tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28463190886829244222024-03-01T14:12:54.554-08:00Zero Waste HomeBeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05966816722744433319noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846319088682924422.post-12114129455867612132018-08-03T02:06:00.006-07:002021-02-26T00:27:07.576-08:00Travel and Zero Waste<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "raleway"; font-size: 16px;">A while back, I answered the questions of a </span><a href="https://www.moimessouliers.org/bea-johnson-le-voyage-zero-dechet/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">French-Canadian writer</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "raleway"; font-size: 16px;">. I thought they complemented what I already covered in</span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Zero-Waste-Home-Ultimate-Simplifying/dp/1451697686/ref=as_li_bk_ia/?tag=thez0d-20&linkId=f2026f81b1eb2caf3300d74b29f43ca6&linkCode=kia" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"> my book</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "raleway"; font-size: 16px;"> beautifully, and were worth sharing with you. So here is a translated, adapted and updated version of that interview.</span><br />
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Whether we’re home or away, our efforts focus on my first 3 R’s, since they prevent waste (i.e, those items meant for the landfill and those that are recyclable).</div>
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<span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reduce</span>: The voluntary simplicity that we adopted thanks to this lifestyle allowed us to declutter our lives: <a href="https://www.furniture.com/tips-and-trends/decorating-on-a-budget-minimalist-style" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">furniture</a>, personal items, and wardrobes (each one fits in a carry-on). This minimalism translates into many advantages in term of travelling.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reuse</span>: After refusing and reducing, reusing is your last chance to prevent waste. Every time I travel, I carry <a class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="def703cae9d3a5441cafe966a274e8db" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="simple ecology reusable organic cotton mesh grocery" href="http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Ecology-Reusable-Organic-Shopping/dp/B008RPRJUY/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=thez0d-20&linkId=def703cae9d3a5441cafe966a274e8db&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_2634131" rel="nofollow noopener" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">a cloth bag</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_2634131" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=thez0d-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=def703cae9d3a5441cafe966a274e8db&_cb=1533328071457" style="border: medium none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 0px;" width="0" /> (to buy a croissant and avoid its paper wrapper), a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JDCJ72S/?tag=zerowastehomestore-20" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">handkerchief</a> (to wipe mouth and hands and avoid paper towels) and a<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0124WR6D0/?tag=zerowastehomestore-20" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"> stainless thermos</a>.</div>
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My vanity case contains a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HJB3OSM/?tag=zerowastehomestore-20" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">spice shaker</a> filled with baking soda (which I use as tooth powder and deodorant) and a bar of soap (which I use as shampoo and body/facial cleanser).</div>
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If I travel by plane for any length of time: I eat before boarding (I refuse the flight’s meal) and carry a sandwich and/or croissant in my cloth bag; I use my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G3P9UMU/?tag=zerowastehomestore-20" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">phone’s ear buds</a> (instead of those offered on the flight) and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GLASHAM/?tag=zerowastehomestore-20" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">my wrap</a> which I use as a blanket (instead of the airline’s, which is wrapped in plastic). The flight attendant fills my container with my choice of drink. Once there, we choose restaurants that offer washable utensils, if we rent an accommodation, we use the available reusable containers in the rental to buy in bulk. I created a <a href="https://app.zerowastehome.com/" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Bulk Finder</a> to locate and share locations anywhere in the world. If my app does not point a local bulk location, we automatically fall back on farmer’s markets and health food stores, since they universally offer package-free foods.</div>
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Carbon credits should not give us a reason to travel more or irresponsibly. It is more important and efficient to travel less and travel smart (for example, by train when possible). I sometimes buy them, but travel outfitters now include them more and more (it should be the norm). Plus carbon credits to me are like recycling, once it’s off your hands, it’s out of your control. If I do travel, I believe I have more impact ofsetting my carbon footprint by picking up litter, answering media interviews or <a href="https://zerowastehome.com/about/speaking/" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">giving talks on waste-free living</a> to grow the movement further.<br />
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A few years ago, I went to Argentina and Chile with a group. The organizers of that trip recommended for us to drink bottled water. I noticed that our guide drank water from the tap, so I did too and did not have any problems. Once on the expedition boat for Cape Horn, he switched to bottled water, so I switched to tea. I believe that besides the fear of getting sick, many tourists also drink bottled water simply for the lack of carrying their own reusable container. It is up to each one to inquire about the potability of local water (see if the dangers are real), but also to remember to bring a reusable bottle along. If you open your eyes for filtered water fountains (or kettles in hotel rooms), you’ll see them everywhere.</div>
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Do not let the lack of recycling receptacles let you assume that it is non-existent. Inquire about it because in many countries, such as Brazil, the separation of recyclable materials is actually done at the landfill, by “pickers”, and in Vietnam, by individuals. That said, as I mention above, Zero Waste luckily does not rely on recycling, but my first 3 R’s, which eliminate the need to recycle anything at all.</div>
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Whether we treat ourselves to a dinner out at home or while travelling, we do not have leftovers. We have learned to order just what we need and prefer to place a new order if we underestimated our hunger. If bread is left in the basket, which is more the case, I wrap it in the cloth bag mentioned above for a snack, unless we run into some ducks;)</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div>
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In Macedonia, I launched the Macedonian version of my book (beautiful cover, no?)</div>
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and celebrated with Andrijana, my translator!</div>
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In Budapest, I launched the Hungarian version of the book</div>
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and met the woman who was inspired by my work to<span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> launch @thesortingbags, a line of reusable bags.</span></div>
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In Slovakia, I spoke at Slovakia Going Zero Waste Festival and discovered this worm composter by @wurmkiste.at</div>
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and this one by @vermigo_com (AMAZING)!</div>
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In Albania, I met the superheroes behind @greenlinealb -for the first time my talk was attended by more men than women!</div>
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and I was most delighted to see how much bulk was available there!</div>
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In Romania, I got some exercise visiting the Turda Salt Mine,</div>
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and had a full house thanks to @samsara.foodhouse. </div>
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In Turkey, super eco restaurant @ekbicyeic gave me a tour of their rooftop garden</div>
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and the French Institute filled two spaces for my talk.</div>
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In Latvia, I launched the Latvian version of the book,</div>
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with a presentation at the university (Loved the architecture)</div>
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In Estonia, Let’s Do it World had organized talk and interviews,</div>
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including one on National TV to show how I grocery shop sans packaging.</div>
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In Ukraine, I simply got spoiled: With a tour of Kiev’s underground water system,</div>
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a private tour to the top of the Motherland Statue,</div>
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print, radio and TV interviews,</div>
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and an event for the launch of the Ukrainian version of my book!</div>
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In Lithuania, I took national TV to @alpana_unpacked (a store that this blog inspired to transition to bulk!)</div>
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and had the best dinner of my tour @sweetroot_restaurant!</div>
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In Belarus, the organizing team took me on a visit of Minsk (here at the National Library)</div>
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and for a talk before a super enthusiastic crowd(photo credit @AlexeiBasalai)</div>
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In Russia, I made stops in St Petersburg (photo credit @igorpodgorny)</div>
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and a visit of @zerowasteshop.moscow that<span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> Larissa (the owner) said I inspired!</span></div>
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In Bulgaria, I had a wonderful day filled with a rooftop lunch, interviews,</div>
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and a visit of @zoyabg, a store selling cosmetics in bulk -and sponsor of that night’s talk.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"> At the end of the week, I will be leaving again for a round-the- world tour through Namibia, Montenegro, France, India, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. Stay tuned for the complete itinerary and links to events!</span></div>
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In my home town, where I grocery shop, I am known as the jar lady. I hold the title with great pride. We own 100 of them. But we’re not talking about a mismatched collection of pickle and mayo containers here: I exclusively use French canning jars.</div>
