#zerowaste

Here are some of my approaches for practicing my values while being realistic that "I don't need anything" won't work:

Share (a few) things you DON'T want: when I lived in an apartment I said please no candles, and last year I had too many socks and asked family to avoid socks for me. It's simple and it prevents you getting a 17th mug!

Ask for experiences: depending on the person and their comfort with this type of request, you can go very broad ("I want you to give me an experience!") or very narrow ("I'd love it if you could babysit so I could go to the fiber festival on January 13th.")

Ask for homemade: not everyone can or wants to make things for their loved ones, but including a general mention that you would love something made by a friend can open up cool possibilities! You can also suggest replacing a gift exchange with a cookie exchange or similar; that worked in my family!

Ask for consumables: I find it's helpful to list categories (soap, spices, hair care, wine) and either exclude "tricky" categories or share your limitations simply (slave-free chocolate).

Ask for secondhand: I have a wishlist on thriftbooks.com I can share, and I frequently ask for something specifically secondhand, usually mentioning if I saw it on eBay or Poshmark or whatever.

Ask for small or ethical businesses: again, depending on the person, this can be as specific as sending a wishlist (e.g. bookshop.org) or as broad as "I would love something from a local small business."

Keep a list all year of stuff you want: this is great because it's a good outlet for consumption urges anyways, and every once in a while I'll revisit the list to discover that I really don't want the thing anymore. But if I do and we're nearing a gift season, I share it!

Don't feel obligated to keep gifts you don't want.

It can be easy to get a little miserly if the people in your life approach the holidays in a way that feels very transactional or shallow, but please do remember that gift-giving is an ancient and essential human bonding ritual. Black Friday deals and fast fashion make me rage, but the friend who gave me seeds from her garden and the ones who made my children blankets are forever cherished.

Slow Fashion is a Mindset 🧵✨

Break the cycle and embrace the craft! 🌿 Being stylish doesn’t have to mean constant consumption; it’s about giving clothes a second chance and realizing that it doesn't have to be new to be awesome. From the magic of upcycling to the simple act of repairing and re-wearing, every stitch is a protest against fast fashion. Remember: buy once and make it last, because true sustainability never goes out of style. Let’s consume less, create more, and turn our wardrobes into a collection of stories rather than just trends.

Living Plastic-Free: The Ultimate Glow Up 🌿✨

Ready to romanticize your life while saving the planet? 🌎 Let’s be real: the "everything in plastic" era is officially over. Swapping out single-use junk for aesthetic, sustainable alternatives isn't just a trend—it's a whole lifestyle shift that your home (and the ocean) will thank you for. 🌊🐚

Imagine a kitchen filled with durable glass containers and colorful, handmade bowl covers instead of messy plastic wrap. Think about your morning routine upgraded with a compostable bamboo toothbrush and lush bar soaps that replace those bulky plastic bottles. From rocking a stainless steel water bottle that actually keeps your coffee hot to hitting the farmers' market with chic reusable mesh bags, these small swaps add up to a major impact. It’s about being intentional, supporting plastic-free brands, and refusing the "freebies" that just end up in a landfill.

Low-waste living is the ultimate vibe for 2026. Let’s ditch the disposables and build a future that’s as clean as our aesthetic. ✨🧺

Which eco-swap are you starting with this week? Sound off in the notes! 💬👇

I “fixed” a set-in olive oil stain on my pants the other day. I think I like them better than before, even 🌱 I got the stain eating humus from my favorite Lebanese restaurant—so the inner part of the fern curls around the stain. Idk, I just didn’t want to cover it entirely. It’s a good memory.

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I feel like I can be a bit more vulnerable on this platform—nobody knows who I am and that’s so refreshing. I’m in the midst of hoping that no one I told to follow me over here from IG actually does. I’m very tired of trying not to make an idiot out of myself anywhere that my partner’s parents might see. Or old college friends.

I’ve spent about a week not making any art or writing. For context, I’m an American. I’ve grown up having a lot of political anxiety but nothing has compared to the stress, fear, shame, and embarrassment I’ve felt over the last few days. For myself and my family, my communities, all the people that didn’t want this to happen, and all the people who’ve been working hard for it not to.

But I have to remember that this type of chaos isn’t unprecedented—it’s just here now (in lots of ways it’s been here all along). And it’s our turn to figure it out. In that way, this may have been inevitable. To root out and destroy complacency and the evil of compliance. In ourselves and in our systems.

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they grow in the cracks. so will we.

you can mow us down, poison our soil, pave over our dreams—but we’ll still come back stronger.

corporate “green” means monoculture. real resistance is messy, tangled, rooted deep.

✷ we’re planting seed bombs in the shadows of skyscrapers

✷ we’re dumpster diving the ruins of consumerism

✷ we’re stitching clothes from the wreckage & shouting truth through salvaged amps

your climate conference has a sponsored hashtag. our protest is handwritten, loud, and compostable.