January 15, 2020
I am also trying to find local stores where I can carry
I am also trying to find local stores where I can carry my own dabbas for
groceries. We throw so much trash every day; zero waste lifestyle is something
to aspire towards. Small but definite steps will make tangible difference. The
shift has to happen in all our minds.Use a bamboo toothbrush instead of a
plastic one. Meanwhile, I attended an event in Bengaluru called Bhoomi Habba,
which revolves around sustainability and put up a stall of my books there. After
sending out the sketchbook, I also posted it on Instagram and got a good
feedback. I’ve become very conscious about getting even a packet of biscuit. I
am also inculcating these habits in my 4-year-old daughter.. It got a good
response at the event, and even on my website, The Hungry Palette. at
home.â€
Alternatives one can use:Avoid bottled water; carry a reusable steel
bottle.Author Shubhashree Sangameswaran talks about zero waste with her
illustrated handbook — Let’s Talk Trash.†Subhashree now plans to get the book
translated in various languages to make it more accessible.â€Shubhashree had come
across a blog by a US-based environmental activist, Lauren Singer, who was
living a zero-waste lifestyle; she could fit in waste generated by her in five
years in a small jar. "It blew my mind. Looking back at the previous generation
for inspiration, Shubhashree has come up with an illustrated handbook — Let’s
Talk Trash — which gives people "a brief look at the past to see what lessons we
can learn from our earlier generations and how they were effortlessly China plastic water bottle making machine
Supplierszerowaste, even before it became a hashtag.Shubhashree
SangameswaranTalking about why people hesitate to adapt to a plastic-free life,
she says, "Because the alternatives are a little hard to come by.Use a
refillable fountain pen instead of plastic pen. Keep sturdy cloth bags handy and
use them till they wear out.Use steel cans to store wheat, pulses, rice etc. I
always carry a bag, water bottle and a bamboo straw. "I worked on the handbook
for three months, until April. Shubhashree Sangameswaran As a kid growing up in
the 80s, Shubhashree Sangameswaran remembers using steel tins and old jars of
health drinks to store groceries in the kitchen, taking a can or a bottle along
to get milk from the booth and generating much less waste than the generation
today.Subhashree signed up for ‘The Sketchbook Project’, a global crowd-sourced
art project wherein you order a sketchbook, fill it up with a theme, send it
back and it becomes part of the exhibit at the Brooklyn Art Library, New
York.â€Some of the illustrations from the handbookSharing a few tips, Shubhashree
says, "To start, we need to become a little more conscious of everything that we
bring in to the house, especially single use plastic such as straws. Apart from
reaching out to school, she has also reached out to people in her apartment to #
do community composting. Some people pushed me towards publishing it.Refuse
plastic bags. A shopkeeper wouldn’t want to lose out on business if his customer
forgets to get a bag. When I read about her it got me thinking that their
lifestyle was not too different than how our parents and grandparents used to
live.Use menstrual cups or bio-degradable napkins or reusable cloth napkins
instead of sanitary napkin. At some point I wanted to do a series of
illustrations around it,†explains the Hyderabad-based freelance illustrator
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