If everyone adopted this mindset it would probably be the biggest impact we can make on an individual level for climate change and sustainability. Mindless consumerism to feed the machine needs to end. Vote with our wallets.
Honestly, same. No new clothes this year; second hand only.
No food, cleaning stuff or toiletries that come in plastic packaging. (rules out a lot of junk food by coincidence) Half the veg grown at home. Batch cooking, lots of meals without meat. Library books and the radio for entertainment.
The side effect is drastically reduced spending. The money just sits in my account, not funding disposable shite.
[This](https://takethejump.org) is a good place to look for ideas if you want to give it a go.
I can’t understand why anyone wouldn’t be doing this. Especially buying better quality. I very rarely buy any clothing and if I do I’ll get the best quality I can afford.
Most of the clothing I buy will last me 3+ years at a minimum. I’ll happily repair what I can and turn jeans into shorts or keep clothing to help repair other clothes.
It’s certainly not a common thing though, I only know a few others who even try to repair or buy second hand. With sites like Temu, Boohoo and Shein the people that use them will certainly make up the waste for the people who won’t use them.
The guardian has had articles whinging about young people’s buying choices all week! The biggest problem with used clothes is the gatekeeping that keeps almost 90% of it out of the hands of the UK public.
Buy stuff from Vinted now, can’t remember last time I bought brand new.
Pains me when I have to buy wife and I a take away, that’s like three pairs of Hugo Boss trousers 😀
How bizarre. That’s my ex from when I was a young ‘un 🤣
Three people were quoted in this, the youngest was 32, the final person who was asked was 50. This os absolute clown shoe journalism.
Framing the cost of living crisis as a positive force for ecological impact is a bit bloody dystopian.
> Tony Herniman, a 51-year-old teacher in Bristol, said cost of living pressures had made his household, including his partner and two boys, aged nine and five, more attentive to costs. “Before the pandemic, we kept an eye on prices,” he said, but now “I’m really eagle-eyed: I literally noticed when we got cat food, ‘bloody hell, it’s gone up by 50p’ or whatever it is.”
> Herniman said that apart from one summer trip away, holidays and weekends away were unnecessary luxuries. He has cancelled some TV subscriptions and keeps clothing such as coats and socks much longer, darning holes instead of replacing them.
So it’s not necessarily that these people are fighting for the planet, that’s an unhappy side effect of not being able to afford to live any more.
I’ll consider it uplifting when we have lots of money to do whatever want to *and still choose to be ecologically minded*. Till then, it’s just putting a nice coat of paint on people feeling a desperate squeeze of not being able to afford basics like new clothing that they previously could have done.
To be honest. I’m not fully like this. But, I’ve always been like this. I’ve got a big screen TV in my room. That I got from my housemate that was leaving. For 20 quid. As it’s a old TV. And it’s perfect. My laptop is 3 years old and a base model. I don’t really use it as i don’t really need it. I couldn’t care less what make my phone is (for the most part). Some of my newest clothes are three years old and come from George. They’re perfectly fine. And, tbh I’m happy. I’d like to pay somewhere in the next couple of years. I’d be happy with a little flat. Or pushing it. A through terrace in a rough area in the city I live in. Rather than a FTB Tory town house miles away from everything. Or in a cheapest area away from my mates/parents. Ive got no interest in looking at 500k houses. It’s odd, when I tell people this they don’t understand it. People always want more. Like the internet has created this culture everything has to be extra. Bigger and better. Everythings for the gram.
The only new things I tend to buy are footwear and waterproof coats and that’s only when I’ve worn through stuff.
All my other clothes are tend to be charity shop bought. Why should I pay a lot of money for chino’s when I get can a decent pair from a charity shops for £3-£7 ?
I’m waiting for the Forbes or Economist article about how young people’s refusal to spend money is the root of all our economic woes.
While Degrowth sounds nice as a concept it’s essentially Greenwashed Austerity. No consumption means no production means no jobs means no wealth creation means people getting poorer.
For the most part me and my other half have been buying clothes second hand (charity shop or vinted) I actually find that there are way more tops ect that I prefer on vinted vs going shopping, and it saves us a huge amount of money that can be saved or put towards better purchases. (I got hold of 3 Hollister tops for like £9-£11).
The main exceptions are :
– shoes
– underwear
– the kids school uniform (both because some need the logo and because kids trash their school uniform).
My Fiancée is particularly good at finding some really nice clothes second hand.
I’m just going to rewatch Friends to remember how hard the previous generation it
I’ve been doing this since my early 20s in in my 30s only compromise is shows and bed with computer hair coming in after that
Ahh, the capitalist wont be very happy about this. If no one buying the goods and services, we’ll head into a recession. How can we maintain the fabled EcOnOmIc GrOwTh?
