Have you ever imaging to live in a life without making any trash? Lauren Singer has gone 2 years without producing any garbage and her story isn’t what you’d expect.
The inspiration came from taking Environmental Studies at NYU. She was passionate about protesting against big oil and wanted to do what she could to help impact our environment in a positive way. While at first you might think she’s probably a “hippie” or “treehugger” who doesn’t live a normal life, when you pay attention to her story you not only find that this isn’t the case, but also that given her experience, we could all be doing this too. All it would take is a little discipline and habit changing.
Her passion for the environment was challenged greatly one day when she realized upon opening her fridge that almost every item was wrapped or stored in some sort of disposable package. Here she was, the “green” girl, being, as she called herself, a hypocrite because she was choosing to live her life in a way that wasn’t green or sustainable. So she decided to eliminate plastic from her life.
Singer shares how she went from being an average consumer to eliminating trash from her life on her blog. Use this as inspiration and see if you can begin doing the same. She outlines many details of what she did, let’s see if you can implement this in your own life.
