Hey yo so what if I made the most crack-filled crossover fix-it AU for both Hermitcraft and Empires at once. I bet there's a way I can smash em together so all of their individual problems literally just cancel each other out and all we're left with is ridiculous amounts of fluff and chaos, one draft no edits let's gooooooo -

- Instead of each of the server's individual endings happening the combination of dumbass science and magical nonsense just breaks reality completely and the two worlds hurtle into each other at interdimensional warp speed. Everyone's Hermitcraft bases are now on top of/beside/inside/under everyone's empires, it's pure aesthetic chaos incarnate

- Hermatrix Octa Beats Exor's Ass because I say so. Aeor fights the Moon and wins. (Please ignore the fact that I know next to nothing about 3/4 of these entities just let the gods fight it out I don't care about the details)

- Alternatively: fWhip and Jimmy still do the salmon/cod reactor thing but it happens in just the right place so the explosion pushes the two worlds away from the Moon by pure coincidence

- It takes exactly 1.37 seconds for Sausage to start sacrificing stuff to the Boatem hole

- Pix is there and Pixandria isn't actually splorked onto any other bases, but he shows up to meet with the others Exactly Once and then they basically don't see him again for months because he's booked solid making Vigil candles for Scar

- Eventually Joe finds him (tried to use that desert to mine sand for new green hotbar glass) and they have a conversation about philosophy, death, and epic pranks that I would absolutely pay to see while Joe helps him craft all those candles

- Cleo tries to sell them Hive-dr8 for the Vigil but Pix doesn't think that would be very respectful of the dead (he will take several for himself though because that desert is approximately Dry As Fuck and also this high fantasy rp man probably hasn't had an energy drink in his life)

(lots more under the cut, also very interested in extra ideas!)

- Whenever there's two of anybody they have to fight each other. That's the rules. Wizard Gem assumes she'll win the fight easily but HC Gem is a Canadian moose hybrid and absolutely runs her over a la "counterspell THIS, casual" so that's that decided (Gem respawns just fine with nothing harmed but her dignity)

- Pearl v Pearl ends up with Empires Pearl winning, of course, but it's a good fight and they agree to spar lots more afterwards for practice

- Scott and X talk and decide to just swap evil brothers and have done with this already. Scott takes Evil X aside to gently talk about his crippling abandonment issues and EX just decides to quit bothering people before the gay elf man makes him cry in front of two whole servers

- Xisuma lays eyes on our favourite demon Xornoth for 1 (one) millisecond and immediately remembers why he's wearing all that Doomguy armour. Rip and tear. (Whether he gets some kind of a redemption ending or not is really up to people who know and care more about that lore than I do)

- After EX Forcible Therapy Arc he runs across Evil Sausage and they try to go in together as business partners. It's an absolute disaster. Dark!Sausage keeps gleefully murdering all their customers and the place goes bankrupt days after opening. At least they're having fun though!

- Optional: after X uppercuts the corruption directly out of Xornoth he joins the Evil Business Trio and actually makes it halfway make sense (he is now the least evil person there and also the proud owner of at least one braincell which I find hilarious under the circumstances)

- Joel figures out that he's exactly 0.5 inches taller than Bdubs when they stand perfectly level with each other. His complete refusal to let Bdubs forget it has started 17 wars already. (In reality they get along great still though, because Bdubs does things with terracotta that would make any builder weep tears of joy and also he's wearing moss -)

- Zed's mountain is now home to zWhidaph's Laforgeboratorylands and he is NOT happy about it, this is not in keeping with his antisocial habits at all, there's this guy with wings running around unionizing all his villagers and there's weird deepslate redstone spikes everywhere and - OOOO wait he can study that stuff! Everything is perfectly okay now. Zed is in science heaven

- Gem's dragons make friends with False's giant eagle

- Grian keeps challenging Scott to increasingly risky flying challenges and Scott keeps ending up head-first in a tree in a very un-kingly way

- The number of deaths in Boatem meetings + the number of deaths in WRA meetings...they have a combined meeting Exactly One Time before Pix says that if they ever die that many times at once again he's holding candle making classes at swordpoint for the whole group

- Wormman and Poultryman get brought back just so they can be a superhero trio with the Codfather

- Lizzie and Cub become the next villain duo through sheer force of pun alone (they try to teach the axolotls to dig through the mole tunnels but they don't seem to want to cooperate)

- Ren and Sausage hit it off immediately because of course they do (also Bubbles loves the big friendly dog man, he smells like sticks and gives good scritches)

- Most importantly of all, Joel, Sausage, and Zedaph come together to host the greatest game show Hermempirecrafts has ever seen: Is That Blood Sheep Looking At Me!

That's all the ideas I have for now! I lied about no edits, I'm actually probably going to quarantine this in drafts for a couple days after the finale so the irreverent tone doesn't get me Seven Million Unhappy Replies for posting during the grieving period, but I'm personally really liking the break from all the seriousness to just fling wild ideas at the wall and see what makes the most good brain juice. :] I'll probably come up with more later!

Chapter 2: Run if you Can’t

Summary: The gang figures out what they’re going to do. Molly visits a friend.

Word count: 2,682

Author’s note: Sorry for the long wait! I was originally going to post this chapter shortly after the first one, but I was busy with college and I ran into trouble with writing it. This chapter may be a little wonky and I apologize for that. Chapter title was inspired by Isombard by Declan McKenna. Go give it a listen if you want. Hopefully you guys have been doing well and healthy btw.

“Soo, what are we thinking?” Chase said through a mouthful of pizza.

