Bea Johnson

Zero Waste Home

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Part inspirational story of Bea Johnson (the “Priestess of Waste-Free Living”) and how she transformed her family's life for the better by reducing their waste to an astonishing one liter per year; part practical, step-by-step guide that gives readers tools and tips to diminish their footprint and simplify their lives.
Many of us have the gnawing feeling that we could and should do more to limit our impact on the environment. But where to begin? How? Many of us have taken small steps, but Bea Johnson has taken the big leap. Bea, her husband Scott, and their two young sons produce just one quart of garbage a year.
In Zero Waste Home, Bea Johnson shares her story and lays out the system by which she and her family have reached and maintained their own Zero Waste goals--a lifestyle that has yielded bigger surprises than they ever dreamed possible. They now have more time together as a family, they have cut their annual spending by a remarkable 40%, and they are…
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  • Nastyahas quoted5 years ago
    Fill a spray bottle with 1 cup water and 1/4 cup white distilled vinegar.
    Note: For added scent, you can infuse the vinegar with citrus peels in a jar for a couple of weeks, prior to diluting it.
  • Nastyahas quoted5 years ago
    Relocating presented an opportunity to rethink our ways. With the adoption of voluntary simplicity, we came to ask ourselves: What do we want from life? Are we living it fully? We have one life to live and only so many hours in a day. Downsizing answered our questions. It gave us a chance to shift our lives from spending our free time maintaining our investments to doing things that we truly enjoy, such as spending time with our loved ones, indulging in a few hobbies, creating, and learning. After all, these are activities that I want to fully explore before I die . . . rather than spending my life cleaning those extra rooms, mowing an ever-growing lawn, or spending the fruits of my professional work to hire people to do those tasks for me.
  • Nastyahas quoted6 years ago
    In my opinion, eco-friendly products will be a good alternative only when we have exhausted and worn out those already manufactured.

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