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My love affair for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/leparfait" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Le Parfait</a>, goes way back. Like most Frenchies, I hold a nostalgic connotation to the brand. Growing up in the South of France, I watched my mom, grandmother, and great grandmother use these jars for canning all sort of things: pears, green beans, jams, tomato sauce, pate, headcheese, you name it. Before freezing methods were developed, this was one of the best ways to preserve food!</div>
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But my favorite memory about these jars goes back to just a decade ago. My dad invited me to the family home, a modest 17<sup style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">th</sup> century stone farmhouse set deep in the countryside, to lunch with a long lost first cousin. Having shared the same grandparents, she and I perused the property, recollecting childhood memories. We visited the barn and what used to be my late grandmother’s chicken coop and vegetable garden, before making our way into an annex where she’d store her stash of cured meats, dried herbs and canned goods. Much to our surprise, much of her canning still lined the shelves, with some dating back to the 1970’s! One of them read: Plums in Spirits 1977. My cousin and I turned to each other with the same idea in our heads, smiled in approval, opened it and took a sip as you would a chalice at church. I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but to this day, it remains the best desert I have ever had. When my dad later found out what we had done, he got mad at me for opening what he considered an heirloom, but I have no regret: Its made for the best memory my cousin and I share.</div>
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Yet, I only started using Le Parfait jars in my own home in my early thirties. It’s not canning but rather a frustration with Tupperware that lead me back to them. The warping of the plastic in the dishwasher and the microwave (yes, I did that! I was so clueless back then!), the staining in contact with tomato sauce, the constant search for matching tops (no matter what technique I used to organize them), etc… So by the time I started to reduce our plastic use (in 2006), I had already swapped most of our Tupperware for Le Parfait jars to store leftovers. But as soon as we adopted a zero waste lifestyle, they went viral in our home. We started using them for everything:</div>
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To store leftovers in the fridge (thus allowing us to eliminate aluminum foil, plastic wrap, wax paper and ziplock bags),<br />
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Multi-functionality is one of the most important qualities that, as a minimalist, I look for in a product and it’s probably the best perk of using them. But here are 13 other reasons, why I prefer these jars over other designs:</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Durable</span>: The can dating from 1977 is great proof of that!</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Airtight</span>: They’ve eliminated bug infestation in our pantry and therefore food waste.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Waterproof</span>: We use them to buy anything wet, from olive oil to ice cream to meat, and we don’t have to worry about spillage in our grocery totes.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Clear</span>: Unlike Tupperware or aluminum, we can see what they hold, so no food gets forgotten and therefore thrown away.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Selection of sizes</span>: My collection ranges from tiny (to hold the horseradish recipe in the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Zero-Waste-Home-Ultimate-Simplifying/dp/1451697686/ref=as_li_bk_ia/?tag=thez0d-20&linkId=f2026f81b1eb2caf3300d74b29f43ca6&linkCode=kia" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">book</a>) to very big (to store often-used staples like flour).</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Interchangeable</span>: The same top and gasket fit different body sizes, so if the body of an 12oz. jar breaks, I can use its top and gasket on that of a 2qt. one.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gaskets reuse</span>: The company will tell you not to reuse gaskets, but I personally do. A small stretch test will indicate to me if the gasket is sound or in bad condition and based on the test, I throw them in one of 2 jars that I use to collect gaskets. I’ll use the best ones for canning – and double check airtightness when my cans have cooled by pulling on the lid.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Availability on the secondhand market</span>: Event decorators buy them as displays for a special occasion, so it’s easy to find them in thrift stores at the end of the wedding season.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Integral</span>: Unlike mason jars, the lid is connected to the body, therefore simplifying cleaning. I throw them in the dishwasher face down with all parts attached: lid open and gasket on.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Weight</span>: They are much lighter than their Italian cousin (Bormioli brand), and therefore easier to carry.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BPA free</span>: The metal lids of Ball and Kerr mason jars are lined with plastic and used to contain Bisphenol A, so buying them secondhand puts you at risk of contamination. With Le Parfait, your food comes in contact with only glass.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Material separation</span>: Unlike a mason type jars, all components can be separated, and therefore disposed of if broken. Metal and glass in recycling bin, the gasket in my jar of trash.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beautiful</span>: I can be all about Zero Waste, but I also care about having a beautiful interior There is no doubt that replacing disposables with them has added beauty to our everyday life.</div>
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Moreover, I am particularly impressed with the company reaching out to me a few years back, highly motivated to make their products better. I brought up discrepancies in the material used for the gasket (latex in Europe, which is technically biodegradable; synthetic rubber in North America, which isn’t), but also the plastic packaging used to ship the jars. While Le Parfait North America is now looking into bringing natural gaskets to the continent, our collaboration led them to launch <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/mpc/A3E2LME1SOHJCZ" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">a line with zero waste packaging on Amazon.com</a>. So now, you can feel confident knowing that your jars will be delivered with paper and cardboard only!</div>
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I get pounded on a daily basis for requests to promote products: From flimsy bidet attachments to expandable reusable straws. I refuse to support products that I would not personally purchase or use. Le Parfait is one of the very few brands out there that I am happy to promote: The jars have been a great tool in simplifying our lives and reducing our household waste. I hope you’ll enjoy them as much as I have!</div>
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Remember Lauriane, who after reading my book decided to launch a mobile shop to sell bulk at farmer’s markets in the South of France?</div>
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Well, I recently gave her a surprise visit! And I took pictures that I have been dying to<br />
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I found her mobile store a great example of the ingenious ideas that have emerged with the zero waste lifestyle movement. I already gave a tour on Instagram via Insta Stories, but I wanted to make sure that you got one too: Her work is so important and worth replicating worldwide.<br />
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Speaking tours allow me to spread the lifestyle worldwide but each stop brings me so much more!</div>
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The people I meet, the places I visit, the food I try, the things I learn…</div>
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In Japan, I autographed the <a href="https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0-%E3%83%BC%E3%81%94%E3%81%BF%E3%82%92%E5%87%BA%E3%81%95%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%E3%83%AB%E3%81%AA%E6%9A%AE%E3%82%89%E3%81%97-%E3%83%99%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3/dp/4877587519/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471447036&sr=8-1&keywords=%E6%9C%8D%E9%83%A8%E9%9B%84%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Japanese version of my book</a>, experimented with their automated bidets and savored the quality of sushi you can’t get at home. In Thailand, I read Buddha, learned to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BcrwPEsFNiy/?taken-by=zerowastehome" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">ride a motorcycle</a>, and ran through fields with only thunderstorm lightning to lead me back to my hotel in the darkness after my talk (Thank you Googlemaps). In Taipei, I celebrated the launch of the <a href="http://www.ylib.com/book_cont.aspx?BookNo=YLE106" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">traditional Chinese v</a><a href="http://www.ylib.com/book_cont.aspx?BookNo=YLE106" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">ersion of my book</a> with my translator, Jessica, a traditional Chinese medicine student: I became one of her patients for a day (more on that later). In Singapore, Olivia introduced me to Tzu Chi and kaya toast (I’m on a personal quest to reproduce it at home). In Beijing, I rode bikes with <a href="http://thebulkhouse.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Carrie</a>, visited the market and climbed the Great Wall (check off my bucket list). In Malaysia, <a href="https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/pulse/2017/12/319797/waste-not-want-not" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Aurora</a> and her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/zerowastemalaysia/about/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">zero waste group</a> honored my visit with a <a href="https://www.expatriatelifestyle.com/whats-on/malaysias-first-zero-waste-fest" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">zero waste festival</a>, and treated me to Durian fruit (something like a vegan alternative to camembert, but nonetheless delicious). In Vietnam, my family joined me for a vacation filled with unforgettable adventures and food experiences. In Hong Kong, the (luxurious) <a href="https://www.mandarinoriental.com/hong-kong/the-landmark/luxury-hotel" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Landmark Mandarin Oriental</a>hotel hosted not only my talk with <a href="https://www.now-nowaste.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Fanny</a>, but also my stay – and by “luxurious”, I mean, they had unpackaged macarons displayed in a clear refrigerated case on the wall! 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I come back from Asia blown away. Not only by the vibrant zero waste community I had no idea I had inspired there, but also by the new “ways” I learned. Every part of the world harbors secrets on getting close to zero. In sharing those that we discover through our travels, we have the power to inspire others to do the same in their part of the world – and if all the pieces of the puzzle come together, we’ll ultimately create a zero waste society, right?</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: raleway; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div>
