I've heard of zero waste lifestyle and watched some videos on it. I'm always trying to take steps toward that but it's way harder than the speaker from the TedTalk makes it sound. Making your own products is one way to do it but there is so much more than that. Living a zero waste lifestyle is extremely time consuming and costly which I think the speaker should have addressed it but I appreciate the brief introduction to the topic.
My mom and I are conscious of the waste we produce at home and try to be sustainable. Some things I want to do as a family is to grow more produce in our back yard (my grandma is staying with us for half a year and she's a great gardener so I'm excited about this!), install solar panels on the roof, and reuse the plastic bags and ziplock bags that we got years ago.
I felt the same way about the TedTalk. My family tries to be as resourceful as possible and take reusable bags to the grocery store, keep our leftovers in glass containers, and buy only what we need, but it's hard. I haven't looked into it, but I don't think it's cheaper to make those ingredients by hand, and we definitely don't have the time. We have a small garden in our backyard too, and it's great!
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