{"id":2637,"date":"2022-02-24T21:38:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T21:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nowasteliving.co.uk\/?p=2637"},"modified":"2022-02-24T23:34:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T23:34:58","slug":"are-you-an-eco-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowasteliving.co.uk\/are-you-an-eco-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You An Eco Person?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dispelling the myths of what it means to be eco.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This exploration has come about from re watching shop well for the planet. A BBC documentary that invites a more sustainable lifestyle into three average UK families.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

First Impressions…..<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The impression the families have of \u2018eco people\u2019 is very much the same and they are ‘not that type’. I totally understand that there is a group of people that are more inclined to make changes as the lifestyle they live just allows them to be more aware of the current problems. The Yogi\u2019s that are in tune with their bodies, the outdoorsey ones that see the pollution regularly, the second hand shoppers that are aware of the impact the clothing industry has. That is me, a yoga loving, outdoorsy second hand shopper. I don\u2019t think I look unkempt like I live in a field in a straw bale house scavenging for fruit. Although what does that look like anyway? More and more people are turning to alternative living to escape the pressures of modern day living. They are regular people that had office jobs, they have families, they wear \u2018normal\u2019 clothes. They just choose to not be dictated to by society in the way we have all been led to believe is the correct way to live. Good for them I say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The way we live is definitely changing – people want choices. They want freedom. I love programmes like \u2018New lives in the wild\u2019 with Ben Fogle. Not all the ways the people live are my cup of tea but the premise is the same. They all had hectic, over burnt out lives before, the rat race lifestyle, the car, the money, the job, the house and then one day something in their life changes and they give it up, all of it. To live the life they want to live, it is often a harder way of life, being self sufficient, farming the land, being off grid and often with very little money but from where I\u2019m viewing safely tucked up on my sofa, much richer than their former lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A wee bit of research…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve been asking our customers if they consider themselves \u2018eco\u2019 people, bearing in mind they purchase sustainable products and household liquids from us, most of them didn\u2019t consider themselves to be eco people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think this means that the standard is too high, in the sense that people consider it an unachievable way of living. The facts are that those people are already living more sustainably than most simply by shopping and supporting a company like ours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what do we consider to be a sustainable way of life? What makes us \u2018eco\u2019 people and not you? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is tricky because everyone is doing their bit and no one can do all of it, not straight away at least. It takes a long time to form new habits and adjust to a new way of life. Some eco based lifestyle changes are small and manageable, others are quite big steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of the things our customers do based on their feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n