Sustainable Minimalism

Zero Waste Living. Habits, Decluttering and Design for a Simpler and Authentic Life

By: Noelle Gill

Narrated by: Gary Tredwell

Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

Practical tips to start living a sustainable minimalist lifestyle

As you may already know, it is very common for people to attach much more importance to material things than they should. Minimalism helps us make room for the truly important things in life: our passions, what drives us, our family, our health, etc. But it also helps us be more conscious of the environment as minimalism and sustainability go hand-in-hand. Living a minimalist lifestyle often brings us very close to also living a sustainable lifestyle. Let’s look at how we can take that extra step to protect our planet.

A sustainable lifestyle is not only easy to achieve but if done right, it can be a really rewarding experience. This book will give you some easy tips to lead a more sustainable lifestyle.

The Diderot Effect: Why we want things we don't need?

The phenomenon, “part psychological, and part deliberate manipulation,” drives heedless shopping and creates needless waste.

There are more examples of the Diderot Effect all around us:

• We buy a new shirt or dress…and immediately begin looking for new shoes to match, instead of maintaining a minimalist wardrobe.
• We bring home a new couch…and suddenly the end tables in our living room appear old and shabby, in need of replacement.
• We move into a new home…and use the occasion to replace our existing bedroom set with a new one.

In each circumstance, the reality is that we already owned enough shoes and our end tables and bedroom furniture worked just fine before. But because something new had been introduced into our lives, we were immediately drawn into a process of spiraling consumption.

Want to hear more? Buy this book and start your new life today.

Also, inside you’ll learn:

• Project 333
• Minimalist race
• Minimalism at home
• Four steps to start a minimalist life
• Becoming aware consumers
• Reduce plastic waste in 14 steps
• The carbon footprint
• Difference between sustainability and minimalism
• The decluttering
• Marie Kondo's rules for home decluttering
• Twenty minimalist habits for a simpler life
• Teaching sustainable minimalism to children
• Creating a minimal wardrobe for children
• Furniture, furnishings, and accessories for the home
• Minimalism skincare
• Apply minimalism to the kitchen
• The thought of Fumio Sasaki

©2022 Noelle Gill (P)2023 Noelle Gill

Amazing resource on where to start with a minimali

Stephanie has truly created a terrific resource on where and how to start living an eco-friendly lifestyle. This guide has prompted me to begin looking at my own over-consumption behaviors and how they contribute to my own life, as well as to the global community. This book has both inspired me to not only begin changing how and why I buy the things I do, but also how I go about my everyday lifestyle. Stephanie provides a clear, organized, and easy (not to mention non-judgmental!) path on how to go about making incremental changes.

Wow, just wow! This book makes you think!

Such an incredible book! Stephanie brings key issues into light - how we can reduce our dependence on items and buying, but in a sustainable way. I love the way that this book connects many stories from other readers and listeners. Having the shared experience reminds us that we can all take small actions to benefit the greater good.

The last chapter also has a lot of great design a

The strategies touted in this book follow closely what you find in the Kondo books, but the ways they implement them are more practical. This takes into account that most of us live with other people and pets. There is also an emphasis on environmental concerns and intentionality. The last chapter also has a lot of great design advice, and the book overall has some beautiful photos.

Exactly What I Was Looking For

I love this book and Stephanie! It is as if she knows exactly what I’m interested in and provides the content and information I’ve been looking for. I can’t recommend this book enough or Stephanie’s podcast the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast. She gives the down and dirty tips the everyday person can implement into their lives to feel like they are making a real difference in helping to save and protect our planet.

Helpful book.

Really love this book. I like how it is organized. I enjoy the lists. Makes me see different ways I could be doing things. I love how it focuses not only on minimalism but on how to get rid of useless things to people who may see them as useful. Give things a second life or maybe even a third.

The definitive book on sustainable minimalism

I pre-ordered this book because I wanted to live a (slightly) more minimalist lifestyle and I genuinely care about the planet. After hearing Stephanie's podcast, I knew she was the right person to guide me on this journey. I have decluttered and organized in the past (even hired professionals help) only to find that within a few months, everything is once again starting to pile up. I was missing a piece of the puzzle and this book does an amazing job at providing practical tips as well as the overall ethos of sustainability.

The total picture

I've listen many books and watched many YouTube videos on minimalism and decluttering over the last five years and this is the first time I've read a book that gives me permission to buy what I would like in order to complete a room and make it stylish!

Get your life back!

This book changed my life! Through easy, clear steps, I finally downsized and got rid of so much needless excess. I highly recommend it!

Absolutely Loved It

I stumbled upon Sustainable Minimalism, and now I can't stop thinking about. It is so extremely well written that i ended up finishing it over a weekend. Stephanie writes so clearly and passionately i can't wait to read more of her work in the future. I really can't say enough good things and HIGHLY recommend it to anyone and everyone!