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?
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
- Do they have actual certificates to back up their claims?
- Is the supply chain transparent?
- Is there a consistency between the price and the product?
- 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
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
