Sustainable influencers that inspired me this year.

Dec 20, 2017 | 1 comment

After writing that post about how to avoid being negatively influenced on social media (here), I thought it was only right to share some inspiration on who to follow if you want a more sustainable lifestyle. This year I’ve stumbled upon so many cool influencers, writers an entrepreneurs who are all trying to change our environment for the better. Some of them I just follow, other I’ve been in contact with and some I really want to meet up with in 2018. They deserve a shoutout and some respect! Maybe you would like to follow some of them yourself in the new year? They all have something different to offer, even though some of them are kind of working within the same field.

Efter mit indlæg om hvordan du undgår, at blive påvirket negativt på de sociale medier (her), så tænkte jeg det kunne være en god idé med lidt inspiration til, hvem du kan følge hvis du gerne vil leve mere balanceret og bæredygtigt. Jeg har i år stiftet bekendtskab med flere seje influencers, forfattere og ildsjæle, der brænder for at gøre en forskel for vores miljø. Nogle følger jeg bare, andre har jeg været lidt i kontakt med og nogle vil jeg helt sikkert gerne mødes med i 2018. De fortjener et skulderklap og en anbefaling herfra. Måske er det nogen du selv har lyst til, at følge i det nye år? Fælles for dem alle er, at de kan noget forskelligt selvom mange af dem bevæger sig lidt indenfor samme område.

Rocket Science

I’ve been following Anita for a few months. I follow her on Instagram, where she shares lot of easy-going tips for the regular consumer, in order to switch to the zero waste lifestyle and bring down your own production of excess waste. Anita buys most of her clothes secondhand, and she got a great eye for finding the most awesome pieces. She runs a series called “create not consume” on her Instagram, where she’s inspiring us to make our own presents, where and how to buy package-free and more. She lives in the US (San Francisco) so the bulk store options are generally better than in Denmark, where it’s almost considered a sort of hipster concept that’s only available in larger cities. I do have a farmers market near me, but it’s only on tuesdays in the middle of the day. While I’m at work! She’s not afraid to guide you in other directions though, and recently she encouraged me to check out if we have any online concepts in Denmark that delivers package free groceries. 

Anita Vandyke har jeg fulgt et par måneder. Jeg følger hende på Instagram, hvor hun deler en masse let-fordøjelige tips til den travle hverdagsforbruger, til hvordan du kan reducere dit forbrug og spild. Anita køber ligesom jeg det meste af hendes tøj brugt, og hun finder så mange fine ting! Hun kører bl.a. serien “Create not consume”, hvor hun deler tips til bl.a. gaveidéer, emballage-fri indkøb mv. Anita bor i San Francisco, og i USA har de bedre mulighed for, at købe i bulk stores (altså emballage frit) end vi har her i Danmark. Hun er dog ikke bleg for, at give et par tips til hvordan du kan undersøge mulighederne i dit eget land, uden det bliver en stor byrde for dig i en hektisk hverdag. Hun foreslog bl.a. for nyligt, at jeg måske kunne prøve og dykke ned i online mulighederne for, at få leveret emballage fri grøntsager fx.

 

My green closet

Verena Erin has the blog and Youtube channel My Green Closet, and she primarily makes content about sustainable fashion. We don’t have the same style, but that doesn’t matter one bit, because I can use all the tips she shares and transfer them to my own life. Verena is super informative and a clever woman, and her videos are always sharp and two-the-point. Recently, she has also started sharing more content with inspiration to produce less waste at home, so she has also become part of the zero-waste movement.

Verena Erin har bloggen og Youtube kanalen My Green Closet, og hun laver primært content om bæredygtig mode. Vi har ikke samme stil, men det er fuldstændig underordnet, for alt hun ligger ud kan jeg bruge og overføre til mig eget liv. Verena er super informativ og en klog ung kvinde, og hendes videoer er altid skarpe og to-the-point. For nyligt er hun også begyndt at dele mere indhold med inspiration til, at producere mindre spild i hjemmet, så hun er også blevet en del af zero waste bevægelsen.

 

Gitte Mary

I’ve been following the Danish Gitte Marie for some time both on her blog, Youtube channel and on Instagram. She’s probably one of the pioneers on the subject in Denmark, and she’s got a great amount of subscribers on Youtube. Her content is in english. Again, this is another place I’ve enjoyed getting inspiration for a more sustainable lifestyle, and how to get started little by little.

Danske Gitte Marie har jeg fulgt i noget tid både på hendes blog, Youtube kanal og på Instagram. Hun må nok siges at være én af pionererne på området zero waste herhjemme, og har en ret stor følgerskare på Youtube. Hendes indhold foregår på engelsk. Igen bare et super godt sted at hente inspiration til en mere bæredygtig livsstil, og hvordan du kan komme igang med, at producere mindre spild lidt efter lidt.

 

Miild blog

(The blog is Danish only) I’ve been rambling on about the brand Miild for some time now, and the girls behind the brand have a pretty inspiring blog too. they write about makeup, ecology and allergies.