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1. You Can Buy Prescription Meds In Bulk In Taipei.</h3>
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In Taipei, I lost my voice. Quite an inconvenience when you’re kicking off a speaking tour! Everyone tried to help me: The cab driver offered Strepsils, my publisher herbal teas, a talk host peppermint drops, a store owner a honey tea, my audience herbal lozenges in all forms, Jessica acupuncture dots in my ears, her fiancé (a western medicine doctor) a prescription for steroids… He took me to a pharmacy, conversed with the pharmacist and to my surprise, asked me if I had a container to put the pills in! Yep, meds in bulk: This was a first for me!</div>
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2. More Face Masks Than Hair Ties Litter The Streets.</h3>
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If you read <a href="https://zerowastehome.blogspot.com/2013/11/ponytail-holder-update.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">this post</a> or follow my Insta stories, you know about my obsession for ponytail holders: I find them everywhere in the US (today alone, I found 5 on a 2 hour walk). Despite my “radar” for them, I only found one during this month-long trip through Asia: Does Asian hair hold onto ties better than western hair? Do people not buy them there or are they more careful about not losing them? The answer remains a mystery.</div>
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3. Bulk Is Everywhere!</h3>
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Ironically, I found that places dealing with litter issues happen to also have the most unpackaged options! Vietnam for example, is sadly one of the most littered places I have visited this decade…<br />
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4. Taiwan Makes An All-Natural Toothbrush.<br />
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Those of you who’ve tried to give me a freebie or sample on one of my tours, know that I systematically refuse material gifts, but when Feel Good approached me with their <a href="https://www.frangipani-shop.com/shop/oral-ear-care/normal-bamboo-toothbrush-with-horsehair-adults/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">all natural toothbrush</a>, I could not resist. I wanted to try it! If it works for our family, we’ll be closer to zero waste next year! Note: I also accepted a menstrual cup on this tour (after 10 years of use, mine started to fall apart – I embraced the new one but added the old one to our emergency earthquake kit).</div>
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When I visited Asia 20 years ago, I drank bottled water only, and so do most visitors today. But with the zero waste lifestyle and my “new vision” for all things bulk and unpackaged this time around, I found that going bottle-less is actually quite simple. If you train your eye to find filtered water, you actually find it everywhere (and at night, you can always boil tap water in your hotel room with the electric kettles provided). Here are a few examples:</div>
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Bonus: At<a href="http://www.bamboophuquoc.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"> this resort</a>, they don’t even sell bottled water or use disposable straws. They use bamboo straws and ask their customers to use filtered water (an empty bottle is made available in each room for that purpose).</div>
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6. Blowing Your Nose In Asia Is Rude.</h3>
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This is not waste-related, but I thought I’d share this with you if you plan on visiting Asia and are as clueless as I was… With the size of my European nose, the occasional sneeze and drip from eating spicy foods, I always carry a hankie and I am not shy to use it when needed. I am now embarrassed to write that I did blow my nose in public in Asia, only to find out upon my return to the US, that it is rude to do so there. Just as rude as spitting and farting in public are, in my part of the world: Yikes! Live to learn…<br />
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7. Kuala Lumpur Has A Bulk Shop.</h3>
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During my trip in Malaysia, I had the pleasure to visit <a href="http://www.thehivebulkfoods.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">The Hive Bulk Foods</a> and meet its founder, Claire Sancelot. A vibrant chatty French lady, she was inspired by my book and that of <a class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="b50033b1553a85788bc4ae1d461ddb90" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Dominique Loreau" href="http://www.amazon.com/Lart-Simplicit%C3%A9-Live-More-Less/dp/1250120306/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=thez0d-20&linkId=b50033b1553a85788bc4ae1d461ddb90&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_1124096" rel="nofollow noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Dominique Loreau</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_1124096" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=thez0d-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=b50033b1553a85788bc4ae1d461ddb90&_cb=1517269874593" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 0px;" width="0" /> to simplify her life and ultimately open an unpackaged store. She aims at bringing a wide selection of bulk, organic, gluten free, paleo and vegan products, while supporting local communities and charities as much as possible. They organize workshops, classes to a more sustainable living too. Quite a feat! Here are some pics to inspire you to open such store in your neck of the woods:</div>
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8. Tzu Chi Centers Separate Donations For Recycling Like Nowhere Else.</h3>
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Throughout Asia, this Buddhist organization has centers that accept a variety of materials. Plastics, paper, cans, wire, etc. Young and old alike volunteer to sort, separate and dismantle the donated materials with a discipline and dedication, like I’ve never witnessed in any other recycling center in the world. Here are a few examples:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to separate white from colored.</span></div>
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9. The Subway Uses A Refillable Card Or Coin System For Visitors.</h3>
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This is something that France seriously needs to consider. I still use disposable paper tickets there when I use the metro in Paris! They could just as well adopt the reusable system as found in Asia. Drop the coin in, and the door opens…Oh! and when I was given a luggage tag for my carry-on on the express bus to the Taipei airport, I stuck the luggage sticker back on the label upon arriving, and my driver took it back to reuse.</div>
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All over the world, zero wasters are working really hard to get their city to pick up organic, compostable waste; especially in dense areas, where apartment dwellers are not keen to using an indoor <a href="https://zerowastehome.com/product/food-cycler-platinum-indoor-food-recycler-and-kitchen-compost-container-easy-to-use-and-environmentally-friendly-food-composter/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">electrical composter</a> or
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As you might recall, I went on tour in South Africa this past May. I never know for sure if my talks will have an impact where I speak, but I can proudly report that zero waste has since taken off there! And bulk stores are sprouting. To tell you more about it, I give the pen to the wonderful Colleen Black at <a href="https://lifelivedsimply.co/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">A life Lived simply</a>, without whom this tour wouldn’t have been possible in the first place!<br />
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“Near on 6 months ago, Bea Johnson came to South Africa. It took a lot of crowdfunding, sponsors and networking of contacts between Rhian of <a href="http://ecoatlas.co.za/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Eco Atlas</a>, Noleen of <a href="http://www.trees.co.za/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Food & Trees for Africa</a>, Hayley of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RethinkTheBag/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Rethink the Bag</a> / Two Oceans Aquarium and myself. But we pulled it off with a very successful <a href="https://mrscolleenblack.wordpress.com/zerowastetour/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Zero Waste Home South Africa Tour</a>, with talks in Cape Town, Plett, Durban and Joburg.</div>
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I would never have dreamed how much the zero waste lifestyle would then spread throughout our country. Between the talks, newspaper and magazine articles, and a <a href="https://lifelivedsimply.co/2017/08/07/zero-waste-living-on-carte-blanche/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">feature on Carte Blanche</a>, our country was inspired by Bea and her zero waste lifestyle.</div>
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We now have a growing Facebook group, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/reducewastesouthafrica/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Zero Waste Journey in South Africa</a>, where people are encouraged to share information and ask for advice. It nears on 2500 members and is so wonderful to see such a large group of people helping each other along their journeys.<br />
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Barry was inspired to create Zero Waste Store Cape Town; a travelling store which visits the Earth Fair, and Lourensford and Blaauwkippen markets each week. He stocks a variety of package free products, from dry goods to oils, vinegars, coffee, and even cleaning products and toiletries. He is an inspiring man who is keen to spread the message about the zero waste lifestyle.</div>
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Jade is the founder of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wildandwastefree/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Wild & Waste Free Food & Lifestyle Co-Op</a> which is currently in its pilot phase and operates on a Saturday from Glencairn Hotel. Here, you can find everything from fresh vegetables, pasta, oils, dry goods, flowers, eggs, to toiletries, cleaning products and more! She also offers a range of products such as reusable takeaway cups, bamboo toothbrushes and produce bags, and runs a variety of workshops to educate her community about Bea’s 5R’s.</div>
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Paul Rubin and Sherene Kingma are on the brink of opening their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nudfoods/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Nude Foods</a> store in the East City Precinct of Cape Town’s CBD. Before opening, they have already gained a huge social media following as they educate and inspire us about the need to reduce waste. They will be stocking non-GMO wholefoods, and earth-friendly home and body products – all sold plastic free and by weight. They are due to open early December – so watch that space!<br />