The teens were back at Alex’s house. Alex thought it was the safest place they could meet (despite the weird secret passageway). Their parents were pleased to hear that the teens wanted to “rebond” after being apart for some time. They decided to stick to the lounge they were hanging around last night. The teens were eating the pizza that was untouched last night.

“Could you please speak when your mouth isn’t full of food?” Gert glared at Chase. “It’s disgusting.”

“Sorry, I can’t help that I have an appetite right now,” Chase said after gulping down some soda. Gert rolled her eyes at his response.

“What was all of that we’ve seen back in that room? And what happened to Destiny?” Karolina said as she placed her soda on the coffee table.

“Well, I did a little research after you guys left.” Alex took out his holo and tapped all over its screen. He laid the holo on his lap and a bunch of holograms appeared in front of the teens’ eyes. “It turns out that our parents we’re converting Destiny into a Drac.”

“That’s how they convert Dracs? I thought they did it through some sort of school?” Chase spoke up.

“Yeah, I thought so too. But we were wrong about that. It looks like our parents and possibly BL/ind lied to us on how Draculoids are recruited.” Alex said as he stared at the holograms.

“Are you really sure about that?” Karolina questioned. “How are you able to know that?”

“I recognized that the mask our parents put on Destiny was a Draculoid mask,” Alex said. “So I hacked into BL/ind’s database and looked into their Draculoid program.”

“So, what does this mean for our parents? Are our parents evil or something?” Gert asked while picking at her pizza.

“By kidnapping someone out of their will and recruiting them to a merciless group of law enforcement? Yes.”

“Holy shit. So what happened to Destiny?” Chase said.

“Well, when one gets converted to a Drac, they lose all their memories and personality. So they basically lose their identity and become machines to BL/ind in a way. Following orders with zero resistance.”

“So that means Destiny is gone?” Molly says.

“I’m afraid so.” Alex sadly notes.

The teens were silent for a moment. Could their parents really have murdered that girl? It seemed a bit odd for them to act that way.

“Anyways, what remains now is our next actions,” Alex said, changing the topic. “How are we going to respond to this? Any suggestions?” He glanced at the rest of the teens, waiting for a response.

“Wait, you can’t just quickly dismiss a topic like that!” Karolina spoke up. “Has it dwell on to you that there’s a possibility our parents aren’t murderers?”

“I think Karolina makes a good point. What if they’ve only been doing this recently?” Nico says.

“Our parents have probably been doing this for their whole life now and it’s their job. I don’t think they can be persuaded easily. Once you kill, it never stops.” Alex reasoned as he switched his holo off.

“My mom leads a church and you’re telling me she’s somehow a murderer? I don’t trust what you’re telling me.” Karolina defended her stance before asking the rest of the teens. “Do the rest of you guys think there’s a chance they couldn’t be murderers?”

“Look, I understand how you’re feeling, but the evidence says otherwise. If you knew Destiny was still alive, then maybe you should contact her.” Alex calmly says.

Karolina crosses her arms. “Is this how you felt when Amy died? Just shrugging it off as if it was nothing?”

“I didn’t mean that-”

“Look, Karolina,” Gert interjected. “I think all of us in this room know how you feel, but maybe just hear what else we have to say about the situation?”

Karolina was silent for a moment and then sighed, “fine.” She relaxed in her seat, feeling defeated.

“Like what I was saying before,” Alex started where he left off. “Does anyone have any idea on how we should respond to this?”

“Well, we obviously cannot have a conversation with our parents and go to BL/ind directly. No matter which group we go to, we’re going to be dead to do so.” Chase said after finishing his last slice of pizza.

“Looks like we’ve reached a dead end,” Nico commented unenthusiastically.

The teens sat there in silence for a moment, trying to search for a reasonable plan. But unfortunately, they couldn’t come up with one. Molly, on the other hand, spoke up.

“What if we just ran away?” The words came out of Molly’s mouth suddenly without any thought. “If we try to turn in our parents, what gives them a reason to not let us go? Not only that but what happens if they make us put on the mask? I think it’s worth a try to leave.”

“Run away? Molly, are you crazy?” Gert was stunned at her sister’s response. “Have you completely lost your mind? Where are we even going to go? ”

“Well, what else can we do?” Molly retorted. “Pretend everything is fine and we’re not living with a bunch of murderers?”

“I think Molly makes a valid point. Running away doesn’t sound too bad.” Alex cuts in. “Our options are very limited anyway.”

“Okay, I get you guys want to run away from the problem. But we need to think realistically.” Gert says, redirecting the group’s focus to the issue at hand. “There’s not much out there in the zones and the pollution there is out of hand.”

“How would you know that?” Molly fired back. “And besides, I have a friend who knows her way in the zones and it's not like what BL/ind says it is.”

“Oh, really? Is she an invisible friend of yours?” Gert commented sarcastically.

“I’m serious, Gert!” Molly exclaimed. “This is an opportunity! You could do whatever you wanted. And I know how you’ve always wanted to be free, especially from the system we are under now.”

Gert averted her eyes from Molly. “This is different though. Our lives are at stake right now.”

Molly’s gaze at her sister hardened. “How is it any different though?”

“Running away doesn’t solve anything. It worsens the problem at hand.” Gert contended.

“Enough,” Alex commanded. “Why don’t we all take a vote instead? In that way, it’s fair?”

The sisters decided to agree to what Alex said without another word. As for the rest of the teens, they felt a bit awkward and at a loss for words to stop the two sisters from fighting.

“Who wants to stay here and work something out?” Alex asks.

Gert and Karolina raised their hands. They were shocked when they realized it was the two of them who wanted to stay.

“Okay, and who wants to run away?” By the time Alex was finished asking, the rest of the group raised their hands.

