Let’s simplify sustainability.
Join over twelve thousand families dedicated to eco-conscious living.
Join NowLet’s get started.
Pick a collection and get actionable, momentum-building advice perfectly curated to meet you where you already are.
I want to live sustainably
You’re concerned about your environmental footprint. You’d like to make changes.
Get youraction plan
I want to simplify
You’re overworked and overwhelmed. You’d like to minimize obligation; you’d like to slow down.
Get yourchecklist
Hello there, I’m Stephanie. I'm a full-time podcaster, wife + mother to two spirited daughters. I’m on a mission to simplify eco-friendly living so as to greater enjoy life’s sweeter moments.
Want to know more? Read my story.
Featured Posts
Listen to the Podcast
The Sustainable Minimalists Podcast is where sustainability, minimalism, zero-waste living, decluttering, parenting + conscious consumerism intersect. I offer eco-friendly tips + incremental strategies for cutting through clutter as a means to more fully enjoy life’s sweetest moments.
Latest podcast:Ever wonder where your bags of donated clothes actually end up?
Most of us treat dropping off a bag at a donation bin like a magic trick. We hand it over, walk away, and assume it finds a good home.
But very often, away is Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana, where 15 million secondhand garments arrive every single week.
On today’s show, contemporary artist Emmanuel “DoTT” Kunfaa pulls back the curtain on the dark side of donating and highlights they ways in which the illusion of charity is feeding waste colonialism.
Here's a preview:
[6:30] What really happens to your donated clothes once they leave your hands
[11:00] Kantamanto used to be a success story in circularity. What changed? (Hint: fast fashion.)
[15:00] Musings on expensive handbags. What purpose do they actually serve?
[22:00] Five things we can all do better when it comes to buying and donating clothes
Resources mentioned:
- This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting!
- Join our (free!) Facebook community here.
- Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists
- Say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com
- Book Club! Wed. Sept 23. 7:30pm EST. Birding to Change the World (by Trish O'Kane)
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.