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Janneke crowdfunded to open her store, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/shopzero.sa/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Shop Zero</a> in Cape Town. She plans on stocking a variety of foods, and cleaning products for the body and home as well as products and tools that you help to live a low-waste lifestyle. She is eager to run workshops and create a space where people can grow together and be educated and inspired about the benefits of a zero waste lifestyle.</div>
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In addition to this, individuals and groups across the country have been encouraging restaurants to quit single use straws, and there has been much success, which includes big chains, such as Afro’s, going straw-free. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/breatheoceanconservation/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Breathe Ocean Conservation</a> is currently running a straw-free campaign too.</div>
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Many shops have quit the single use plastic bags, and not just small independent ones, but also stores like Spar in Hilton and Kloof amongst many others. Haley of Rethink the Bag has been working hard at spreading this message.</div>
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Talks are also taking place in all sorts of settings from small informal gatherings in hobby clubs and community groups to large schools.</div>
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South African’s are good at pulling together and pushing forward, and it is wonderful to see so much change happening in our country. South Africa is such a beautiful, diverse land, we have so much to protect and care for.”</div>
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Colleen <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alifelivedsimply/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">@ALifeLivedSimply</a></div>
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With a full house and an enthused audience at <a href="https://zerowastehome.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-tour-recap-or-the-undeniable-rise-of-zero-waste.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">my talk in Dublin this past March</a>, I could tell that Zero Waste had a good chance of taking off in Ireland. What I did not foresee is the speed at which alternatives would come into place after my visit. To tell you more about it, I give the voice to Laura Cahill (right, on the photo below), member of ZeroWasteIreland FB group.</div>
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I cannot count the amount of times I looked at a picture of a zero-waste shop on the Internet wishing we had such facilities here in Ireland. On holidays abroad, I would be standing in a market bristling with unpackaged fruit and vegetables, eggs and nuts, salamis and pasta. Heaven, I used to think with envy!</div>
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Over the past decade, I got used to screening the shops for bulk or less wastefully packaged options. Putting the initial embarrassment aside, I use my Ikea glass boxes, linen bags and net produce bags with ease, and shop where at least some items are available with no packaging. Zero-waste living in a country with no bulk store has been tricky, especially when studying, working and raising children. I often failed. I did not have time to plan, or I was too tired to go to other than the local convenience store.</div>
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Fast forward to August 2017. After work and collecting my children from school, we are walking into my local <a href="https://smallchanges.ie/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Smallchanges Wholefoods Store</a> where Peadar refills my bottle with olive oil. The lovely Íde from the Bring Your Own stall scoops my favorite tea leaves, rice and fusilli pasta into my linen bags. My 10-year old notices corn kernels, so we decide to get a small bag of those too. (…my boys are making homemade popcorn now, so goodbye microwave popcorn rubbish!) Walking out of the store I feel contended and happy. Now off to the greengrocer’s and my zero-waste shopping is done! Simple, pleasant, no-fuss.</div>
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About a year ago, I joined the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/zerowasteireland/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Zero Waste Ireland Facebook group</a>. The group had just over a hundred members, but I was delighted to became part of a company of like-minded individuals. They share my frustration with packaging and desire to make the world a better place, one glass jar at a time. I found myself in a welcoming party where people share ideas without judging, and encourage without pressurizing. A lot of us in this group “grew up” on the Zero Waste Home <a href="https://zerowastehome.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">blog</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/ZeroWasteHome" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">videos </a>and <a href="https://zerowastehome.com/about/book/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">book. </a>We looked at Béa Johnson’s options for bulk shopping as something we might never achieve in Ireland.</div>
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Stepping right out of my comfort zone, I decided to invite her to Dublin. She has encouraged so many people to open zero waste businesses all over the world, why would it not work in Dublin? Off I sent my e-mail, and almost immediately she replied, saying that she would love to come over to Ireland!</div>
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Luckily, the Zero Waste Ireland Facebook crowd have some brilliant brains and helpful souls, so they helped me organise the visit. Over the process, the group was buzzing. Members shared the news of the Zero Waste Queen’s visit with their friends, colleagues and families. Owners of existing businesses joined and started to offer zero-waste alternatives of their products. By the time of Béa’s 14th March talk, Zero Waste Ireland had well over 6000 (Yes, six thousand!) members.</div>
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After her refreshingly energising and informative talk, in a jam-packed theatre in Trinity College, the excitement was still palpable in the foyer. Ms Johnson was surrounded by students, moms with babies on their arms, professionals in suits, pensioners, housewives, a wonderful mix of people from all parts of the country. She had time for everyone, was relaxed, pragmatic and down-to-earth. Even though she had given two previous talks earlier in schools, she was happy to go out for a pint of Guinness, and continue chatting to and inspire people until late.</div>
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And the magic happened.</div>
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Since her visit, five zero-waste shops opened: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bringyourowncontainers/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Bring Your Own</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BareNecessitiesIreland/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Bare Necessities</a>, <a href="https://minimalwastegrocery.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Minimal Waste Grocery</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DublinFoodCoOp/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Bulk Store in Dublin Food Co-op</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/crezerowaste/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Cré-Zero Waste</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Even better, some of these shops are mobile-shops, they travel within the city and the country selling everything from dishwasher detergent, to rice, nuts, grains, castile soap and bicarbonate soda. Their range of products are growing. As well as purchasing spaghetti and raisins, you can get your bamboo toothbrushes, reusable bottles and menstrual cups! They are in touch with their customers, they listen, and supply the demand. Shopping is easy and straightforward; the price is good; the produce is also of quality and available with not too much inconvenience for an increasing amount of people.</span></div>
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This summer, the country hosted its very first <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/316601398775668/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Zero Waste Ireland Festival</a>. Not a single-use cup in sight, but hundreds of people shopping (using their own jars and bags), chatting over a (reusable) cup of coffee, attending talks, watching zero-waste related films and learning about the practicalities at workshops.</div>
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Over 13 years ago, I remember savouring the lines from a Thomas Merton book: “Why do we have to spend our lives striving to be something we would never want to be, if we only knew what we wanted? Why do we waste our time doing things which, if we only stopped to think about them, are just the opposite of what we were made for?” I remember looking at all the plastic packaging in my kitchen, the knick-knacks in my sitting room from well-meaning family members, the superfluous ‘must haves’ for the impending arrival of my first son. I gasped for simplicity and freedom under the suffocating clutter of waste.</div>
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It has been a long and slow journey for me and my family to move towards creating a minimal amount of waste, but the Zero Waste Ireland group and Béa Johnson’s visit to Dublin has accelerated the change. Not just for me, but for the whole country. Thank you!</div>
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When I come back from any trip, my (secondhand) smartphone’s storage maxed out with photos, I like to wait a couple of weeks before going through them. With a rested mind and digested memories, I always seem to read my photographs with a different eye.</div>
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Looking at the pictures that I took in May of my speaking tour in South Africa and Mauritius, does not change my point of view at all: Every second of my trip felt like a dream as I lived it. And when I look at my photos today, it still feels like one! </div>
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With a two-day journey from San Francisco to South Africa forcing me to a 7 hour layover in Frankfurt, I saw this as a wonderful opportunity to give a talk in Germany (making the most of my trip lowers my carbon footprint but more on that at later). With the help of FES (Frankfurt’s waste disposal agency), the owners of the unpackaged shop <a href="https://grammgenau.de/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Gramm Genau</a> had organized a full house event.<br />
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When I arrived at <a href="https://www.oceanview-house.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Ocean View House</a>, tears flooded my eyes: This place is amazing.</div>
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The next morning, after a 5am rise for a TV interview, I headed to the Two Oceans Aquarium to be greeted by no other than a rescued penguin who fought his way out of the water, to hop on my lap and demand to be petted -just like Zizou, minus the water ;-). </div>
