Hottest Day Ever, Don't Buy It Unless You Need It, Our New Group Chat & More
Hottest Day Ever, Don't Buy It Unless You Need It, Our New Group Chat & More
🎶 Questions of science, science and progress
Welcome to your weekly dose of sustainable parenting tips, internet gems, and UpChoose community highlights. Subscribe now to get the latest edition in your inbox every week. Let's dive in!
💎 Internet Gems
🔥 Hottest day ever recorded on Earth. Tuesday was the hottest day on Earth since at least 1979, with the global average temperature reaching 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit (17.18 degrees Celsius). It serves as a stark reminder of the realities of climate change.
Tuesday’s record-breaking temperature is partly explained by climate change causing the world to heat up, Allen said, adding that global temperatures are already 1.25 degrees Celsius (2.25 degrees Fahrenheit) above their preindustrial average. “It’s warming 0.25 degrees Celsius a decade,” he said. “That’s why we see records broken continuously, rather than just as one-offs.” Read Washington post article
🎶 Coldplay is among the first music bands to release a sustainability report, detailing ongoing sustainability initiatives for its “Music Of The Spheres” world tour, which has been assessed and validated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Environmental Solutions Initiative Professor John E. Fernandez. [Hypebeast]
♻️ Established fashion brands are facing significant challenges when introducing resale platforms. Data shows that resale account for a very small percentage of sales — often 1% to 5% — for most major fashion brands.. [Bloomberg]
Now contrast that with a new company like UpChoose, where over 80% of our subscriptions are for preloved baby clothes. This shows the transformative power of new companies that don’t need to deal with legacy business models. Join our movement and be part of the sustainable parenting revolution (use code MINDFULCHOICES for 25% off your first month 😉).
💡 Parenting Tips
👕 What are you doing with the baby clothes that don’t fit anymore? This thread explores different ideas and strategies for repurposing or donating baby clothes, ensuring their sustainable use and reducing waste. [Reddit]
Some ideas explored:
Donate to charity
Sell online or consignment
Recycle
Keep for future kids
Pass on to friends/family
We wrote about this here: How to Give a Second Life to you Old or Used Baby Clothes
If you're an UpChoose member, we do all the work for you. When you send back your outgrown clothes, we ensure it gets enjoyed by the next family.
🌱 Zero-waste tips for first-time parents. Most common tips include using cloth diapers, using secondhand items whenever possible, and avoiding excess in items like clothes and toys. [Reddit]
But the best tip is truly don't buy it unless you're sure you need it. There's so many advertising tricks that make you think "everyone" needs something and you don't.
📣 UpChoose Community Shoutouts
👏 😯 Meet Lyndall Schreiner, UpChoose member and author of Parenting by Design
This week, we're delighted to feature Lyndall Schreiner. A dedicated UpChoose member for 2 years, she started with a 0-3m set for her son Leo and is currently using her 8th set in the 3T size! Lyndall also authors a fantastic newsletter on intentional parenting: Parenting by Design — a project to uncover the systems and tools successful working parents use to thrive. Thanks, Lyndall, for being a pioneer and pushing sustainable and intentional parenting forward!
🙏 🎙️ Big thanks to Taylor for mentioning UpChoose to the Sustainable Minimalists podcast!
Taylor is a first-time mom to Walker, who is 11 months old now and using his second UpChoose set. Taylor was so kind and pro-actively sent UpChoose as an eco-tip to the Sustainable Minimalists podcast. Thank you Taylor!
We know many of you share about UpChoose with friends and other voices in climate or sustainability. Spreading the word about our work is so helpful to grow the movement. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
💬 🤗 Join our new group chat
Join the Sustainable Parenting Club on the Geneva app. It's a new group chat for parents to share lessons, tips, and experiences related to sustainable parenting.
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