Super-Post!

Happy Belated Easter/Earth Day to All!

I'm bummed I didn't get to post anything on Earth Day, but I'm making it up for it now with a super-post by combining two phenomenal holidays: Easter and Earth Day.

As you all know, Earth Day is a 24-hour event; but it's a huge argument among many environmentalists that Earth Day shouldn't just be ONE day out of the year...it should be all 365 days that we are aware of our carbon-footprint. 

An article wirtten by Brian Merchant on Treehugger.com , pleaded with readers to take a stand like the first Earth Day, 41 years ago (1969):

"Call for action. Help build awareness; help build a movement. And don't bother with the organic cotton designer clothes." 

Ha-ha-ha...hey...wait.

Yes, I did just post that. That really just happened. Confusing? Mhm. Contradictory? You betcha. 

BUT! 

If we really stop and think about it, the message being sent is one of activism--not necessarily consumerism. And if you are still befuddled as to why I'm saying any of this, here is something to confuse you even more:

High-end fashion designer Vivienne Westwood: Queen of Contradictions.

What Westwood, Merchant, and many others are trying to say is that a change doesn't always begin with opening your wallet, but opening your mouth. Advocacy is key; and being content with what you have is a huge part of that. 


Which is why for the second part of my post I'd like to advocate once again the wearing of second-hand clothes as an environmentally conscious action.

Part II:

Second-hand clothing doesn't have to be something bought from a consignment store.

In fact, it doesn't have to be recently purchased at all. 

This encompasses everything you already have. 

At the risk of sounding like a big, huge nerd, I can't tell you how pleasantly surprising it is piecing together new combinations of clothing I already have. It's actually quite satisfying. 

This is me. In my peasant outfit on Easter Sunday, strutting around in the back yard.  

 

I donned a 100% cotton dress that was given to me by my Mother's friend a while back which she bought from a thrift store.

This dress is the epitome of second-hand items. At this point, it's like, third-hand.  

 

We had the family over for Easter Dinner, and composted all our food waste, because even the Easter Bunny composts his eggs.

There is the beautiful compost pile in our backyard which will someday turn into organic topsoil for gardening.

 

And here's my little pup Ellie. (This picture is completely irrelevant to the topic, but she's cute, eh?).

Now that I have completely deflated the subject of second-hand clothing, I am excited to move along to some new posts in the near future!

Hope you all had wonderful holidays!

Peace, Love, and Sustainable Second-Hand Clothes!<3