Reconsider...Grace McClainPeople, Planet, Living Wage, Eco-friendly, Conscious consumption, transparency

Consumer Conscious

Reconsider...Grace McClainPeople, Planet, Living Wage, Eco-friendly, Conscious consumption, transparency
Consumer Conscious

As humans, we tend to consume many items throughout our days. Being intentional or conscious about our consumer habits combines a consideration of the people and planet in addition to the price and product qualities before we consume something.

Considering the ethical element means focusing on the health & wellbeing, fair treatment, living wage earning potential & safety of the people involved in the manufacturing process. Being cognizant of the eco element involves contemplating the environmental impacts to our planet such as renewable or sustainable practices, non-toxic/insecticide/ pesticide chemicals and zero waste or circular approaches to production and packaging.

Conscious Consumption involves making your purchasing decisions on more than just the price and face value of the product. Conscious consumption means voting with your dollars for more eco-friendly and ethical options.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

Transparency is the best marketing! If brands aren’t talking about some or all of these things, they aren’t doing them … happy shopping!

PEOPLE- TREATING HUMANS LIKE HUMANS

  • Fair, or even better, Living Wage

  • Freely Chosen Employment

  • Safe Working Conditions

  • No Discrimination

PLANET- RESPECTING THE NATURAL RESOURCES WE ALL SHARE

  • Organic clothing aka pesticide and insecticide free natural fibers

  • Renewable fibers only (not poly-based unless its recycled plastic fibers)

  • Clean energy use

  • Water/ resource conservation efforts

  • Carbon emission reduction and/or offsetting

  • Non toxic dyes

PRODUCT- INVESTING IN QUALITY

  • High Quality

  • Made to last

  • Made to avoid washing as much or needing to be dry cleaned (Did you know that ⅔ of the environmental impact of a piece of clothing is created at the consumer phase? )

  • Eco-friendly packaging

PROGRESS- COMMITTING TO DO BETTER

  • Nobody and no brand is perfect but the brands that are making an effort are talking about it! Maybe they aren’t doing something today but have an active goal to improve, that’s the kind of progress we are talking about!

Grace has never been into the status quo, and loves to think outside of the bag. She has a passion for ethical and earth friendly apparel and accessories. And is inspired by minimal living and the organization necessary for living joyfully with less.

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A Capsule Wardrobe: The Gateway Drug

A Capsule Wardrobe is the gateway drug to conscious consumption and a minimalist lifestyle. Once you begin to feel the positive, mood boosting, anti-clutter affects of a cleaner/ lighter closet, there is no doubt that you will need that kind of high throughout the rest of your life. And like a proper junkie with that first taste, you are a minimalist! Because being and becoming a minimalist are one and the same, just like building your capsule wardrobe was, it is a process, not an overnight transformation. 

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A Capsule Wardrobe: The Gateway Drug
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Deep Thoughts about Shopping

This was my life for so long. Until I finally realized that running this “one” errand never ended with me purchasing just one item but rather getting to the store -likely finding what I need but not without grabbing a bunch of other, in the moment, seemingly important items. And now, years later I am finally having what I lovingly refer to as “Deep Thoughts” about just how one shops.

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Deep Thoughts about Shopping
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Our Real Thoughts on Marie Kondo and her Netflix Series

Of course, we love Marie Kondo and the KonMarie method of only keeping stuff that sparks joy. That is the foundation of minimalism and we inherently knew this feeling of satisfaction, long before Marie Kondo named it and wrote the book, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, back in 2014. It is life changing- we truly believe that taking control of your stuff and space is what frees you up to go on and live your best, most productive life. However there is a dark side of downsizing if done without the consideration of how all that stuff got into your home in the first place and avoiding the truth of where it goes after you are done with it.

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Our Real Thoughts on Marie Kondo and her Netflix Series
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Tips on how to buy only the most eco-friendly + ethically made baby essentials while nesting. Nesting is nothing new, both animals and humans have been doing it since the beginning of time. But read on for the most eco-ethical way to go about this in your home & nursery.

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The hygge HABIT Shop Standards

Curious why we sell what we do or how we found our vendors, here’s a little synopsis… and as always we would love to chat more about details and specifics in the shop

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