Sustainable Badass

With Sustainable Badass, green activist, sustainability blogger, and speaker Gittemarie Johansen gives readers the tools to reshape their conventional habits, purchases, and recipes with simple yet effective zero-waste alternatives. From small changes such as pre-cycling and purchasing items with minimum to no packaging, to eliminating plastic entirely; this book empowers you to be a sustainable badass by making effortless planet-positive choices in your everyday life.

Preface


Chapter 1 - The Plastic Problem
This Is How Plastic Is Made
Microplastic
Garbage Islands
What Are We Doing About It?


Chapter 2 - Recycling: A Waste Management Guide
How Is Plastic Recycled?

• What about bioplastic?

How is Organic Waste Recycled?
How Is Glass Recycled?
How Is Paper Recycled?
How Is Metal Recycled?
What about Return Systems?


Chapter 3  - Zero-Waste Living: Going Green
How I Got Started
Beginner’s Guide

You Cannot Buy Your Way Out of the Climate Crisis

• How do you avoid greenwashing?

Chapter 4 - The Plastic You Cannot Avoid


Chapter 5 - A Zero-Waste Household
Homemade Cleaning Supplies

• Dish soap
• Brushes and cloths
• Toilet paper

Alternatives to Foil and Film
Recipe for Toilet Tabs
Laundry
Compost Guide

• Worm compost
• What is compostable?
• What is not compostable?

Chapter 6 - Electronics
E-waste and Disposal
Pre-loved Gadgets
Planned Obsolescence and Repairs
Data Storage and Streaming


Chapter 7 - Clothing
What Is Fast Fashion?
How to Spot the Sustainable Brands

1. Do they have actual certificates to back up their claims?
2. Is the supply chain transparent?
3. Is there a consistency between the price and the product?
4. Can you get in touch with the brand?

Kicking the Habit of Fast Fashion
Second-hand and Clothing Swaps

• Gittemary’s guide to thrift shops
• Clothing swaps and second-hand apps

Repairs and Maintenance
Tips for the Minimalist Wardrobe
Fashion Mentality and Designer Labels
Materials and Textiles

• What Are the Most Sustainable Materials?

Chapter 8 - Food and Grocery Shopping
Animal Agriculture
Imported Feed
Zero-Waste Meat?
What about White Meat and Fish?

• Facts about bottom trawling

What Should We Eat Instead?

• Commonly heard statements about animal products and some solutions:

Sustainable Lunches

• Wax wrap
• Lunch box
• Glass jars
• Canvas bags
• Water bottles and canteens
• Cutlery
• Your own box for salads
• Snacks

Bringing Your Own Container: A Guide to Politeness


Chapter 9 - Kitchen Guide
Useful and Plastic-free Ingredients to Have in the Kitchen
Seasonal Greens
Food Storage

• In and out of the fridge
• The freezer

Food Waste
Conventional Supermarkets
My Favorite Recipes

• Birthday buns
• Burger buns
• Vegan meringue
• Carrot cake
• Homemade oat milk
• Green ravioli with nut filling
• Plant Based pasta carbonara
• Mac ’n’ tease
• Pasta salad with curry dressing
• Beet Wellington

Problems with Popular Plants


Chapter 10 - Zero-Waste On the Go
Make Your Own Zero-Waste Kit
Sustainable Vacations

• Great vacations without planes
• Buying green while on vacation

Chapter 11 - Waste-free for Parties and Holidays
Gifts

• The homemade
• The preloved
• The experience

Gift Wrapping

• Do like grandma
• Refuse gift wrapping
• Use what you already have

Chapter 12 - Plastic-free Care Products
Oral Hygiene
Shaving
Soap Guide

• A solid soap tip

Periods
DIY Makeup and Beauty Tips

• Homemade body lotion
• Homemade setting powder
• Homemade concealer
• Homemade blush
• Homemade lip tint
• Homemade eyebrow tint/eye shadow
• Homemade mascara
• Easy face mask
• Charcoal mask

Products that You Might Want to Phase Out or Stop Buying Right Away


Chapter 13 - I am Super Green: What Now?


Chapter 14 - Guilt Does Not Plant Trees


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Works Cited & Sources


Special Thank You's


About the Author