Even before I started PathToLess, I knew that everything we produced and consumed had an impact on the environment, but it was more of a vague awareness that didn’t translate into any specific numbers or actions for me. After I became more self-conscious about the environmental impact we have on the planet and the consequences… Continue reading The Story of Stuff – you will never look at your purchases the same again
One of the advantages of being online is having an endless source of ideas to keep things interesting when it comes to sustainability. Being environmentally friendly and making conscious consumer choices can get hard, given all the additional work that has to go into even the simplest tasks. Doing challenges and focusing on specific areas… Continue reading Getting ready for #secondhandseptember
The Earth Overshoot Day is this weekend (on August 22 to be specific). Starting August 23 we will be using our planet’s resources that Earth is unable to regenerate this year. That’s it. That’s the post. Starting Sunday, everything you consume, and everything you throw out is not something that Earth can grow back for… Continue reading This is it. We’ve run out of renewable resources
Zero waste is not the easiest life choice in the world. And that was before there was a pandemic running rampant all over the world. Suddenly, everything around us had the potential of giving us a life-threatening disease. People were afraid of handling anything that wasn’t wrapped in plastic, stores banned reusable containers and the… Continue reading Zero Waste in the world post-pandemic
I had a day off recently and decided to go for a walk with my mom. As you already know, I live in a big city in Poland and while there are some trees around offering shade and a splash of green, it’s mostly a brick and concrete jungle. My apartment building is close to… Continue reading Why inner-city parks are important
I first came across the concept of Earth Overshoot Day in October 2019, when I was doing research for my ecological footprint post. It was both fascinating and terrifying. I was fascinated by the idea and impressed that someone came up with it and managed to calculate it. But it was terrifying to see how… Continue reading 2020 Earth Overshoot Day has been calculated
If you search the Internet, you’ll find a lot of ideas for a variety of sustainable swaps you could make in your life. Some as easy as getting a reusable bottle for your water, or switching to a bamboo toothbrush (both swabs I happily made at the very beginning of my journey and I haven’t… Continue reading Reusable period products
I haven’t written too many posts related to the current situation. I wrote about finding focus during a pandemic and challenges that make staying home easier. And like everybody else on Twitter, I learned how to bake bread. Unlike a lot of people, I’m incredibly fortunate: “I can comfortably work from home and neither my… Continue reading How will this crisis affect minimalism?
I am always on the lookout to lower my ecological footprint. If you follow me on Instagram, you would have noticed all the sustainable swaps I tried or am in the process of testing out. When I started this website, I wanted to see what I can cut from my spending in order to save… Continue reading How I failed at making my own face toner
Last year, I was invited to my cousin’s wedding. Because I had a rather vivid purple color on my hair at the time and the roots were showing for a good five centimeters, I decided to color my hair so it would look good in the photos. I asked the hairdresser to color my hair… Continue reading Why I’m going back to my natural hair color
