scrub Make-Your-Own: Body Butter & Lip Balm Haircare Sustainable cleaning materials Make-Your-Own: Apple Cider Rinse Aftercare and accessories Safety Razor Water Usage Toilet tricks Shower hacks Cleaning products Natural cleaning products Make-Your-Own: Cleaning Spray Outdoors Dining Out Going Places Sustainable Workplace Take Action...

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Christine Liu is author of the blog and YouTube account Snapshots of Simplicity, a diary and guide to living simply and sustainably. She has a degree in Industrial and Packaging Technology from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, and was also a H&M Sustainable Packaging Challenge Fellow of the DO School based in Germany. She lives in San Jose, California, where she works full time at Cisco Systems as a Sustainable Packaging Program Manager, and is also a global co-founder of Cisco's employee organization called The Green Team Network. Outside of her blogging and work efforts, Christine drives community initiatives in regards to zero waste living and speaks at local schools and organizations about living a sustainable lifestyle.

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A stylish and inspirational guide to keeping a sustainable and low-impact home, going from room to room presenting tips and tricks on upcycling, gardening, efficiency and more.

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Sustainable Home is a stylish, inspirational and practical guidebook to maintaining a more environmentally friendly household.

Contenu

Living
Minimalism
– Decluttering
– Mindful purchasing
Energy Usage
– Clean energy
– Unplugging
Furniture
– Sustainable furnishings
– Make-Your-Own: Hairpin Table
Indoor Plants
– Caring for plants
– Make-Your-Own: Terrarium
 
Kitchen
Grocery Shopping
– Preparing and packing
– Sourcing locally
Plant-Based Eating
– Alternatives to protein
– Make-Your-Own: Black Bean Burger
– Make-Your-Own: Milk Alternatives
Wastage
– Packing to prevent food waste
– Make-Your-Own: Pickled Veg
– Composting
Food Preparation and Cooking
– Sustainable kitchenware
– One-pot cooking
 
Bedroom
Closet
– Curating a minimalist wardrobe
– Sustainable clothing materials
– Laundering
Re-use and Recycle
– Make-Your-Own: Tee-shirt Bag
– Make-Your-Own: Natural Clothes Dye
Sleep
– Sustainable furniture
– Make-Your-Own: Room Spray
 
Bathroom
Toothcare
– Sustainable cleaning materials
– Make-Your-Own: Toothpaste
Body Care
– Make-Your-Own: Aloe Vera Body Scrub
– Make-Your-Own: Body Butter & Lip Balm
Haircare
– Sustainable cleaning materials
– Make-Your-Own: Apple Cider Rinse
– Aftercare and accessories
– Safety Razor
Water Usage
– Toilet tricks
– Shower hacks
Cleaning products
– Natural cleaning products
– Make-Your-Own: Cleaning Spray
 
Outdoors
– Dining Out
– Going Places
– Sustainable Workplace
– Take Action