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Bea Johnson is one of today\'s foremost experts in the area of zero-waste living and voluntary simplicity. She is most well-known for being able to fit her family of four\\u2019s trash for an entire year into a quart-sized jar. She has helped people all over the world achieve various levels of voluntary simplicity and eco-friendly living through her blog ZeroWasteHome.com and her book by the same name. She continues to spread the zero-waste message through talks which she gives all over the world.

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The turning point

• By living with less we all of a sudden had more time to do the things we enjoyed doing

How she got started

• Eliminated plastic bags
• Bought all dry goods\\xa0in bulk
• Made reusable bags out of an old sheet

Resources

• Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste\\xa0by Bea Johnson

• Patagonia 3-way Jacket
• Bulk app, for finding stores that sell items in bulk, populated by members of the voluntary simplicity and zero waste community
• vrbo.com\\xa0and\\xa0airbnb.com\\xa0for renting out your home
• relayrides.com\\xa0for\\xa0renting out your car
• eliminating junk mail
  • optoutscreen.com
  • dmachoice.org
  • cataloguechoice.org
  • paperkarma.com

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