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Simply Sustainable: Moving Toward Plastic-Free, Low-Waste Living

Simply Sustainable: Moving Toward Plastic-Free, Low-Waste Living

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  • Create Date：2021-04-23 05:31:10
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
  • Status：finish
  • Author：Lily Cameron
  • ISBN：1984859137
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Reviews

Mary Beth ，

This book really is helpful for taking plastic and waste out of your life。 It has lots of info about things to switch out。 It lets you know it doesn’t have to be big huge changes。 Just here and there is fine。 It gives you lots of references for where to go to find the items you wish to switch。 I was impressed with the large amount of things you can compost！ And you don’t have to throw it all in the trash。 There are lots of options for us now。 This is a great book to help you realize you don’t re This book really is helpful for taking plastic and waste out of your life。 It has lots of info about things to switch out。 It lets you know it doesn’t have to be big huge changes。 Just here and there is fine。 It gives you lots of references for where to go to find the items you wish to switch。 I was impressed with the large amount of things you can compost！ And you don’t have to throw it all in the trash。 There are lots of options for us now。 This is a great book to help you realize you don’t really need all the stuff you keep！ 。。。more

Laura ，

This is an incredible book on living sustainably。 I highly recommend it！ I like how many topics/areas the author covers and how she understands how living sustainably can be a privilege。 Her ideas are practical and obtainable。 Really looking forward to applying themes into my life。

Me ，

I took this book out of the library based on the book title。 It doesn't seem very practical or doable to me。 While I want to reduce waste， I found the information overwhelming and lacking credible sources。 I feel like the book was nothing but suggestions of things to buy so some of which was rather gimmicky。 For example， a wood pencil with a seed capsule that can be "planted at the pencil's end of life"。 I took this book out of the library based on the book title。 It doesn't seem very practical or doable to me。 While I want to reduce waste， I found the information overwhelming and lacking credible sources。 I feel like the book was nothing but suggestions of things to buy so some of which was rather gimmicky。 For example， a wood pencil with a seed capsule that can be "planted at the pencil's end of life"。 。。。more

Panda Incognito ，

This photo-illustrated guide is practical and inviting， without the types of fear-mongering， shaming messages that can turn people off from low-waste living。 I am impressed with the author's ability to balance a friendly personal tone with practical information， because she makes her waste-reducing lifestyle seem doable without leaning too much into memoir elements or expecting everyone else's life to look like hers。She emphasizes that waste-reduction is attainable when people focus on increment This photo-illustrated guide is practical and inviting， without the types of fear-mongering， shaming messages that can turn people off from low-waste living。 I am impressed with the author's ability to balance a friendly personal tone with practical information， because she makes her waste-reducing lifestyle seem doable without leaning too much into memoir elements or expecting everyone else's life to look like hers。She emphasizes that waste-reduction is attainable when people focus on incremental steps and don't expect perfection。 This is a great book for people who feel overwhelmed or turned off by other resources on the topic， and who do not have the time or economic luxury to adopt a full zero-waste lifestyle。 There are lots of great ideas here， organized by living space， and the author includes practical tips and recipe ideas without expecting someone to be completely self-sustaining。 I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a good introduction to living plastic-free and reducing waste， and especially to those who have felt overwhelmed by other resources。 。。。more

Christina ，

This is a really helpful resource for those who are interested in taking the first steps towards plastic-free， low-waste living。 The book is broken up by living space and I really like the approach of showing good first steps next to a more “reach” goal。 Thank you， 10 Speed Press for this finished copy in exchange for my honest review。

Kimberly ，

Simply Sustainable is a great book for beginners who are looking for ways to integrate zero-waste habits into their everyday lives。 The book addresses ways in which to go plastic free in the following areas: kitchen， bathroom， cleaning， babies and pets， and lifestyle。 Sections of the book are neither long nor overwhelming。 Everything is explained and suggested in a very honest and realistic manner with the author admitting that a household is unlikely to ever be completely plastic free。 This is Simply Sustainable is a great book for beginners who are looking for ways to integrate zero-waste habits into their everyday lives。 The book addresses ways in which to go plastic free in the following areas: kitchen， bathroom， cleaning， babies and pets， and lifestyle。 Sections of the book are neither long nor overwhelming。 Everything is explained and suggested in a very honest and realistic manner with the author admitting that a household is unlikely to ever be completely plastic free。 This is not a book that preaches throwing out all of your plastic and starting anew， but instead recommends using what you have until it is time to replace it and then choosing something sustainable。 There is a nice section at the end of the book listing recycling resources， composting methods， further reading， and buying resources。 The author lists brands that she prefers and having used several of these brands myself and finding them effective and of high quality， this is a list I feel confident trusting。 I feel that I should mention that the author and her husband founded a company called Wild Minimalist which sells products geared toward a zero-waste lifestyle。 I was very pleased that this book does not read at all like an advertisement for their store and at no point is a reader instructed to buy from them。 I think this is a wonderful resource for anyone just starting a journey towards a more environmentally-friendly lifestyle。 Yes， most of this information could be found with multiple online searches， but it is really nice to have all of this information in one place and to be able to refer to it as needed。 I would not， however， recommend this book to those who are already well into a minimalist or zero-waste lifestyle， as they most likely will already be incorporating these methods into their lives。 Thank you to the author and Ten Speed Press for the advance review copy。 。。。more