Zero Waste Flat: here we go
Here we are: a little space to tell you more about a great experience. Zero Waste.
We are two EVS, volunteering for homo ecos: NGO, as part of the project “Green up! 2 “Funded by Erasmus +. We decided to focus on this topic for the next months via this blog. And we wanted to keep a track of our challenge …
Lucie
We will here write about zero waste lifestyle of course, but also about garbage, trash management system, minimalism, everyday life, examples, funny moments, shops, cafes, Latvia, Riga, and many more I hope. Thanks for following our journey!
Aaron
Sveiki! Mani sauc Aaron. Es esmu brīvprātīgais … OK that’s all of the Latvian that I know.
Hey, I’m Aaron and I’m the Irish side of this duo. Truth be told I am completely new to the world of Zero Waste, so I’m also very much the amateur of the duo. I am the entry level zero waster!
By completely new I mean this, as a kid I was taught in schools the “three R’s” of Reduce Reuse Recycle, but it was not until I met Lucie that I was informed that there is a fourth and fifth R (you will find out in a later blog). This was news to me !!
For me this whole blog is one big challenge to match my actions with my morals. For years I’ve had the morals and outlook of a Zero wasters, but to be honest I had too many excuses to not make it a reality. Blaming living with my parents, lack of money, etc. Lack of time it did not matter the real reason, I found an excuse to fit the situation.
So this is my challenge beginning in Riga, to try bring my actions more in line with my morals and opinions. I do not think it will be easy, but to be honest, having a blog and Lucie will keep me on my toes, it will keep me accountable to not take the lazy, easy option.
So yeah, I’m super excited to learn new skills, experience new things and yeah, a live Zero Waste lifestyle in a Zero Waste flat in Riga: D
Great idea, good start, go for it! You can do it! And we can do it!
Bravo ! tous mes encouragements !
Thanks a lot :)
You rock, guys! I look forward to following your ZW journey. What you call an added challenge – i.e. you being foreigners here – is in fact an added value for your blog readers. It’s always interesting to see things from a different perspective.
Thank you Ita :) We will try our best!
I am proud of you and wish you all the best for this (partly new) adventure. You might find out that you’ll have to eat lots of icecream as this is one of the products that is sold and consumed without leaving any waste. Chocolate, biscuits and chips will be a completely different problem but I am sure you will encounter many of these problems as today’s food industry is really not very much into waste reduction. Still: good luck and keep us tuned.
Merci Monsieur ;) Yes, true. Ice cream offers reusable boxes while chips do not… Unfortunately I prefer chips :( This is where the challenge leads us actually: trying to avoid any kind of industrial food! Not easy. Thanks :)
un grand merci à Google pour tout traduire!
C’est une superbe idée idée de faire un blog pour suivre vos aventures et j’attends de vos nouvelles avec impatience…
Ce n’est pas si difficile de changer certaines habitudes. On peut commencer à petits pas.
Bon courage et j’espère apprendre de nouvelles choses ou me souvenir de certains stades par où je suis aussi passée.
And your appearance on tv is saved for the future, for yoour children and grand-children who – after all your work – will not even know what waste is.
Well done, both of you.
Et pour Lucie: on t’a proposé une copie de la vidéo? Car sur ma copie il y a seulement ce qui a été dit en anglais car je n’ai toujours pas fait de progrès en lituanien