Alex grabbed his holo and began to tap on it. “Guess that ends our meeting. Pack up and tell your parents that we decided to do some rebonding for the weekend.”

“You guys aren’t serious, right?” Karolina felt her voice break, astounded at the rest of the teens’ response. “Do you guys really think that our parents are really murderers?”

“Karolina, we can discuss this later. But right now, we need a plan of action and it was a fair vote.” Alex reasoned as he tapped more onto his holo.

The blonde was going to reply but stopped herself from letting any more words come out from her mouth. Instead, she stormed out of the guest room with her stuff.

Alex was about to go after Karolina, but Nico stopped him. “Let me handle her. You’ve done enough damage already.”

The rest of the teens agreed, letting Nico leave. But deep down, they can’t help but admit they were all feeling the same emotion, fear. Could they manage to pull this plan off? Or will they fail in the process? There was after all only one way to find out if this plan worked.

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The city was bustling with life as usual. Some were going home while others were going out and mingling about in the streets. At the same time, rarely people would take notice of each other. It was like acting a certain way could get you questioned and arrested. Molly hated that. This was one of the reasons why she hated going outside. However, there were more reasons that begged her to go outside. As she passed by an intersection, she saw a billboard that said, “have you taken your pills today?” Molly rolled her eyes at this. Those pills. That single phrase made her want to gag badly. They were another reason why she hated going out. The pills dictated your life. It also stripped you away from your identity. Molly wondered how other people managed to survive to live the way BL/ind commanded them to. That didn’t sit right with her, especially when it came to her adoptive sister.

But as she kept walking, all of those angry thoughts disappeared when she saw a metallic body and dark hair wrapped up in a bun.

“Hey, Xavin!” Her face lit up when she spotted the android.

Xavin smiled as soon as she saw Molly. She jogged towards the teen. “Hey! Are up for our weekly graffiti session?”

“You bet.” Molly’s smile became bigger. Xavin was Molly’s only best friend in the city. Without her, she would probably end up lost in the meandering city. 

The duo sneakily moved into the outskirts of the city, making sure no one followed them. They also made sure there were no Dracs in sight before setting up their supplies for their graffiti.

Xavin was the first to grab a can of spray paint and shook it. “Got any ideas for the mural?”

A phrase had quickly popped into Molly’s head. “Yeah. Can I take the lead?” The android nodded and handed her the can.

It didn’t take long for Molly to begin painting. The can of spray paint in her hand danced around the wall. Eye-popping colors were splattered all over the concrete wall begging to be filled with such life. Molly held on to the phrase she thought about, forcing it to stay in her mind as she painted. When she was finished painting, she noticed Xavin had given her space. It dawned on to the curly-haired girl that the android gave her the whole wall to release her creativity.

“It’s beautiful.” Xavin smiled like a proud mother. “It’s a good phrase.”

The phrase, “keep running” was plastered on the wall in bright and mismatching colors.

Molly beamed at her compliment. “You know, you could’ve helped me out. It would’ve been nice.”

“I know, but I’ve noticed you’ve been feeling under the weather lately,” Xavin says as she directs her attention toward Molly and away from the colorful wall. “This is therapy to you, Mols. I can’t interrupt something like that.”

Molly bit her lip a bit. Xavin had seen through her well. Out here in this part of the city, Molly felt at peace. She could be whatever she wanted to be without being watched and judged. Molly could also tell anything to Xavin. You could say the android was like a sister to her.

“Hey, Xav. I wanted to ask you a question. Be honest with me.” Molly moved closer to the android. “Have you ever wanted to leave the city?”

“Leaving has crossed my mind, but I decided against it. Why do you ask?”

“It’s because I’m leaving tomorrow. And I want to take you with me.” Molly says, hoping the android will accept her offer.

“It’s way too dangerous out there, Mols.” Xavin placed both of her metallic hands on Molly’s shoulders. “I’ve seen it with my own eyes.”

Molly pouted. “I’m tougher than I look. And besides, I’m not the only one who’s leaving. My sister and childhood friends are.”

“But why? I know how bad it can be here and how you’ve always wanted to go to the zones, but you have a perfectly good life. Don’t throw it away.” Molly had to admit she felt bad for worrying Xavin. But this was something that had to be done.

“I’m leaving because my friends and I made a discovery last night. Turns out our parents have been involved with the Drac recruitment program.”

All of Xavin’s calm demeanor disappeared at the mention of this. “You seriously don’t know what you’re dealing with.”

“I don’t care what’s at stake!” Molly exclaimed. “And besides, it’s not like Dale and Stacey will listen to me anyway. There’s no place for me in the city after my real parents died.”

“Look, I don’t want you to get hurt. The zones can be really mean out there.” Xavin insisted.

“Look who’s talking! These jerks in the city treat you like garbage and can’t fix you!”

Xavin retracted out of shock. She frowned, thinking over her next choice of words. “Please, you don’t have to do this. There has to be another way.”

Molly softened the tone of her voice. “I’m willing to take that chance, Xav. I can take care of myself, and besides, I have people that can look out for me now.”

Xavin became silent this time around. Molly couldn’t help but feel remorseful. “I know you’ve been stuck here trying to get a new battery. But maybe there’s someone out there that can fix you compared to these jerks in the city.”

Xavin thought for a moment and looked at the sun that was about to set. “I understand your intentions, but I’m sorry Mols. I’m afraid I cannot do that.”

Molly deflated. She had a feeling Xavin wouldn’t risk it. After all, Xavin liked to keep things orderly. Molly recalled something the android said a long time ago about chaos lurking in the zones, but still, that didn’t faze her. “I understand, Xav. I guess this is goodbye.”

