The Australian Women's Weekly

This to a way waste-free mind

The first step in this journey is acceptance that we should aim for effort, not perfection. Let’s begin by loosening our grip on the ‘perfect’ way to live a zero waste life and accept that making an effort in everything that we do all adds up to a big cumulative difference. This might mean one night you’re too tired to cook so you order home delivery, but it might also mean you wash all the plastic packaging from the delivery and reuse it for your next freezer meals. Every effort made should be congratulated.

Begin by writing a short manifesto on how to be a gentle activist. A gentle activist is one who is kind towards others and themselves about how much they can do and what they

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