Other Mother 01

respect your mother 🌎

👋🏼hi! welcome to the first issue of Other Mother, a place to consume content with a conscious. 

Talking about “sustainability” can be overwhelming, it seems it’s already this year’s buzz word, but what does it even mean? Sometimes I personally find it so daunting that we are faced with this large global issue of climate change and all it entails that I question if my tiny efforts of byoc (bring your own cup) to get matcha, composting, renting clothes and off-setting travel even help at all. But if you’re not helping, you’re only hurting. While we all can’t be Greta Thunberg, we can all be aware and knowledgeable about what is going on around us and what we can do. Other Mother was created to start the conversation that can lead to change.

Conscious Content *great for commutes

So you put it in the recycling bin 🙌🏽but what is actually happening next? Vox dives into how your recycling might be burned instead of repurposed 🔥

How to know what plastics might have the best chance for another life? NPR gives a breakdown ♻️

On average, each American produces about 75 pounds of textile waste per year 😱One way to reduce this monstrous number is to just not buy new clothes, BUT if you are going to buy something new at least make sure it’s going to last. Not sure how ensure you won’t need to toss that tee after wearing it twice? The NY Times wrote about how to purchase items built to last. 

Want to understand further why it’s important to wear the clothes you already own or not buy new? In the Fall, Dana Thomas released her latest novel Fashionopolis about Fast Fashion, it’s worth the read but if you want the cliff notes, listen to her interview on the BOF podcast 

Three things you can do now to start making a difference 

☕️Bring a reusable mug/cup, some places like Cha Cha Matcha even give you a discount, making your ginger turmeric matcha with oat milk only $7.58. (My personal fav is StoJo, it collapses so you don’t have to choose between #zerowastelife or the mini-purse trend)

🐿Next time you run out of your boy brow, don’t throw it away, send it to Wands for Wildlife program to give it a second-life helping wildlife instead

🆘Just be mindful of consuming fewer single-use items. 

What some brands are doing 

• Nordstrom enters into the second-hand market 🛍

• Girlfriend Collective launched The Collective, a rewards program where you don’t just get points for buying leggings but also for doing good things for the planet 🤸🏿‍♀️

• Starbucks announces their sustainability push. Less cows, more oats?

• Rick Owens teamed up with sustainable footwear brand Veja to create a new type of sneaker hype 👟

• H&M’s previous head of Sustainability will become their next CEO

• Brooklyn based, Plastic-Free shop got $4.5 million to scale

• Sheep Inc is a new carbon-neutral sheep to sweater line using traceable technology  

• AirCo launches the world’s first carbon-negative vodka 🍸

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