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The setting for my talk, which was sponsored by Rethink the Bag that night, was one of the best I have experienced. And it will be hard to beat!</div>
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She also put together a very successful event that night. I have never felt as much positive energy and prospects from an audience as I did there.<br />
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After a restful night gracefully hosted by the <a href="https://cornerwayhouse.co.za/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Cornerway House,</a><br />
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A stay hosted by Kwandwe Private Game Reserve!</div>
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As I sat contemplating the view, tears of gratitude filled my eyes again. I just wish I could have shared this with Scott!</div>
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but I could not wait to get to Durban and meet Colleen, the icon of zero waste in South Africa, the woman behind <a href="httpss://mrscolleenblack.wordpress.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">A Life Lived Simply</a>blog and this amazing tour! Inspired by our lifestyle, she has been able to also reduce her household’s trash to a jar and she shows that zero waste is possible there too. Meeting her was like visiting a sister: We had never met in person but it’s as if we had known each other our whole lives.</div>
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<br />Finally, I met Vanessa of ThinkBox, who, with Mauritius Commercial Bank <a href="https://mcb.mu/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">MCB</a>, </div>
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Rest assured, I take none of this fantasy for granted. I am aware of how blessed I am to have been able to forge such amazing relationships throughout the world with the spreading of zero waste. And it keeps surprising me how big and wide the zero waste lifestyle movement is spreading. </div>
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As I spread the zero waste lifestyle with speaking engagements throughout the world, I keep hearing:</div>
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“Well, it’s easy for you, you live in the US, but we don’t have bulk here”. </div>
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Sure, there are always plenty of excuses – People worldwide comment that my family can do zero waste because we live in the US, Americans say that we can do zero waste because we live in California, Californians say that we can do zero waste because we live near San Francisco, San Franciscans say that we can do zero waste because… I am French. A single woman said to me that we can do zero waste because we are a family of four, and that doing it alone would not be possible. Someone else said that I can buy second-hand clothing because I am zero <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 31px; line-height: 45px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline;">Waist </em>;-D</div>
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Pretexts put aside, I am not even sure where people got the idea that bulk is more developed where my family lives than where they live; but, before even checking if the country in question does or does not indeed sell bulk, I can now reply to the question above with confidence: “Oh, yes you do!” Because I have learned through my travels that bulk is in fact everywhere.</div>
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Unpackaged food does not always present itself in a health food store, as my <a href="httpss://www.youtube.com/user/ZeroWasteHome" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">YouTube Channel</a> illustrates with videos of me grocery shopping in my area. There are lots of different ways to purchase your food sans packaging, but here are four types of businesses that I found to sell bulk in Europe. </div>
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WARNING: THIS POST IS A CANDY FOR THE EYES! </div>
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The Green Market, a <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">permanent covered market</span> in Skopje, Macedonia.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Wine on Tap (Am envious!!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Pesto, Mozzarella, Mustard and Butter!</span><br />
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<a href="https://zerowastehome.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-beauty-of-zero-waste-turkey.html" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">As I mentioned before</a>: Once you adopt a zero waste lifestyle and acquire a selective vision for package-free items, you see them everywhere – but it’s only visible to you once you remove the blinders.</div>
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I entered these bulk locations in the <a href="https://zerowastehome.com/app/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">bulk finder</a>. But please add the locations that you discover around the world!</div>
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<i style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 31px; line-height: 45px; text-transform: capitalize;">For More Pictures Of The Bulk That I Discover During My Travels, Check Out My <a href="httpss://www.instagram.com/zerowastehome/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Instagram</a> Feed @Zerowastehome, #Bulkiseverywhere.</i></div>
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Ever wondered what I take with me when I travel?</div>
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In this video, I share the contents of my travel bag for a short trip overseas!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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Since my last post, I have been quite busy touring. And I would have liked to write this post earlier but it's only this weekend that I found a couple of hours to myself to go over photos of my most recent adventures. Writing this post and re-living my tour through these photographs made me realize how blessed I am for having found my calling, for the trust that people have placed in me, for the wonderful acquaintances (and friendships) that I have made along the way, for the incredible movement and initiatives that have emerged since the launch of this blog.</div>
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Here is a recap of last month's tour: An 11 day journey through 10 countries.</div>
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WARNING: DIZZINESS MIGHT OCCUR IF READ TOO QUICKLY ;-)</div>
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Right upon landing from California (thank God I slept on the plane!), I kicked off my tour in Bristol, UK, with back to back talks,<br />
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organized by <a href="https://www.eqoliving.com/">Eqo Living</a> founder, Jyoti (far left), and moderated by <a href="https://eco-boost.co/">blogger Kate Arnell</a> (middle).<br />
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We ended the evening with Jager shots: Tough start for a tour, but what else would you expect from a visit to the UK ? :-) </div>
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The next day, I met up with UK zero waste leaders in London (<a href="https://www.therubbishdiet.org.uk/">Rubbish Diet</a>, <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/TheDryGoodsStore/">The Dry Goods Store</a>, <a href="https://www.silobrighton.com/">Silo</a>, <a href="https://www.beunpackaged.com/">Unpackaged</a>, <a href="httpss://www.ecover.com/healthy-home/">Ecover</a>, and <a href="httpss://olioex.com/">Olio</a>)<br />
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The tea, media interviews and the evening's event were organized by Catherine Conway (left), and her assistant, Maria.<br />
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Catherine is the owner of <a href="https://www.beunpackaged.com/">Unpackaged</a>, the first package-free shop of our modern era. She opened in 2006, coincidentally the same year that my family moved towards a zero waste lifestyle. When I wrote about the business in <a href="httpss://www.amazon.com/Zero-Waste-Home-Ultimate-Simplifying/dp/1451697686/ref=as_li_bk_ia/?tag=thez0d-20&linkId=f2026f81b1eb2caf3300d74b29f43ca6&linkCode=kia">my book</a>, I never thought that one day, I'd meet the woman behind it: I am grateful to her for bringing a full house to my talk,<br />
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and book signings,<br />
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The next day, I found myself in Dublin, where these 3 women of <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/groups/zerowasteireland/">Zero Waste Ireland</a>...<br />
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From there, I went to Amsterdam...<br />
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for a day filled with activities, organized by <a href="https://www.opgemarkt.nl/">Opgemarkt</a>: Meeting with the press and local Zero Waste activists at <a href="https://www.ecomamahotel.com/">Eco Mama Hotel</a>, taking a boat tour on the canals, taking count of ponytail holders along the way (more on that here),<br />
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speaking in front of this large gathering at <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/pllek/">Pllek</a> (a very cool venue made up of shipping containers),<br />
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The next morning, I was greeted in Luxembourg by Isabel, this wonderful woman...<br />
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who spent the day driving me to all my different events: A talk at the BGL BNP Paribas,<br />
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a book signing,<br />
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a visit to <a href="httpss://ouni.lu/en/">Ouni</a> (a bulk shop that my book inspired - more pics in <a href="https://zerowastehome.blogspot.com/2017/05/unpackaged-four-ways_19.html">this post </a>on bulk)<br />
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and a talk at the European Commission.<br />
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Oh, and look what I found going from one event to another: An orange squeezing machine just like the one I use at my health food store!<br />
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The next day, an early start and a very long train ride took me to my pretty walled hometown of Avignon, in the South of France...<br />
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(the highlight there being fearless questions typical of middle-schoolers: What are the zero waste alternatives to condoms? Do you buy used underwear?)<br />
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A car ride, train and tram later, I was speaking at the Montpellier Business School...<br />
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an event organized by one of my biggest and cutest fans ;-), Camille.<br />
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After battling with delayed train schedules and cursing the inefficient French transport system, I arrived in Switzerland, just in time for <a href="httpss://www.rts.ch/play/tv/26-minutes/video/lentretien-de-la-redaction-bea-johnson?id=8473368">my segment on 26 minutes, a satiric TV show</a> (only follow the link to the video if you understand French and have an acute sense of humor).</div>
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I wrapped up my day with an appearance at the <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/events/733877910123048/">Green Film Festival </a><br />
