"be the change you wish to see in the world" - gandhi

Hey everyone! Thanks for visiting my blog. I hope my spectacular blogging skills rope you in and inspire you to change some of your (less eco-friendly) ways and embrace fun alternatives that not only help preserve our beautiful world but allow you to save your hard-earned $$$!

I guess the reason I’m starting this blog is… well, honestly, there are a few. To start- I love to write. I kept a blog of my travels when I was abroad in Italy last semester and became addicted to updating it. I thought this would be a fun way to keep up my writing and my learning! Also, like everyone else- I love to save money. I’ve often found that many eco-friendly initiatives require creativity and maybe a little elbow-grease, but ultimately they’ve allowed me to save some money (which is always a plus for us poor college students). Finally, I really do love learning about fashion & implementing small initiatives in my daily life that could potentially have a positive effect in our world or local communities.

If I had to pinpoint a specific moment when I decided to start living my philosophy, I think it started when I took my first Globalization and Social Justice class a few years back. The class, not to mention my fabulously radical professor really opened my eyes- not only to how fortunate I am to live the life I live- but how damaging that fortunate lifestyle actually is. I decided there were definitely small changes I could make in my life (giving up bottled water or using plastic bags) that could potentially trickle down and help our global community. Of course, I tried my best to become eco-friendly with style and to my surprise actually started getting a lot of compliments! So, I started spreading my self-proclaimed wisdom along and it made me so excited to watch my friends and my mother take the same initiatives (only because of me, of course). It struck me that I could actually get into peoples’ heads and maybe make a small, yet eye-catchingly fashionable, difference.

So, if you want to learn a little bit, save some money or just find some fun new ways to keep up with the “green” trends, follow my blog and I’ll try my best not to disappoint! I’m also open to any ideas or suggestions, so feel free to contribute.

xxo