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What are your 'tips' to save money and respect our planet? (aussie.zone)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/environment@aussie.zone
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Every shopping item is likely to go up in price as petrol has already done. Rents and mortgage interest rates ditto. People and nature are going to really feel the fallout from the situation in the Middle East. Now is really the time to live life in ways that are more frugal, less wasteful and look after our patch in whatever ways we can. This guide shows some ways: https://www.natureaustralia.org.au/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/australia/Sustainable-Living-Guide-AU.pdf

There is so much we can do including passing on tips or 'hacks' to others, even those who loathe 'environmenty', 'greeny' stuff. By showing them they can save money, we may be able to do more that's positive for the earth.

If you want to share some of your tips in the comments, we can all learn some more.

I'll start with one area, ** dental care**. For at least a dozen years I've been making my own tooth-cleaning powder (various recipes online) as well as mouth wash (which is as simple as (not-too-salty) salty water with a couple of drops of essential oil (various you can choose from - also see online). I use bamboo toothbrushes. The brush heads are still plastic but the handles can be snapped off and composted. I use an electric water flosser but I do have solar panels on my roof.

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[–] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

https://aussie.zone/c/gardeningaustralia

https://aussie.zone/c/frugal

I’ve been trying to keep these places alive for that purpose. Go nuts guys.

Food Australia is also a good place to swap budget recipes. Sewing, repairing and reducing waste might help get more life out of items if they’re not too poorly made. Edit: https://aussie.zone/c/ausrenovation

There’s room to reduce wildlife deaths by helping to get outdoor or unowned cats fixed to reduce their numbers and homing them inside. (Assuming the ability to volunteer or have pets. I’m currently having trouble trapping one and not in a space to take him on.)

But I agree, even the most dedicated individual efforts aren’t likely to be effective without systematic change.

Still… there’s a backlog of tips in there, a lot of them mine. Take these spaces and do your best to manage anyway.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Thanks for that and apologies for having overlooked Frugal.

    Maybe we should now exchange tips on how we can organise systematic change. We sure need it.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

    There’s also https://aussie.zone/c/aussiefrugal@lemmy.world but it looks like the mod isn’t around anymore. It’s a shame they couldn’t have been merged.

    As for systemic change, I wish.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Could they still be merged or posts from the aussie frugal page copied/shared to your page?

    As to your second comment: 🩷

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I’m not sure, I’m not a mod or anything. I’m just trying to keep them active to maintain an alternative to Reddit.

    Yeah… I have done my best but am completely burned out in terms of activism and I’m not sure if we’re making it out of this anytime soon.

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    • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I appreciate where you're coming from but can we also nationalise a bunch of stuff and get rid of billionaires?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I appreciate also where you’re coming from but at this point in time isn't it more useful for us all to take some responsibility rather than wait for the Revolution? You reckon those bastards are going to allow the nationalisation of assets and allow themselves to be toppled next year?

    I am also aware that many people are going to be struggling financially even more than now when the effects of war really hit us and it may ( ?)be an opportunity to step out of capitalist consumerism and to look after nature and each other. It seems to me you think posts like the above are girly, inconsequential puff pieces. People have to look after kids, feed them, home families, or themselves in hostile housing markets and pay for any number of groceries which are often overpriced and overpoisoned. Exchanging information and bringing sociability is important for community-building.

    I am as political as the next leftie but if we take humanity and care out of our interchange then we are just a bunch of head-driven wankers who just put up a list of grievances to say how outraged we are by the system (which I am too) . Let's be a bit humble and not look down upon each other.

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