Labeling Sustainability

Plastic Free Lunch

Zero Waste Lunch

Low Waste Lunch

Sustainable Lunch

Sustainably Conscious Lunch

How to label?

Labels can be informative, but also misleading.

Today's lunch -

Homemade crackers (no plastic packaging)

Tuna Salad (recycled the tuna can, bought the Mayo in a glass jar, the relish was my dad's homemade with ingredients from the garden, and the seasoning bought from a bulk bin at a kitchen store - no waste)

Apple (bought individually, no plastic bag, will compost core)

Cloth napkin.

Reusable containers.

Looks pretty good, right?

This is a pretty picture for sustainability.

But sustainability is so broad and so deep.

Was the tuna sustainably sourced and were the workers in every stage of the production paid a fair and honest salary?

Was the mayo produced in a sustainable fashion in every stage of production?

Was the Apple locally sourced, or was it transported from far away? Where the orchard workers paid a fair and honest wage?

I could go on.

Sustainability is overwhelming as it covers a broad spectrum.

But I believe that every little bit matters.

Buying Mayo in a glass jar instead of plastic even though it cost more.

Taking the extra steps to recycle the materials that are recyclable.

Buying fruit individually, even though it costs a little bit more, to only get the amount that I will eat so that nothing is wasted.

Little steps have a big impact.

What little steps have you taken today for sustainability?

Share your little steps with me!

Until next time,

A.F.