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<a href="https://zerowastehome.blogspot.com/2016/08/photo-recap-of-zero-waste-home-tour.html">If you recall</a>, Eslyne and her husband, Olivier, were inspired by my book to launch their first store in Sion last year: Today, they are a franchise with 9 different locations throughout Switzerland!</div>
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Along the way, we grabbed lunch at a little organic cafe serving in returnable containers,<br />
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That night I gave a talk in Bagnes, a beautiful town in Switzerland,<br />
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which also happens to be the <a href="https://bagnesraclette.ch/">capital of the raclette</a>... So, I made sure to get a taste of it during my visit ;-)<br />
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Then, I hopped over to Ottignies, Belgium, for <a href="httpss://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_demain-et-apres-citoyens-zero-dechets?id=2208497">media interviews</a> and a visit of the brand new <a href="https://www.grasphopper.be/">Grasphopper </a>store, the owners of which were inspired by a talk I gave in the area a couple of years ago to launch their business (the upcycled wood sign is by <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/lecorce.vive/">L'Ecorce Vive</a>).<br />
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My talk that night gathered a crowd of 600...<br />
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That night, I also signed the most worn-out copy I have yet seen of my book ;-)<br />
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A flight later, I found myself in Macedonia,<br />
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a country that I had never visited, a part of the world that felt instantly exotic given the number of minarets dotting the skyline...<br />
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I was given a tour of the capital of Skopje and its market (pics in an upcoming post on bulk). Then, the women of <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/odnuladonula/">Od Nula Do Nula</a><br />
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and an evening event - yes, the sign says Bea Johnson, in Macedonian!<br />
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My talk was attended by no less than the Ambassador of France (front row) ...<br />
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and it gathered a crowd large enough, that half of my audience had to be seated in an annex where my presentation was broadcast.<br />
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Not only did the interest for the zero waste lifestyle there touch me, but so did the Macedonian's welcome and generosity. And what better way to celebrate it than with a glass of rakia at the end of the day;-)<br />
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I could have spent a vacation there, but I had to go on to my next stop, a trip that took me over the landscapes of Austria which are dotted by hundred of wind turbines,<br />
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past another orange squeezing machine (Vienna Airport),<br />
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in this super cool, nightclub venue.<br />
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My talk was attended by no less than Buddha himself (back row) ;-)<br />
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A fun train ride took me to my final destination: Budapest, Hungary. <a href="https://ecolifegroup.hu/">Ecolife Magazin</a> - which had me on the cover last month,<br />
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and hosted my talk in this beautiful theater.<br />
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Sure, I came home exhausted.. but at the same time energized by the findings I made during that trip: One thing is sure, zero waste is exploding worldwide. The demand and attendance of my speaking engagements attest of the growing interest for zero waste. The talks and the interest that they have received from the media, have in themselves already had an impact: I have learned that several bulk shops are now in the works where before they lacked.</div>
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My presentation in Dublin motivated a Zero Waste Ireland member to open a <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/bringyourowncontainers/">zero waste market stall</a> only a few days after my visit (package-free rice, corn, loose tea, chickpeas, dishwasher, laundry detergent, etc). Not a shop yet, but a promising start.</div>
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Last week, I spoke in 4 cities throughout Canada, all sold out events... And this week, I am kicking off a tour in South Africa and Mauritius (for cities and dates, make sure to check <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/pg/ZeroWasteHome/events/">my calendar of events</a>). I can't wait to share my journey on social media and subsequently here, in detail.</div>
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Evidently the subject of waste reduction is a matter of global interest...</div>
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Is Zero Waste growing in your neck of the woods too?</div>
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Once upon a time, there was a man named Jason, who lived in the land of Maple. As the son of the president of a chain of bulk stores stretching the length of the entire kingdom, he held many responsibilities. And he faced a challenge.</div>
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Every day, he’d run into complaints from a community of people who, inspired by <a href="https://zerowastehome.com/about/bea/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">a crazy French lady</a> wanted to buy their food with jars and cloth bags in his stores. Doing so was against the company’s policy (disposable plastic bags were provided instead) but Jason liked the idea of changing it so he tried to convince his father. None of his efforts however led to success.</div>
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One day, the crazy French lady and her family went to Canada on vacation. They rented a lovely home on a lake near Gatineau, and when time came to buy food, they checked ZWH bulk finder to locate unpackaged groceries nearby.</div>
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“A <a href="https://www.bulkbarn.ca/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Bulk Barn</a>!” exclaimed the Frenchie, as she glanced at the search results.</div>
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“I’ve heard so much about it but apparently they don’t accept reusable containers: We’ve got to check it out.”</div>
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So the family grabbed the cloth bags that they had brought from home, a Tupperware found in the rental’s kitchen, and they hurried out, excited at the thought of making a new discovery.</div>
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As they stepped into the store and faced the biggest offering of loose foods they had ever seen, they immediately understood what the hype around the brand was all about. They had entered a fantasy land.</div>
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“Look! They even have cheese puffs!” exclaimed the youngest one.</div>
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He and his brother split to the cereal and snack aisles, the father to the pasta bins, the mother to the coconut oil tub.<br />
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Once each family member had checked the selection and filled his/her containers with his/her favorite picks, they met at the register. Knowing about the store’s policy against reusable containers, they feared that theirs would be rejected… but to their surprise, the cashier scanned their purchases like everyone else’s, without batting an eye.</div>
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Ecstatic about a positive experience, Frenchie uploaded a photo of her husband perusing the bulk aisles of that store on Instagram:</div>
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Because of that post, the community revolted louder than ever before: An uncontrollable amount of complaints swarmed into Jason’s hands.</div>
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“Why would you allow them to fill their containers and not us?” they roared.</div>
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This was a tipping point. After days of dealing with negative comments, enough was enough, Jason went back to his dad, and once again, made his case for a policy change.</div>
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Now that he had reached his approval, a lot of work had to be done: Jason rolled up his sleeves. He and his team spent a lot of time in the boardroom. They brainstormed, they discussed options, they researched, they phoned the different health authorities, and they even tested their program as a pilot for a few months.</div>
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Until finally, they rolled out <a href="https://www.bulkbarn.ca/en/Reusable-Container-Program" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">the new policy across all locations</a>, allowing Zero Wasters across Canada to bring reusables to their stores.</div>
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Jason had dreamed of bringing social change to the company for years: he had now succeeded. One small step for a man, one huge leap for the zero waste movement in the land of Maple! Jason and the Canadian Zero Waste community lived happily ever after.</div>
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As of today, February 24<sup style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">th</sup> 2017, all Bulk Barn locations accept reusable containers! I could not be more thrilled!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846319088682924422.post-40673429461048057152017-02-06T00:00:00.002-08:002021-02-26T00:08:13.648-08:00Zero Waste Travel – What to Pack<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Ever wondered what I take with me when I travel?</p>
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Today, I am presenting my family’s trash for 2016 (October 2015-October 2016).<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">As mentioned in my </span><a href="https://zerowastehome.blogspot.com/2016/05/whats-in-our-2015-jar-of-annual-waste.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">last trash tally post</a><span style="text-align: left;">, I expected to end the year with a bigger jar than the previous one. When I wrote that post, I had just broken our tape measure. I had taken it apart and recycled the metals parts, but I was left with a large 2”x1” bit: a hard plastic casing containing a metal spring, that I could not opened (and yes, I did try pounding it with a hammer). I am careful about buying things that are made with materials that can be dismantled to facilitate repair and (at the end of their life cycle) recycling. But the mechanism of this tape measure was so well bound that I had relinquished to putting the whole thing in our landfill jar. It sat in it all year, until I decided to take a tally for this post.</span></div>