“Before you go, stay here for a bit and watch the sunset with me?” Xavin looked back at Molly and gave her a small smile.

Molly nodded. She couldn’t turn down an offer like that. Even if she was upset at her best friend, this was something she would never say no to. Watching the sunset was one of Molly’s favorite things to do, especially with the android. There was something so peaceful and serene with the activity compared to the ever-changing city.

As the pair watched the sunset in silence, the curly-haired girl decided to give a hug to the android, wrapping her arms in a tight embrace around them. The android was a little shocked at the sudden action but hugged back anyway. It broke Molly’s heart that they didn’t want to come. She knew how badly people treated the android in the city and how not many people showed much sympathy for them. To many citizens, Xavin was just another pile of garbage, slowly decaying to eventually end up in a garbage bin somewhere.

“I’m going to miss you a lot, Mols. Be safe out there.” Xavin replies, patting the curly-haired girl’s back.

“Thanks for everything you’ve done and always being there for me,” Molly said as she pulled away from the hug. She gave one last smile at the android. “I do hope you’ll get your battery replaced soon somehow.”

“Don’t worry too much for me. I’ll be fine.” Xavin shrugged the topic off. “Now go prove you're the fiercest Killjoy you can be.”

Molly nodded and grabbed her stuff. Before she walked away from the android, she gave one last wave at them. Xavin reciprocates the gesture, smiling sadly at the curly-haired girl. Molly faced towards the path back home for one last time. For Molly, the android was another reason she wanted to fight BL/ind. And fight hard she will.

How to Overcome Emotional or Compulsive Eating

Have you ever felt so lonely that it made you grab that tub of ice cream on the refrigerator and eat it while your tears were flowing? Or have you ever felt so overjoyed that you ate a lot while laughing and talking to others about your exciting experience? Yes, we all love to eat no matter what the circumstance is. Food is a basic necessity in life. Even when we are not too emotional, we eat because it is a way of life.

Everyone knows that we eat to get nourishment and to stay healthy. But too much eating can put on excess body weight, which could lead to being unhealthy. Becoming overweight can be stressful. I know, I've been there. I was naturally slim but as I age, my metabolism becomes slower, thus, gaining those extra pounds on the scale. But I was able to overcome that.  I won't write here about how I lost weight but I'd like to focus on emotional eating. One of my online friends inspired me to write this. She broke up with her boyfriend, was able to move on, but is now getting emotional again. Oh well... We all have great and terrible days. Now, some people eat a lot whenever they feel emotional or stressed out. I don't know the reason but eating can make us feel better. But the fact still stands that if you eat excessively, you will put on extra weight, which is not easy to lose. So, what triggers us to become an emotional eater? Try to ask these questions to yourself: -Have you recently experienced a painful break up or loss of a loved one? -Have you been feeling stressed out at work? -Has there been any unresolved family or personal matters that's been bothering you? If you answer "yes" to any of the questions above, chances are you might be an emotional eater. Assess yourself - do you eat even when you're not hungry? I was an emotional eater. During those times, when anxiety attacks, I turn to my "comfort foods" such as ice cream, chocolates, cakes, doughnuts, and other sweet treats.  Until I realized that I had already gained too much weight and that my clothes won't fit anymore. It's not just all about staying fit and maintaining the body I want. It's all about staying healthy. So, let me share how I was able to overcome being an emotional eater: Acceptance I accepted the fact that I eat a lot whenever I feel stressed out or emotional. I believe this is first step in overcoming emotional eating. When you have already accepted that fact, then it would be easier for you to pause and think first whenever you feel the urge to bite that big slice of pizza just because you get disappointed or things didn't go your way. "Am I really hungry?" This is something you should ask yourself before reaching for that tub of ice cream or before you bite that big chocolate bar. I read somewhere on the Internet (sorry, I forgot where I got this information) that whenever you "think" you are hungry, drink a glass of water first because thirst may be confused with hunger.  The same thing can be applied to compulsive eating. Whenever you feel anxious, drink a glass of water first. Then think and ask yourself, "Am I really hungry?" before eating. Exercise This is one habit I made myself develop and I was so proud the first time I had avoided compulsive eating. That time, I had a rough night at work (I used to work at nights) and when I got home in the morning, I was almost tempted to order a burger from a fast food delivery but I changed my mind. Instead, I changed my clothes and wore my running shoes. I jogged and circled the neighborhood.  I felt amazed because for the first time, I had noticed the color of my neighbors' houses, the lady with 5 cats, and the happy children walking their way to school. It was like I had just moved in but I have been living in the same neighborhood for more than 5 years now. After a healthy sweat, I went home, took a quick shower, had breakfast (a healthy one without burger and doughnuts), and felt happy. And yes, I did not overeat. Divert your attention What if you suddenly felt nervous, excited, or temperamental? You may focus your attention to other things. What I do is I write it on a piece of paper, or to my diary (yeah, I still keep a diary.) Or you can listen to good music or watch a good show - just avoid reaching out for a pop corn.  Or if it is possible and safe for you to do so, you may go out for a walk. Just walk calmly and breathe. Do something that could focus your attention to something else aside from eating - except of course, when you are REALLY hungry. Treat yourself I never stayed away from ice cream, doughnuts, cakes, chocolates, and other sweet stuff I love. Overcoming compulsive eating doesn't mean you have to let go of the things you like (at least, that's what I think). What I do is I eat those rarely and I just eat them to reward myself.  Like the time when I was able to finish all my DIY wedding invitations, I felt happy and thought I deserved a reward. So I had three scoops of my favorite ice cream. Yes, I still had ice cream but I didn't consume the whole tub. I had three scoops because I believe I deserved it. And that was all.  Overcoming emotional eating is not an easy task. In some cases, you might need to seek professional advice to help you improve your well being through unwinding procedures, honing your critical thinking abilities, and controlling your emotions. Seek professional help and get your family involved too. Just to remind you, I am not a professional. I am just merely sharing my experience. It would be best to talk to a specialist in this field. How about you? Have you been a compulsive eater? How were you able to overcome emotional eating? Feel free to share your comments and suggestions on the comment section. Thank you for reading! Feel free to share this article if you find it useful. For more articles and useful tips, please visit my website, ShowerYourLove. You may also connect with me through my Facebook Page Leave a message when you're free! Article Source: http://ift.tt/2ouCpfw