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If everyone adopted this mindset it would probably be the biggest impact we can make on an individual level for climate change and sustainability. Mindless consumerism to feed the machine needs to end. Vote with our wallets.
Honestly, same. No new clothes this year; second hand only.
No food, cleaning stuff or toiletries that come in plastic packaging. (rules out a lot of junk food by coincidence) Half the veg grown at home. Batch cooking, lots of meals without meat. Library books and the radio for entertainment.
The side effect is drastically reduced spending. The money just sits in my account, not funding disposable shite.
[This](https://takethejump.org) is a good place to look for ideas if you want to give it a go.
I can’t understand why anyone wouldn’t be doing this. Especially buying better quality. I very rarely buy any clothing and if I do I’ll get the best quality I can afford.
Most of the clothing I buy will last me 3+ years at a minimum. I’ll happily repair what I can and turn jeans into shorts or keep clothing to help repair other clothes.
It’s certainly not a common thing though, I only know a few others who even try to repair or buy second hand. With sites like Temu, Boohoo and Shein the people that use them will certainly make up the waste for the people who won’t use them.
The guardian has had articles whinging about young people’s buying choices all week! The biggest problem with used clothes is the gatekeeping that keeps almost 90% of it out of the hands of the UK public.
Buy stuff from Vinted now, can’t remember last time I bought brand new.
Pains me when I have to buy wife and I a take away, that’s like three pairs of Hugo Boss trousers 😀
How bizarre. That’s my ex from when I was a young ‘un 🤣
Three people were quoted in this, the youngest was 32, the final person who was asked was 50. This os absolute clown shoe journalism.
Framing the cost of living crisis as a positive force for ecological impact is a bit bloody dystopian.
> Tony Herniman, a 51-year-old teacher in Bristol, said cost of living pressures had made his household, including his partner and two boys, aged nine and five, more attentive to costs. “Before the pandemic, we kept an eye on prices,” he said, but now “I’m really eagle-eyed: I literally noticed when we got cat food, ‘bloody hell, it’s gone up by 50p’ or whatever it is.”
> Herniman said that apart from one summer trip away, holidays and weekends away were unnecessary luxuries. He has cancelled some TV subscriptions and keeps clothing such as coats and socks much longer, darning holes instead of replacing them.
So it’s not necessarily that these people are fighting for the planet, that’s an unhappy side effect of not being able to afford to live any more.
I’ll consider it uplifting when we have lots of money to do whatever want to *and still choose to be ecologically minded*. Till then, it’s just putting a nice coat of paint on people feeling a desperate squeeze of not being able to afford basics like new clothing that they previously could have done.
To be honest. I’m not fully like this. But, I’ve always been like this. I’ve got a big screen TV in my room. That I got from my housemate that was leaving. For 20 quid. As it’s a old TV. And it’s perfect. My laptop is 3 years old and a base model. I don’t really use it as i don’t really need it. I couldn’t care less what make my phone is (for the most part). Some of my newest clothes are three years old and come from George. They’re perfectly fine. And, tbh I’m happy. I’d like to pay somewhere in the next couple of years. I’d be happy with a little flat. Or pushing it. A through terrace in a rough area in the city I live in. Rather than a FTB Tory town house miles away from everything. Or in a cheapest area away from my mates/parents. Ive got no interest in looking at 500k houses. It’s odd, when I tell people this they don’t understand it. People always want more. Like the internet has created this culture everything has to be extra. Bigger and better. Everythings for the gram.
The only new things I tend to buy are footwear and waterproof coats and that’s only when I’ve worn through stuff.
All my other clothes are tend to be charity shop bought. Why should I pay a lot of money for chino’s when I get can a decent pair from a charity shops for £3-£7 ?
I’m waiting for the Forbes or Economist article about how young people’s refusal to spend money is the root of all our economic woes.
While Degrowth sounds nice as a concept it’s essentially Greenwashed Austerity. No consumption means no production means no jobs means no wealth creation means people getting poorer.
For the most part me and my other half have been buying clothes second hand (charity shop or vinted) I actually find that there are way more tops ect that I prefer on vinted vs going shopping, and it saves us a huge amount of money that can be saved or put towards better purchases. (I got hold of 3 Hollister tops for like £9-£11).
The main exceptions are :
– shoes
– underwear
– the kids school uniform (both because some need the logo and because kids trash their school uniform).
My Fiancée is particularly good at finding some really nice clothes second hand.
I’m just going to rewatch Friends to remember how hard the previous generation it
I’ve been doing this since my early 20s in in my 30s only compromise is shows and bed with computer hair coming in after that
Ahh, the capitalist wont be very happy about this. If no one buying the goods and services, we’ll head into a recession. How can we maintain the fabled EcOnOmIc GrOwTh?