28. Saving the Planet 🌎

For heaven's sake, don't replace all your plastic items just to buy Earth-friendly goods!

These eco-friendly alternatives are meant to be integrated into your actual routine. Toothbrush needs replacing? Well, maybe for your next redo, consider trying the one from Zero Waste MVMT. Your makeup wipes almost out? Well, maybe you can find the eco alternative here on Qujanaq. That is how we move towards reducing our waste output as humans. Not by throwing everything out in one fell swoop. It is a ritual, a practice, something integrated over time, with small steps. 

Imagine if every human on the planet embarked on their journey to reduce their household waste? Dannnggg those would be the days, hey!

But who’s to say that it’s in the far-off distant future? How come we can’t begin now? How do we as a collective move towards sustainable living for today and for the people who will inherit this planet?

One step at a time baybeeeeeee.. That’s how!

So yeah, that grimey dishwashing sponge? Maybe you could potentially replace it with something that actually creates a lasting impact other than keeping your kitchen tidy 😛

Don’t get me started on the plastic straws to save the turtles 🙄 

This? The Qujanaq Project is not that. It’s not "let’s adopt something outside our daily routine that turns into pulp in your drink after 20 minutes." No, this is sustainable, slow, deliberate, and long-lasting- no more of those we are saving the turtles gimmicks 😑

That's the whole difference. A gimmick asks you to feel good for twenty minutes. A ritual asks you to actually change something, slowly, one worn-out item at a time, in the direction you were already headed anyway.

So next time something in your house needs replacing, that's the moment. Not a grand gesture, not a guilt trip, just a swap you were going to make regardless. Let it be the eco one instead.

That's sustainability that actually sticks. One dish sponge, one toothbrush, one refill at a time. 🌎

Aakuluk 💝

- C