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Why I live a zero waste life | Lauren Singer | TEDxTeen

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Why I live a zero waste life | Lauren Singer | TEDxTeen

Translator: Bob Prottas Reviewer: Leonardo Silva this is all the trash that I’ve produced in the past three years. Once I say that, people consider that i am loopy, or that i’m lying, or they’ll ask me questions like: "hello. So, how do you wipe your butt?" (Laughter) I live a zero waste way of life, and i have for the past 3 years. Now, zero waste, that is a beautiful massive suggestion. Right? So let me define it for you. To me dwelling zero waste implies that i do not make any trash. So no sending some thing to landfill, no sending anything in a rubbish can, and no spitting gum on the ground, and jogging away. Correct? No trash. This is a massive thought, and this all started when I was once an environmental gain knowledge of pupil at NYU. My senior year, I was taking a path known as: "The Environmental reviews Capstone course", which is the culminating direction that all environmental be trained pupils need to take as a way to exit into the sector, and make it a extra sustainable situation. Well, there was a woman in this classification, and each class she would have this big plastic bag, with a plastic clamshell stuffed with food, a plastic fork and knife, a plastic water bottle, and a plastic bag a chips, and she would eat all of this, after which type after category, would simply throw it in the trash.This used to be fairly frustrating, considering right here we have been these environmental study students trying to make the arena a greater situation, and there she was once, throwing all this stuff into the rubbish. At some point after class, feeling nonetheless in particular upset about observing her throw everything away, I went house to make dinner, and that i opened my fridge, and observed something that I had never seen earlier than. Every single thing in my fridge was once in one way or an extra packaged in plastic, and i couldn’t feel it. You recognize I was once getting so mad at this lady for making a lot plastic trash, and it turns out that I was once simply as dangerous.I was once that lady, and so I made a decision in that moment. I was once going to discontinue utilizing plastic. Well, quitting plastic — (Laughter) not so easy of a factor. Right? While you consider about your daily existence, while you get up within the morning, go into the bathroom, and you sweep your enamel. What’s your toothbrush produced from? (audience softly) Plastic. LS: Plastic. What is your toothpaste generally packaged in? (viewers) Plastic. LS: Your face wash, your moisturizer, your contact answer. So many matters which can be in our everyday lives come packaged in plastic, and so i spotted that if I used to be going to move away from plastic, the only approach that I was once going to try this was to gain knowledge of how one can make my products myself.Well, I do not know about you, but I undoubtedly failed to be aware of find out how to make deodorant. I didn’t have the recipe simply putting out in my again pocket, and so i realized that I needed to do some study, and at the same time I used to be doing research on-line, I came across a web publication known as the "Zero Waste residence" began by way of a woman named Bea Johnson who’s a spouse, and mom of 2 youngsters, out in Mill Valley, California, and the 4 of them live a wholly zero waste existence. When I discovered about Bea, and her household, my intellect used to be thoroughly blown.I idea that I used to be doing the pleasant factor for the planet with the aid of no longer using any plastic. But the thought that I did not ought to produce any trash, used to be so empowering, and so inspiring, and it made excellent feel. Correct? Due to the fact I was once this Environmental reviews student, I cared about the atmosphere, studied sustainability, mentioned sustainability, protested for sustainability. But i realized, that I wasn’t truly imposing any of these values into my day-to-day life, and so I made the determination to go zero waste. Let me spoil it down for you, and let you know one of the vital things that I did with a purpose to make this transition just a little simpler. The first thing that I did used to be i ended buying packaged food. So rather of going to the shop, and purchasing matters packaged in paper, and glass, and plastic, I started bringing my own jars, and luggage to the shop to fill with bulk, or package deal-free objects. I also began purchasing my fruit, and veggies from the farmer’s market. So, package deal-free. The second thing that I started doing was once I began making all of my possess merchandise. Earlier than I began dwelling this culture, my boyfriend on the time, used to brush his enamel making use of baking soda, and i concept he used to be generally the grossest character within the complete world.Proper? There is no way that you would be able to get your teeth smooth using anything like baking soda, it can be gross. Good speedy-forward, and it seems that the primary product that I made was once toothpaste, made with baking soda. So additional time I began making all of my own products. Once I would run out of whatever, instead of going to the store, and shopping a new one, i might study how you can make it myself. So once I would run out of lotion, I realized the way to make it myself. Run out of deodorant, study make it myself. Over time, all of the matters I had previously purchased, were now, ones that I made myself. The 0.33 thing that I began doing, was once shopping 2d-hand. So rather of purchasing new garb, and placing new waste into the waste cycle, i might buy things that were totally recycled, second-hand. So now not making any new trash.The fourth factor that I did was once I downsized. So I curious about having most effective the things that were truly imperative, and that I quite needed. Well this used to be particularly, rather rough because i’m the form of individual who’s rather sentimental, and i will be able to tell you as to why a toothpick wants to be in my lifestyles. However after I really got by way of that system, and that i utterly downsized, i realized that I had so many fewer matters in my lifestyles, my house was once much less cluttered, and everything with simpler to scrub.And if you have fewer matters you realise that you are taking better care of them. Right? Whilst you take higher care of your things you don’t have this mentality like: "If I don’t need this anymore i’m going to just throw it out and i get a new thing later." No, I handiest had a couple of matters and so I took care of them, and wasn’t sending some thing to the landfill. All this must sound beautiful problematic. Correct? I assure you, it is not that hard. I am simply an average, lazy character, and i would not are living this way of life if it used to be difficult. Actually