Susatainable living is about smart consumerism

I recently read an Aspen Times article about the owners or EcoRoots, Antonia Pitica and Alin Turcea, who saw the issue of overusing plastic in their everyday lives and decided to do something to change the way they live their lives. They believe "By removing plastics from everyday choices, individuals have the power to make a collective difference for the planet. Some everyday items made of plastic are: grocery bags, to-go cups, water bottles, and toothbrushes.

EcoRoots started to think how they could substitute these products with reusable ones that care about the sustainability of the planet, also while educating the public about the importance of everyday choices. EcoRoots is creating this minimalist, go green brand that considers future generations. EcoRoots believes they have an obligation to future generations to address pollution and climate change issues. These are issues our society faces but little to none change their action in order to help the situation.

As I've stated in this blog before, it's all about taking little steps to a more sustainable lifestyle, it's not a change that'll happen overnight. Most of the time it just takes one step in order to change your lifestyle completely. The founders of EcoRoots started their sustainable lifestyle journey by starting to bring reusable bags to the grocery store, which turned into trying to avoid plastic wrapped products, and switched to biodegradable bamboo toothbrushes.

I enjoyed reading this article because it reiterates a lot of points I've made throughout this blog about changing to a sustainable lifestyle. The main points are small steps will create big changes and it's not a process that happens overnight. If you are someone who wants to live a more sustainable lifestyle, think about your everyday routine and how much plastic and waste you create, then try to reduce that waste a little bit with one change tomorrow and make it a habit.