Miild pigerne og deres makeup linje har jeg efterhånden delt et par gange, men de har faktisk også en rigtig inspirerende blog, hvor de skriver om makeup, økologi og allergi. Den er super inspirerende og er god til dig, der gerne vil have tips til renere skønhedsrutiner og i det hele taget bare være god ved dig selv.

 

Bea Johnson

I follow Bea on Instagram after reading her book “Zero Watse Home”. She’s probably the front figure of the zero waste movement, and it was her book that made me reconsider my shopping habits, and all the things we just throw out each year. She made me consider the amount of pressure we put our environment under, just to send a whole lot of it to the landfill in the end. It’s crazy! Anyway, I really recommend both her book and Instagram profile.

Bea følger jeg på Instagram efter at have læst hendes bog “Zero Waste Home”. Hun kan vel næsten siges at være frontfigur for zero waste bevægelsen, og det var hendes bog der satte skub i mine tanker omkring hvor meget vi smider ud. Hvor stort et pres vi faktisk sætter miljøet under, blot for at smide en kæmpe del af produktionen ud. Det er crazy! Anyway, stor anbefaling af både bog og Instagram profil herfra.

 

Trash is for tossers

This is anther zero waste blogger and entrepeneur: Lauren Singer. I follow her on her blog, Youtube and on Instagram where she shares tips to make less waste in general. I also follow her shop concept Packagefree on Instagram, just to get more inspiration on better and more clever shopping habits in order to reduce waste.

Her er endnu en zero waste blogger og iværksætter: Lauren Singer. Hende følger jeg også både på hendes blog, på Instagram og på Youtube hvor hun deler tips til at producere mindre spild. Jeg følger også hendes butikskoncept Packagefree på Instagram, bare for igen at få inspiration til nye indkøbsvaner med mindre spild og emballage.

 

Marie Kondo

You’ve probably heard her name on my blog a few times, if you’ve been following me the past year. Marie Kondo is the woman behind The Konmari Method, which is a certain way of decluttering your home (and your life) so that you will be able to live more balanced and sustainable in the long run. I follow her on Instagram where she often shows before and after pics from other people’s decluttered homes. And then she just share some really great quotes about life in general.

Hendes navn har i nok hørt et par gange hvis I har fulgt mig det sidste års tid. Marie Kondo er nemlig stifteren af The Konmari Method, som er en helt bestemt teknik til, at få ryddet ud i dit hjem (og dit liv), sådan at du på sigt kan leve mere balanceret og bæredygtigt. Jeg følger hende på Instagram, hvor hun ofte deler før og efter billeder fra folks hjem, efter de har ryddet op. Og så deler hun bare nogle gode quotes om livet generelt.

 

Bedre Mode

(The blog is Danish only) A while back Johanne actually wrote a guest post for my blog, with 5 tips to get a more sustainable wardrobe (read that here). I follow her on Instagram and her blog, where she creates content about sustainable fashion. She recently started making capsule wardrobes herself and is having great succes with it. I think of Johanne as sort of an expert when it comes to sustainable materials, brands and politics, which I’d like to learn more about myself. Besides that she is the cofounder of the Danish magazine Sustain Yearly.

Johanne Stenstrup skrev i tidernes morgen et gæsteindlæg her på bloggen (efter jeg havde spurgt om hun ikke ville), med 5 tips til, at opnå en mere bæredygtig garderobe. Det kan du læse her. Ellers følger jeg hende på Instagram og hendes blog, hvor hun skriver om bæredygtig mode. Hun sprang for nyligt selv ud i capsule wardrobe projektet med stor succes. Jeg betragter især Johanne som lidt af en ekspert på områder som bæredygtige materialer, brands og også politiske dagsordener – alle områder jeg gerne selv vil blive lidt klogere på. Hun er desuden medstifter af det årlige magasin Sustain Yearly, som jeg endnu ikke selv har fået taget et kig på, men det skal jeg helt sikkert i det nye år.

 

The minimalists

Maybe you guys remember THIS post, where I gave you a review and recommendation of the documentary “Minimalism”? Anyway, the two main characters from that documentary have an Instagram account where they share a lot of inspirational quotes about life and minimalism in general. They also have a podcastthat I’ve yet to listen to, but it’s definitely on my list for 2018. If you want inspiration of how to live a more meaningful life, this might be the thing for you!

Måske husker i DETTE indlæg, hvor jeg kom med en anbefaling til dokumentaren “Minimalism”? Anyway, de to hovedpersoner i filmen har også en Instagram profil, hvor de dagligt deler både inspirerende quotes om et balanceret liv, men også minimalisme generelt. De har også en podcast jeg endnu ikke har fået taget hul på, men den er endnu én af de ting, der står på min liste for 2018. Hvis du gerne vil have inspiration til et mere meningsfuldt liv, så er dette et rigtig godt sted at hente det!

1 Comment

  1. Lullumut

    Jeg elsker link love. Det er super god stil. Kender ikke dem alle, så vil lige dykke ned i dem 🙂

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