the advantages of residing this subculture a ways outweigh any of the negatives that you would be able to imagine.The first improvement is that I get monetary savings. So I get monetary savings when I buy my food, and the products, and when I make my own merchandise, considering i’m now not buying the embedded cost a packaging, so things are less expensive. I’m also saving cash by using shopping completely second-hand, for the reason that second-hand clothing is normally much less luxurious than new apparel. I am also saving cash considering that I’ve downsized. I do not go looking always now and just buy things on impulse. I only have what I really need.The 2nd benefit is that I devour better. Once I go searching now I do not have the choice to purchase processed meals products, package-free, and so now my diet consists of matters like contemporary fruit and greens, or bulk veggies, and nuts that i buy with my jars and my bags. And so whilst you devour higher, you consider higher. Over these previous few years, I’ve noticed that my weight has stabilized, i have extra power, i want much less sleep, and when you are consuming higher, and you believe higher, and you lower your expenses, you’re happier. However apart from those things i am happier, since for the primary time in my life, i’m dwelling in direct alignment with my values.And why is this predominant? Correct? Waste. Well, waste is a particularly colossal challenge. Correctly the average American man or woman produces roughly 4.4 pounds of trash per character per day. Over the path of a year, that’s like taking 8.5 of your high-quality acquaintances, and throwing them in the trash. (Laughter) do not do this, it is not excellent. (Laughter) So, for those who care about your neighbors, and you don’t throw them away, and you believe that it is feasible for you to reduce how a lot trash you are producing, i’ve 3 simple steps for you. Step one is to certainly appear at your trash, and fully grasp what it is.Considering the fact that you can not remedy a hindrance of getting a variety of waste except you know what is it. So when I did this recreation, i spotted that I had three most important sources of trash. The first was meals packaging, and so I discovered how you can store in bulk or package deal-free. The second was once product packaging, and so I discovered how one can make all of my own merchandise. And the 0.33 was once natural food waste, and so I discovered the way to compost. And simply by way of settling on those 3 sources of waste and disposing of them, i have lowered my trash by way of about 90%. The second factor that i might prefer to suggest is opting for at the low-putting fruit. So doing little things, one-time alterations for your daily life that have a giant-scale, and long-time period constructive have an effect on. This includes things like using a reusable bag as an alternative of a plastic or paper bag. Or making use of a stainless steel, or glass water bottle, instead of buying plastic water bottles. Over the course of however lengthy, you have an understanding of that these little alterations surely add up, and make a gigantic change.The 1/3 factor that i would like to propose is the DIY or absolutely studying how to make your merchandise yourself. Now I absolutely love doing this for the reason that when you go to a store, and also you have got to buy merchandise you variety of must settle, and take delivery of them as they’re. Correct? When you don’t like the best way they smell, too bad.If you happen to don’t like the way in which they suppose, sorry. In case you don’t love what they’re packaged in, you don’t have a option. But for me, on the grounds that I make all my own merchandise, If i do not like the best way they smell, i change the scent. If i don’t like the constituents in them, i alter it. If i do not just like the packaging, it can be my choice. And so via making my own merchandise i’ve entire manipulate over what i’m putting in my physique. Now I started living this lifestyle while I used to be nonetheless in institution.And once I graduated, I had a real job, a real-individual job in sustainability, which is strictly what you’d feel i would need to be doing. Right? Good, while I was nonetheless jogging my web publication: "Trash is for tossers" and i spotted that I was once getting a recurring question, and it went whatever like this: "expensive Lauren, I undoubtedly love the products that you’re making, and that i too need truly traditional products. However on the grounds that of life, family, acquaintances, blah, blah, blah, blah, I just shouldn’t have time to make them myself. Do you’ve any product that i will purchase that are equivalent? Thanks to your aid. Lots of love. Man or woman XYZ." So I went to retailers, and i began looking at merchandise, and even as I located that they were magnificence products that had been harking back to those that I was making myself, I did not discover the equal trend for cleansing merchandise. Once I looked on the constituents of cleaning products, even the "average" cleaning merchandise contained ingredient that have been fairly detrimental.Matters that have been carcinogenic, and endocrine-disruptive. You recognize, once I seemed into it additional, I discovered that cleaning product manufacturers aren’t even legally required to reveal the elements of their merchandise on the product packaging, and so after we go and purchase a product, we’re on the entire mercy of the enterprise, hoping that they have our best curiosity in mind. I think that we, as shoppers, have a proper to merchandise that are transparent and that don’t seem to be dangerous for us, and so I began fascinated about my own merchandise, the ones that i have been making for years.Which can be nontoxic, and effective, and have parts that i exploit to do things like brush my tooth, or make salad dressing. And i realized that I had an opportunity, and so I quit my job, and began a company. When you consider that I think like we, as human beings, have a right to merchandise which might be risk-free for our properties, and our bodies, and the environment.I get feedback at all times, that i’m doing this for attention. However I are living this way of life for myself. I would under no circumstances tell any individual how one can reside or how so much trash that they will have to produce. I simply wish to provide instruments, by means of my blog and my industry, for humans, who like me, need to reduce how much trash they are producing. I live a nil waste way of life, considering to me, it can be the exceptional approach i know, how to are living a lifestyles that aligns with the whole thing that I suppose in. And what is the point. Correct? I’m just one man or woman. What change can i make? The factor is simple: I want to be remembered for the matters that I did even as I was once on this planet, and not for the trash that I left in the back of.Thank you. (Applause) .

