Where to Buy Ethical, Sustainable, & Fair Trade Furniture?

As most of you know this guide to purchasing ethical & sustainable furniture is long over due! I kept waiting until our apartment was “put together” but honestly moving is an expensive process and our place probably won’t be fully put together for a while because we’re spacing out our purchases and choosing responsibly. BUT we do have most of our furniture in! And hunting for ethical, eco-friendly, & fair trade furniture was tricky! But here are a few socially responsible furniture brands I found while shopping. I’ve put together a apartment tour video highlighting the fair trade and sustainable furniture we ended up purchasing.

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The 25 Best Slow Fashion Brands for Small Batch & Ethical Style

Slow fashion is an intentional approach to creating apparel and accessories designed to minimize the environmental impact of consumerism through high quality goods. The slow fashion movement stems from the slow living movement encouraging brands to consider how apparel is made and what the supply chain looks like. Discover 15+ slow fashion brands to shop and add to your conscious closet.

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The Best Organic Cotton Towels for Your Eco-friendly Bathroom

While every household has towels, it’s not something the average consumer thinks much about. However, maybe it’s time to change that as cotton has been reffered to as the “World’s dirtiest crop”, due to high amounts of pesticides, fertilizers, and water when grown conventionally. Since cotton is in such high demand all over the world, promoting a cleaner alternative that is sustainably grown, processed, and manufactured is incredibly important.

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How It Feels to Have Anxiety Exhaustion

Does anyone else ever have those days where the world just throws too much at you and you want to curl up in bed and cry? I’ve had a few of them recently. Days where the anxiety takes over me and I enter shutdown mode. I can’t think. I can’t be present. I can’t be productive. But I can physically feel the anxiety weighing down on me. Our little puppy dog has been sick for about a month and with multiple vet visits, waking up in the night with him, and having to take days off work to sit at the vet only to receive no answers….I’ve been struggling. I’ve fallen behind on work. I’m a sleep deprived mess. AND I haven’t been practicing adequate self care.

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