Laura encourages her two kids to make crafts and drawings from old bits of packaging. She began 1 her family's waste when she moved house and decided that she would leave all single-use 2 behind.
"It's cheaper and you know that the item will 3 being used instead of being set aside — so it's just perfect! Each of us play a big 4 in taking care of the environment. It's 5 to try to help rather than just keep complaining about the current situation."
Any glass container is 6 and repurposed for something else. This means that the family only send a piece of 7 to landfill every two weeks on average. She tries not to buy any plastic at all, but when she does, she will get it 8 washed and recycled.
The family also grow their own tomatoes, lettuce, and some other vegetables in the garden, and have orange trees outdoors. Laura has also 9 herself in a community of friends who 10 items with each other that they need, like furniture or plates.
She said, "We tried to use the minimum 11 and take over some toys and baby equipment from friends and relatives. If we really had to 12 anything, first we tried at the 13 market."
To help educate her kids, Laura takes them out on nature walks to the forest where they 14 rubbish as they go. "They enjoy this 15 , because they know it's better for the environment," she said.