Why I live a zero waste life | Lauren Singer | TEDxTeen

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Why I live a zero waste life | Lauren Singer | TEDxTeen

Translator: Bob Prottas Reviewer: Leonardo Silva this is all the trash that I’ve produced in the past three years. Once I say that, people consider that i am loopy, or that i’m lying, or they’ll ask me questions like: "hello. So, how do you wipe your butt?" (Laughter) I live a zero waste way of life, and i have for the past 3 years. Now, zero waste, that is a beautiful massive suggestion. Right? So let me define it for you. To me dwelling zero waste implies that i do not make any trash. So no sending some thing to landfill, no sending anything in a rubbish can, and no spitting gum on the ground, and jogging away. Correct? No trash. This is a massive thought, and this all started when I was once an environmental gain knowledge of pupil at NYU. My senior year, I was taking a path known as: "The Environmental reviews Capstone course", which is the culminating direction that all environmental be trained pupils need to take as a way to exit into the sector, and make it a extra sustainable situation. Well, there was a woman in this classification, and each class she would have this big plastic bag, with a plastic clamshell stuffed with food, a plastic fork and knife, a plastic water bottle, and a plastic bag a chips, and she would eat all of this, after which type after category, would simply throw it in the trash.This used to be fairly frustrating, considering right here we have been these environmental study students trying to make the arena a greater situation, and there she was once, throwing all this stuff into the rubbish. At some point after class, feeling nonetheless in particular upset about observing her throw everything away, I went house to make dinner, and that i opened my fridge, and observed something that I had never seen earlier than. Every single thing in my fridge was once in one way or an extra packaged in plastic, and i couldn’t feel it. You recognize I was once getting so mad at this lady for making a lot plastic trash, and it turns out that I was once simply as dangerous.I was once that lady, and so I made a decision in that moment. I was once going to discontinue utilizing plastic. Well, quitting plastic — (Laughter) not so easy of a factor. Right? While you consider about your daily existence, while you get up within the morning, go into the bathroom, and you sweep your enamel. What’s your toothbrush produced from? (audience softly) Plastic. LS: Plastic. What is your toothpaste generally packaged in? (viewers) Plastic. LS: Your face wash, your moisturizer, your contact answer. So many matters which can be in our everyday lives come packaged in plastic, and so i spotted that if I used to be going to move away from plastic, the only approach that I was once going to try this was to gain knowledge of how one can make my products myself.Well, I do not know about you, but I undoubtedly failed to be aware of find out how to make deodorant. I didn’t have the recipe simply putting out in my again pocket, and so i realized that I needed to do some study, and at the same time I used to be doing research on-line, I came across a web publication known as the "Zero Waste residence" began by way of a woman named Bea Johnson who’s a spouse, and mom of 2 youngsters, out in Mill Valley, California, and the 4 of them live a wholly zero waste existence. When I discovered about Bea, and her household, my intellect used to be thoroughly blown.I idea that I used to be doing the pleasant factor for the planet with the aid of no longer using any plastic. But the thought that I did not ought to produce any trash, used to be so empowering, and so inspiring, and it made excellent feel. Correct? Due to the fact I was once this Environmental reviews student, I cared about the atmosphere, studied sustainability, mentioned sustainability, protested for sustainability. But i realized, that I wasn’t truly imposing any of these values into my day-to-day life, and so I made the determination to go zero waste. Let me spoil it down for you, and let you know one of the vital things that I did with a purpose to make this transition just a little simpler. The first thing that I did used to be i ended buying packaged food. So rather of going to the shop, and purchasing matters packaged in paper, and glass, and plastic, I started bringing my own jars, and luggage to the shop to fill with bulk, or package deal-free objects. I also began purchasing my fruit, and veggies from the farmer’s market. So, package deal-free. The second thing that I started doing was once I began making all of my possess merchandise. Earlier than I began dwelling this culture, my boyfriend on the time, used to brush his enamel making use of baking soda, and i concept he used to be generally the grossest character within the complete world.Proper? There is no way that you would be able to get your teeth smooth using anything like baking soda, it can be gross. Good speedy-forward, and it seems that the primary product that I made was once toothpaste, made with baking soda. So additional time I began making all of my own products. Once I would run out of whatever, instead of going to the store, and shopping a new one, i might study how you can make it myself. So once I would run out of lotion, I realized the way to make it myself. Run out of deodorant, study make it myself. Over time, all of the matters I had previously purchased, were now, ones that I made myself. The 0.33 thing that I began doing, was once shopping 2d-hand. So rather of purchasing new garb, and placing new waste into the waste cycle, i might buy things that were totally recycled, second-hand. So now not making any new trash.The fourth factor that I did was once I downsized. So I curious about having most effective the things that were truly imperative, and that I quite needed. Well this used to be particularly, rather rough because i’m the form of individual who’s rather sentimental, and i will be able to tell you as to why a toothpick wants to be in my lifestyles. However after I really got by way of that system, and that i utterly downsized, i realized that I had so many fewer matters in my lifestyles, my house was once much less cluttered, and everything with simpler to scrub.And if you have fewer matters you realise that you are taking better care of them. Right? Whilst you take higher care of your things you don’t have this mentality like: "If I don’t need this anymore i’m going to just throw it out and i get a new thing later." No, I handiest had a couple of matters and so I took care of them, and wasn’t sending some thing to the landfill. All this must sound beautiful problematic. Correct? I assure you, it is not that hard. I am simply an average, lazy character, and i would not are living this way of life if it used to be difficult. Actually the advantages of