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12 Months of Sustainable Living

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At Old World New, 2019 is the year of being Sustainable IRL (in real life). What does this even mean? Each month this year, I will be diving into one subject and sharing as much about it with you as I can. This is a living document, so I’ll be updating this post and the main monthly posts every few weeks. Check back here whenever you need to catch up!

Luckily, this info should be relevant in the near future, so it doesn’t matter what month or year you join in. Make sure you hashtag is #SustainableIRL when you share how you’re using these or your own sustainable living tips with those you love and on the web and social media apps.

If you want to keep the conversation going, join us in the #SustainableIRL group!

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Sustainable Living Monthly Guide

1. January

Eco-Friendly Cleaning

eco-friendly cleaning resources

A collection of blog posts, websites, apps, and books to help you on your eco-friendly cleaning and sustainable living journey.

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2. February

Single Use Plastic & Recycling

recycling resources

A collection of blog posts, books, and websites to help you better understand recycling and single-use plastics.

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3. March

Sustainable Fashion

Sustainable fashion and thrifting blog posts, websites, and books curated for you to leisurely explore eco-friendly fashion at your own pace.

Coming Soon >>

4. April

Investing in a Sustainable Lifestyle

Coming Soon >>

5. May

Eco-Friendly Travel

Coming Soon >>

6. June

Understanding & Exploring Zero Waste

Coming Soon >>

7. July

All About Food: Waste, Gardening, Composting

Coming Soon >>

8. August

Sustainable Education

Coming Soon >>

9. September

Sustainable Activism

Coming Soon >>

10. October

Self-Sufficiency through Reuse, Upcycling, & DIY

Coming Soon >>

11. November

Circular Economy

Coming Soon >>

12. December

Giving Back

Coming Soon >>

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  • Kaylee | The Word of the Wild
    February 26, 2019

    This is great! I can’t wait to come back and keep reading each month. I’m looking forward to May.

    Reply
  • Emily
    February 26, 2019

    Oh wow! This is a great idea! I can’t wait to learn about these topics each month!

    Reply
  • Heather
    February 27, 2019

    What a fun idea. I’m excited to learn more in March and April.

    Reply
  • 8 zero waste mom bloggers you need to follow - tiny yellow bungalow
    June 27, 2019

    […] families to move towards waste free living at their own pace. Yay for baby steps! Check out her 12 Months of Sustainable Living Guide which helps break down the sustainable lifestyle into smaller easier to digest […]

    Reply

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Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
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Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
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Happy Earth Day 🌍🫶🏾🌱

I used to think “let me just get 5k followers.. 10k followers… one day I’ll have 20k followers…” to help people live more sustainably with the blog posts and social media posts I created. 10+ years of that led to burnout. And it never felt the same as when my friends and family started to live a little more sustainably because of something they learned from me. 

I hope you’ll be the inspiration for someone in your life to be a little bit more sustainable today. It’s such a good feeling to see the people closest to you thrift more, consume less, and think differently — more sustainably — about how we treat our world. 

Don’t push it, just live it. 

Happy Earth Day 🌍🫶🏾🌱
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Happy Earth Day 🌍🫶🏾🌱 I used to think “let me just get 5k followers.. 10k followers… one day I’ll have 20k followers…” to help people live more sustainably with the blog posts and social media posts I created. 10+ years of that led to burnout. And it never felt the same as when my friends and family started to live a little more sustainably because of something they learned from me. I hope you’ll be the inspiration for someone in your life to be a little bit more sustainable today. It’s such a good feeling to see the people closest to you thrift more, consume less, and think differently — more sustainably — about how we treat our world. Don’t push it, just live it. Happy Earth Day 🌍🫶🏾🌱
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🥶❌🌱 Not my plant babies! 

It’s been cold in Texas the past few days, so I acted accordingly to protect my little backyard garden that’s barely underway. 

Using thrifted sheets (once back drops in my “thrift fashionista style content” days lol) and thrifted clothes pins (I knew they would come in handy! 😆🙌🏾), as well as some old jugs, bottles, containers, and twigs. Hopefully they help keep the plants from getting too cold to survive.
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🥶❌🌱 Not my plant babies! It’s been cold in Texas the past few days, so I acted accordingly to protect my little backyard garden that’s barely underway. Using thrifted sheets (once back drops in my “thrift fashionista style content” days lol) and thrifted clothes pins (I knew they would come in handy! 😆🙌🏾), as well as some old jugs, bottles, containers, and twigs. Hopefully they help keep the plants from getting too cold to survive.
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Finally got a migrating bird LIGHTS OUT sign 🤩

Turn off your lights (outdoor & indoor) to limit light pollution and to protect migrating birds 🫶🏾🕊️

TURN ‘EM OFF! (in my Teddy Pendergrass voice 😂)

#lightsouttexas #lightsout #lightpollution #migratorybirds
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Finally got a migrating bird LIGHTS OUT sign 🤩 Turn off your lights (outdoor & indoor) to limit light pollution and to protect migrating birds 🫶🏾🕊️ TURN ‘EM OFF! (in my Teddy Pendergrass voice 😂) #lightsouttexas #lightsout #lightpollution #migratorybirds
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Do you reuse gift wrap?

Here are some things that I’ve thrifted to reuse as gift wrap each holiday season:

⭐️ tablecloths
⭐️ napkins & handkerchiefs (matching napkins sewn together can be used for larger gifts)
⭐️ Scarves (like from @wrappr)
⭐️ Cloth bags (like the ones your sheet sets come in)
⭐️ Pillowcases
⭐️ Curtains (can be used as gift wrap or to cover larger gifts like bikes or toy kitchens)

As long as you can fold the fabric into a square before wrapping the gift, it works well when using the furoshiki style wrapping technique. 

Comment WRAP for a few tips and tricks to wrap gifts in cloth fabric.
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Do you reuse gift wrap? Here are some things that I’ve thrifted to reuse as gift wrap each holiday season: ⭐️ tablecloths ⭐️ napkins & handkerchiefs (matching napkins sewn together can be used for larger gifts) ⭐️ Scarves (like from @wrappr) ⭐️ Cloth bags (like the ones your sheet sets come in) ⭐️ Pillowcases ⭐️ Curtains (can be used as gift wrap or to cover larger gifts like bikes or toy kitchens) As long as you can fold the fabric into a square before wrapping the gift, it works well when using the furoshiki style wrapping technique. Comment WRAP for a few tips and tricks to wrap gifts in cloth fabric.
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