NatureHub’s Weekly 10 Inspirations for Conscious Consumers #001

Eva Chou
NatureHub
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4 min readJul 6, 2018

Week #001 — #Zero Waste Innovations

Welcome to the first week of NatureHub’s Weekly 10 Inspirations- a guide to help you: Find Good, Find Green, Find Local. This Week’s Topic is #ZeroWaste:

#1 Innovative Business: Silo

A Zero Waste Pre-industrial Food Restaurant in Brighton, UK.

#2 Protagonist: Zero Waste Nerd-Megean

Check her blog about her stories, tips, and experiences of beginning a zero waste lifestyle and sustainable living.

#3 Blog/Vlog: Litterless

Chicago based blogger shares her trash-free lifestyle. Building a supportive, inclusive zero waste community.

#4 Event: Pleasantville Music Festival

New York’s Backyard Jam — a live music event produced by the Village of Pleasantville. A music festival that supports zero waste movement. They collaborate with PleasantvilleRecycles.

#5 Design Concept: This too shall pass

This too shall pass is a food package series created by Tomorrow Machine- a Swedish design studio based in Stockholm & Paris. The packaging has the same short lifespan as the foods they contain. The package and its content are working in symbiosis.

#6 Product: Yourstraw Organic Compostable Bamboo Drinking Straws

Replace your plastic straw with this reusable bamboo straw made by Yourstraw. They not only make eco-friendly bamboo products but also donate 50% of their profits towards environmental education programs and women’s empowerment.

#7 Recipe: Homemade Vegetable Scraps Broth

Make you own tasty vegetable broth with the food waste. Stop buying canned broth to avoid wasteful single-use packaging. The recipe is created by Zero Waste Chef Anne Marie.

#8 Local Business(US): Package Free Shop Brooklyn

Brooklyn package free grocery store founded by Lauren Singer — an expert on all things waste and the mind behind the TRASH IS FOR TOSSERS blog.

#9 Local Business(US): Refill Revolution

Bulk bath, body, and home products, as well as additional zero-waste products. Refill Revolution is a one-woman shop founded by Brittney LaGesse. They have an online shop as well as a storefront in the beautiful Boulder, Colorado.

#10 Documentary: WASTED! The Story of Food Waste

WASTED! aims to change the way people buy, cook, recycle, and eat food. Through the eyes of chef-heroes like Anthony Bourdain, Dan Barber, Mario Batali, Massimo Bottura, and Danny Bowien, audiences will see how the world’s most influential chefs make the most of every kind of food, transforming what most people consider scraps into incredible dishes that create a more secure food system. Directed By Nari Kye and Anna Chai.

🌱 Eva Chou — Conscious Community Ambassador in NatureHub

Join the budding community of conscious consumers right now and help save the planet! The NatureHub Conscious Community app is now available on both Google Play Store and iOS App Store. Download here.

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Eva Chou
NatureHub

Industrial designer, self-learned graphic/UI designer. Traveling help me connect with good people and good causes. Go with flow, find what you're meant to do.