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I emptied the jar on the white towel, the mechanism rolled out of it with a “stomp”. Leo just happened to be walking by, and out curiosity, I asked if he had a suggestion for taking it apart. “This?”, he asked. Before we could even discuss options, he grabbed it, threw it on the concrete, the whole thing came apart, the casing split in half, releasing the spring in the air. Leo is 15 now, and has become much stronger than I am but you should have seen the surprise on his face when the spring went off -a bit a jack clown popping out of box)- I only wish I had had time to videotape it </div>
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So, our trash for 2016 fits in pint size jar for the second year in a row! And you can feel lucky you don’t get to take a whiff of it: this is the stinkiest one so far!<br />
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Here is a rundown of my family’s household waste in 2016, clockwise:</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kitchen</span>: produce stickers (lots of them this year! since I traveled a lot on Fridays I missed quite a few Farmers’ market days), plastic labels from cheese wheels, 3 bubble gums, the plastic wrapper of a cookie (given to the boys?), ripped jar gasket.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">House repair</span>: Dried paint and bits of tape from my latest mural (I reuse painter’s tape until it no longer sticks, more on that <a href="httpss://www.instagram.com/p/BFWZwWfJqSh/?taken-by=zerowastehome" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">here</a>), old silicone caulk and toilet paper used to wipe my mess, bits of paint, electrical tape, white piece of duct tape (brought in stuck on someone’s shoe from the outside), bits of electrical wire, broken spray from my spray bottle, the broken antenna of <a href="https://zerowastehome.blogspot.com/2012/04/my-husbands-story-solar-energy.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">our solar converter</a>.</div>
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We’ve already taken steps to make sure that some of these do not land in next year’s jar. I thought about replacing our broken tape measure with a secondhand one. Instead, I opted for one that supposedly comes with an unconditional lifetime warranty, so I would not be stuck with the same conundrum as I did this past year. The store said they would replace it no matter what, but I just read something different on their site, so I won’t vouch for them until I actually put their warranty to the test. But hopefully I’ll never have to!</div>
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I often feel as if I am pedaling against the wind, but giving talks about the zero waste lifestyle during the holiday season feels more like pedaling in a hurricane </div>
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First stop upon landing was a place close to my heart, <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/daybydaylille/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">DaybyDay in Lille</a>. Three years ago, Alice was inspired by my book to open a bulk store. Last time I came to the store was for the opening: I cried like a baby and could barely deliver the inauguration speech that I had prepared (<a href="httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFxIayFrQJs&t=5s" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Canal+ filmed the whole thing!</a>). So this time, we celebrated our reunion with a <a href="https://%3Ciframe%20src%3D%22httpss//www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=httpss%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdaybydaylille%2Fvideos%2F1202649419824401%2F&show_text=0&width=400%22%20width=%22400%22%20height=%22400%22%20style=%22border:none;overflow:hidden%22%20scrolling=%22no%22%20frameborder=%220%22%20allowTransparency=%22true%22%20allowFullScreen=%22true%22%3E%3C/iframe%3E" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">live Facebook event</a>.<br />
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That night I also gave two talks, including one at the Catholic University of Lille -And for the first time, I spoke about how zero waste has reaffirmed my faith (it even made me teary!)<br />
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-And yes, I do realize that I am extremely blessed to have being given the opportunity to share my lifestyle there -especially given that I had take a 2 hr, 565 euros Uber ride to make it there on time because of train strikes! (ah France, will you ever change?)<br />
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That same day, I went to Munich for a gathering and book signings of the <a href="https://www.verlag-ludwig.de/product_info.php?pName=gluecklich-leben-ohne-muellzero-waste-home-p-1100" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">German version of my book</a>, at <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/OHNE-Der-verpackungsfreie-Supermarkt-865901930138055/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Ohne</a>. It was a delight meeting the founders of this beautiful bulk store, especially since Hannah (on my left) told me that its reading my book that inspired them to open it!<br />
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To stay true to my book’s philosophy, they made the store as plastic-free as possible. Carlo designed the dispensers himself, out of glass, metal and wood.<br />
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These are truly genius. If you plan on opening an un-packaged store, I highly recommend that you check out <a href="https://www.glasbin.de/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">his website</a> and get in touch with him. He’ll custom-make them for you!<br />
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They also use metal containers throughout the store, like these cans:<br />
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Carlo even made this nifty bulk bar -I wish my husband were this crafty!<br />
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And then headed to a Live Facebook event organized by my <a href="httpss://www.peoplecomm.cz/domacnost-bez-odpadu" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">publisher </a>and <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/bezobalu.org/?fref=ts" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Bezobalu</a>,<br />
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On my way out of town, I was reminded that bulk is everywhere, i.e, even at the Prague train station!<br />
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In Berlin I spoke in two locations, one hosted by <a href="https://original-unverpackt.de/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Original Unverpackt</a>, the other by <a href="https://www.staatliche-europa-schule.de/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Markishe Grundshule</a>, a French-German school, where my talk was translated from French to German and then German to sign language.<br />
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What I did not expect to take away from my visit to Berlin, is the beautiful story behind the recent publication of the <a href="https://www.verlag-ludwig.de/product_info.php?pName=gluecklich-leben-ohne-muellzero-waste-home-p-1100" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">German translation of my book</a>… After reading the french version of Zero Waste Home, Marie Delapierre decided to open <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/marie.delaperriere.7?pnref=story" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Unverpackt Kiel</a>, Germany’s first bulk store. Last year, she contacted me to have me come to Kiel for a speech and I gladly accepted. In the meantime, a 12 yr old girl was writing a school report on plastic pollution… When she found out that I was coming to her town for a talk, she asked her dad to bring her. But the night of the event, the dad was exhausted from work and told his daughter that it would not be possible. She insisted, finally dragging him to the event. The dad ended up loving my speech and was surprised to find out that my book had not yet been translated to German. He happened to be a publisher… and a year later, he would publish <a href="https://www.verlag-ludwig.de/product_info.php?pName=gluecklich-leben-ohne-muellzero-waste-home-p-1100" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Glucklich Leben Ohne Mull!</a><br />
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The following morning, I took a long train ride for Warsaw (my first time in Poland!). I gave a talk and attended a panel organized by <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/littlegreenfinity/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Little Greenfinity</a>. The unforeseen size and enthusiasm of my audience -random people jumped into our selfie ;-), showed that the zero waste lifestyle is about to take over the country!<br />
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Back in Switzerland the next day, I made a stop for book signings at a very special store. Remember the couple that was inspired by my book to open <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/Chez-Mamie-Sion-1358226967536835/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Chez Mamie</a>, in Switzerland? Well, they’ve now become a franchise! These two moms opened a <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/chezmamielausanne/?fref=ts" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">branch in Lausanne</a>, and Christelle (on my left) confided in me that <a href="httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DutNN3snjfk" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">my segment on Les Maternelles</a> (on French TV program) is what inspired her to open the store!<br />
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I give them kuddos for the zero waste buffet that followed the event: All was served in reusables, which included these nifty bamboo trays.<br />
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As you’ll find looking at these pictures, a background in Interior Design has been most useful in creating a fantasy land of bulk: If these displays don’t draw you into buying unpackaged, I don’t know what will!<br />
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I went from one fantasy to another that day, ending my day in Bern, with a talk here:<br />
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I preach about the zero waste lifestyle all over the world, but I never expected to do so in an actual church!<br />
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Walking to my train’s platform the next morning, I was again reminded that bulk is everywhere -and Bern’s main station is no exception.<br />
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What I did not know is that I’d be about to face one of my most delicate refusals yet. That night, at the end of my talk in Sollies-Pont, the mayor came to the microphone. As he reached in his pocket, I knew that he was about to hand me a something. I quickly jumped in to say that I do not accept material gifts. This is not the first time that I refuse a gift in public, but the tough part here was making a top elected official uncomfortable in front of his people, and turning something down that’s considered a sign of honor in a political setting. </div>
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(<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 31px; line-height: 45px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline;">The Medal Reads: Warm Thank You’s From The Mayor Of Sollies Pont To Bea Johnson, International Ambassador Of The Zero Waste Movement</em>)<br />
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I went on to explain that my gift is “to be able to share my lifestyle in such a beautiful part of the world; that no material gift could possibly be better”.</div>
