This month we are exploring vegan fashion options here at Beyond the Fried. Today we’re featuring a guest post from Sica Schmitz, founder of vegan, fair-fashion boutique Bead and Reel. Sica shares her thoughts on easy ways to create a vegan wardrobe. P.S. – Read to the end to find a special discount code […]
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Some of my fellow writers are knocking it out of the park lately with helpful guides on sustainable living. I found these posts wonderfully resourceful and can’t wait to share them with you! Hannah shares How to Get Rid of Stuff Without Chucking It in a Goodwill Bin: “Any aspiring minimalist or zero-waste living enthusiast
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With all the effort I put into fair fashion, adding sustainable beauty into my routine feels overwhelming. Luckily, clean beauty products can be found in your kitchen pantry at home! My friend Francesca recently teamed up with Clean Beauty Co to offer an easy, homemade coconut scrub, and I wanted to share it with you: I’m
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Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, or Do without. Remember that old Depression-Era rhyme? It still applies today. As a passionate devotee of ethical fashion, I adore sharing new products and styles here. But while I gush about gorgeous purses and dresses, my actual purchases are measured and few. Buying every trend
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I’m so sad about the Gulf Coast right now. Throughout much of my childhood my family made yearly trips to beaches along the Alabama and Florida coasts, and it tears at my heart to hear that globs of oil are now washing up on those same beaches. At the time, I took those seaside excursions
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So here in Nashville we’re supposed to be using as little water as possible. Originally the mayor asked us to cut usage 50%, but our reserves are now low enough that we need major conservation efforts. Sam Davidson wrote a great post on some good ways to cut back our water use, and I encourage
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On a recent sunny day I was out running errands. I watched people walking their dogs and whizzing about on their scooters, and I had a moment of gratitude for my awesome neighborhood. Suddenly, I saw a cyclist whip his bike around the left side of a car at a stop sign, determined to dash