residing this subculture a ways outweigh any of the negatives that you would be able to imagine.The first improvement is that I get monetary savings. So I get monetary savings when I buy my food, and the products, and when I make my own merchandise, considering i’m now not buying the embedded cost a packaging, so things are less expensive. I’m also saving cash by using shopping completely second-hand, for the reason that second-hand clothing is normally much less luxurious than new apparel. I am also saving cash considering that I’ve downsized. I do not go looking always now and just buy things on impulse. I only have what I really need.The 2nd benefit is that I devour better. Once I go searching now I do not have the choice to purchase processed meals products, package-free, and so now my diet consists of matters like contemporary fruit and greens, or bulk veggies, and nuts that i buy with my jars and my bags. And so whilst you devour higher, you consider higher. Over these previous few years, I’ve noticed that my weight has stabilized, i have extra power, i want much less sleep, and when you are consuming higher, and you believe higher, and you lower your expenses, you’re happier. However apart from those things i am happier, since for the primary time in my life, i’m dwelling in direct alignment with my values.And why is this predominant? Correct? Waste. Well, waste is a particularly colossal challenge. Correctly the average American man or woman produces roughly 4.4 pounds of trash per character per day. Over the path of a year, that’s like taking 8.5 of your high-quality acquaintances, and throwing them in the trash. (Laughter) do not do this, it is not excellent. (Laughter) So, for those who care about your neighbors, and you don’t throw them away, and you believe that it is feasible for you to reduce how a lot trash you are producing, i’ve 3 simple steps for you. Step one is to certainly appear at your trash, and fully grasp what it is.Considering the fact that you can not remedy a hindrance of getting a variety of waste except you know what is it. So when I did this recreation, i spotted that I had three most important sources of trash. The first was meals packaging, and so I discovered how you can store in bulk or package deal-free. The second was once product packaging, and so I discovered how one can make all of my own merchandise. And the 0.33 was once natural food waste, and so I discovered the way to compost. And simply by way of settling on those 3 sources of waste and disposing of them, i have lowered my trash by way of about 90%. The second factor that i might prefer to suggest is opting for at the low-putting fruit. So doing little things, one-time alterations for your daily life that have a giant-scale, and long-time period constructive have an effect on. This includes things like using a reusable bag as an alternative of a plastic or paper bag. Or making use of a stainless steel, or glass water bottle, instead of buying plastic water bottles. Over the course of however lengthy, you have an understanding of that these little alterations surely add up, and make a gigantic change.The 1/3 factor that i would like to propose is the DIY or absolutely studying how to make your merchandise yourself. Now I absolutely love doing this for the reason that when you go to a store, and also you have got to buy merchandise you variety of must settle, and take delivery of them as they’re. Correct? When you don’t like the best way they smell, too bad.If you happen to don’t like the way in which they suppose, sorry. In case you don’t love what they’re packaged in, you don’t have a option. But for me, on the grounds that I make all my own merchandise, If i do not like the best way they smell, i change the scent. If i don’t like the constituents in them, i alter it. If i do not just like the packaging, it can be my choice. And so via making my own merchandise i’ve entire manipulate over what i’m putting in my physique. Now I started living this lifestyle while I used to be nonetheless in institution.And once I graduated, I had a real job, a real-individual job in sustainability, which is strictly what you’d feel i would need to be doing. Right? Good, while I was nonetheless jogging my web publication: "Trash is for tossers" and i spotted that I was once getting a recurring question, and it went whatever like this: "expensive Lauren, I undoubtedly love the products that you’re making, and that i too need truly traditional products. However on the grounds that of life, family, acquaintances, blah, blah, blah, blah, I just shouldn’t have time to make them myself. Do you’ve any product that i will purchase that are equivalent? Thanks to your aid. Lots of love. Man or woman XYZ." So I went to retailers, and i began looking at merchandise, and even as I located that they were magnificence products that had been harking back to those that I was making myself, I did not discover the equal trend for cleansing merchandise. Once I looked on the constituents of cleaning products, even the "average" cleaning merchandise contained ingredient that have been fairly detrimental.Matters that have been carcinogenic, and endocrine-disruptive. You recognize, once I seemed into it additional, I discovered that cleaning product manufacturers aren’t even legally required to reveal the elements of their merchandise on the product packaging, and so after we go and purchase a product, we’re on the entire mercy of the enterprise, hoping that they have our best curiosity in mind. I think that we, as shoppers, have a proper to merchandise that are transparent and that don’t seem to be dangerous for us, and so I began fascinated about my own merchandise, the ones that i have been making for years.Which can be nontoxic, and effective, and have parts that i exploit to do things like brush my tooth, or make salad dressing. And i realized that I had an opportunity, and so I quit my job, and began a company. When you consider that I think like we, as human beings, have a right to merchandise which might be risk-free for our properties, and our bodies, and the environment.I get feedback at all times, that i’m doing this for attention. However I are living this way of life for myself. I would under no circumstances tell any individual how one can reside or how so much trash that they will have to produce. I simply wish to provide instruments, by means of my blog and my industry, for humans, who like me, need to reduce how much trash they are producing. I live a nil waste way of life, considering to me, it can be the exceptional approach i know, how to are living a lifestyles that aligns with the whole thing that I suppose in. And what is the point. Correct? I’m just one man or woman. What change can i make? The factor is simple: I want to be remembered for the matters that I did even as I was once on this planet, and not for the trash that I left in the back of.Thank you. (Applause) .