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What made this tour so special are the stories I collected, the people I met, the work of the those that organized my talks, translated and published my book, opened bulk stores… moments.</div>
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I now realize that the awkward situation made for the perfect conclusion to my tour, for the essence of the message that I try to convey through my work, travels and speaking engagements, is this: what makes life rich are not the things that surrounded us, but the simple pleasures and the human connections that fill our living hours… moments.</div>
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So may you enjoy a holiday season and a new year, filled with… moments.<br />
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Travelling for work during the school year can be a strain on my family, so I like to schedule a maximum of stops & speaking engagements within a trip. My last one was a 14-day <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 31px; line-height: 45px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline;">Race</em> through 11 countries. But I absolutely love it when my time is maximized -and the impact of my transcontinental flight’s carbon footprint therefore minimized!</div>
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Here is a recap of my journey…<br />
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First stop: Switzerland. <a href="https://www.zerowasteswitzerland.ch/en/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Zero Waste Switzerland</a> (which its founders created after reading my book!)…</div>
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<br />These took me to Geneva, Yverdon-les-Bains, Neuchatel… and finally Lugano, where I met fans, signed books, and posed for a picture with the managers of <a data-saferedirecturl="httpss://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.negozioleggero.it&source=gmail&ust=1477007789891000&usg=AFQjCNH2eXHPn_uKTeXxsZvdnQ7ekVEsrA" href="https://www.negozioleggero.it/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Negozio Leggero</a>.</div>
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From there I went to Slovenia for the launch of the Slovene version of my book. I got to see and touch it for the first time, and I concluded that it’s better than the original! The color coding for easy referencing is what I had hoped my US editor would do.</div>
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In Portugal, I held the brand new translation of my book into Portuguese. All events related to its launch (interviews, book signing, and FB event) were graciously hosted by <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/Maria-Granel-1072427056109273/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Maria Granel</a>. Eunice, the owner, was inspired by my work to open her store and wrote the foreword. So special!</div>
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Next up, was a short, but nonetheless memorable (!) stop in Belgium, for a speech at the European Parliament, moderated by no other than its Vice President, Ulrike Lunacek. I am forever grateful to have been invited to share my story in this iconic setting.<br />
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… just in time to can them for the winter! -a day’s worth of work in my PJ’s but it fell so good to be home and play catch up.</div>
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This past week took me to South America, and in the coming months, I will head to Canada, Europe again, and Africa, for lots more exiting events -those open to the public are announced <a href="https://zerowastehome.com/about/speaking/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">here</a> or on the <a href="httpss://www.facebook.com/ZeroWasteHome/events/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">events tab</a> of my Facebook page.</div>
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These travels naturally come with a heavy carbon footprint, but I am in awe at how fast they’ve allowed me to spread the zero waste lifestyle globally -I have yet to walk away from an event where my presentation leaves my audience indifferent ;-). I can assure you that I have no guilt associated to it. What matters most to me is growing the movement. It has a long term, exponential, positive effect on the environment that no carbon footprint calculator could ever measure.</div>
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I go where an organization or municipality is willing to organize an event, so if you know of one and dream a seeing the zero waste lifestyle take off where you live, have them get in touch with me, using the contact link above. Before you know it, we’ll be hugging </div>
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And more importantly, thank you for helping me make this zero waste lifestyle a global movement in just a few short years!</div>
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Building a minimalist wardrobe takes time, as you learn from past wardrobe mistakes, get to know your body and test your creativity.<br />
After years of experimentation, I have compiled a wardrobe that fits my needs perfectly (lifestyle, work, travel). How do I not get bored with it? My 8 tops, 5 bottoms, and 2 dresses, pictured below, allow me to create a large array of outfits. </div>
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Check out the 50 outfits that I am able to put together with my 15 pieces!<br />
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I am so excited to present to you, my first vlog! </div>
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Today I share with you the office and school supplies that we use at home and I mention in <a href="https://zerowastehome.com/about/book/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">my book</a>.</div>
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If you’ve not been able to come to one of my talks yet, no worries, here is my latest TEDx! </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846319088682924422.post-9197152403025743712016-08-25T03:14:00.000-07:002019-08-01T04:55:03.223-07:00THE BEAUTY OF ZERO WASTE: INNSBRUCK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My last tour included a stop in Innsbruck, Austria. At the end of most of my presentations, time is allotted for the audience to ask questions… In Innsbruck, one mom, asked: “How do you expect us to buy things without packaging, we do not have bulk here.”</div>
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This album is dedicated to her.</div>
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Here is what I found in the small town of Innsbruck within the one-hour walk that Leo and I took sightseeing -I mean…we were not even looking for bulk, it just showed up at every corner!</div>
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I concluded that Innsbruckers have no excuse not to go Zero Waste<br />
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Like the rest of my wardrobe, I bought this dress secondhand, but if you were in the market for one, they’re called multiway or infinity dresses. For illustrative purposes, I posted this <a href="https://amzn.to/2c5CoWe" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">one</a> in the blog’s <a href="https://zerowastehome.com/store/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">store</a>. </div>
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Thirty speeches through 10 countries in 7 weeks… I knew this tour was going to be amazing but it was full of surprises and it over exceeded my expectations.</div>
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At the top of my list is Nax, in Switzerland, where the event was held in an amphitheater on top of a mountain. My speech was accompanied by the chimes of cow bells, and at the end of it, the screen and wall behind me opened up onto the deep valley: No picture could possibly do the venue justice.<br />
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In the Champagne region, the organizers went above and beyond, welcoming me with a private boat ride and bubbly!<br />
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Everywhere I went, I saw bulk in the most unexpected places (more on that soon), such as in Nida, a small Lithuanian village tucked at the end of a long sand spit.<br />
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In Muenster, Marie Delapierre of <a href="https://www.unverpackt-kiel.de/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Unverpackt Kiel</a> (Germany’s first bulk store) paid me a surprise visit -we chatted until 3am (an improvement since the first time we met, when we went to bed at 5am).</div>
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Eslyne and Olivier, the super cute couple of <a href="https://www.chezmamiebiovrac.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Chez Mamie</a> in Sion (Switzerland)</div>
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Not that we tried harder to reduce our waste than the previous years (we apply the same rules every year), the reduction in half just so happened, but I can already tell, that 2016 won’t be as glorious!</div>
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After months of work, Zero Waste Home’s new site and <a href="https://zerowastehome.com/app/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">web-based bulk locator</a>, are finally ready for you to enjoy!</div>
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Our fundraiser to <a href="httpss://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-the-bulk-app/x/13266980#/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Save the Bulk app</a> was timely: within a month of it, the updates that Apple and Android imposed on their mobile operating system killed our smartphone app, Bulk (it’s no longer available on their respective store). But we were able to save its 3000 locations worldwide just in time and thanks to our contributors, create a web app that is more easily accessible and easier to maintain in the long run!</div>
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You can now find, add, or rate package-free locations from both computer and smartphone.</div>
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If you wish for the app to show on your smartphone home screen (i.e, act like a store-bought app), follow these 4 steps:</div>
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1- USING YOUR SMARTPHONE, GO <a href="https://zerowastehome.com/app/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f7941e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Here</a></h3>
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2- CLICK DOWNLOAD</h3>
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3- ADD TO HOME SCREE</h3>
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<span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "raleway"; font-size: 24px; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize;">4- TYPE BULK AND CLICK ADD</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: raleway; font-size: 24px; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize;"> </span><br />
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DONE! BULK WILL SHOW ON YOUR HOME SCREEN JUST AS AN APP!</h3>
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You are free to use the app, but please also contribute to keeping it up to date, by adding and rating the locations that you find!</div>
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Happy package-free shopping!</div>
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