How to have a beautiful hair without dangerous chemicals & with minimum waste
Why should we care about natural or synthetic? The answer is simple. Conventional hair products from the drug store as well as most of the p
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- 15. 4. 2020
- 4 min
Is minimum waste lifestyle in danger now?
The COVID-19 danger is sooner or later going to disappear, but the piles of waste are not.
- 25. 3. 2020
- 3 min
Sustainability in the times of coronavirus
You might have noticed that since the coronavirus outbreak started, we haven’t heard much about the environment, sustainability or waste.
- 11. 3. 2020
- 3 min
What does “sustainability” and “ecological” actually mean?
If we want to talk sustainability, it is all about our consumption. Not so much about whether some product is wrapped in plastic, paper or
- 18. 2. 2020
- 2 min
Salad in winter without useless packaging?
What to do when you want to eat a salad in winter, but there's no other option than the one from the supermarket packaged in plastic? We hav
- 27. 1. 2020
- 3 min
Become a minimalist (and forget about Marie Kondo)
„Love people, use things. The opposite never works.“ (The Minimalists) Are you playing with the idea of minimalism, but you aren't quite...
- 2. 12. 2019
- 2 min
How to make your beloved ones enthusiastic about sustainable Christmas?
It is coming slowly but surely just like the winter from Game of Thrones. That time of the year that you were so excited about as a child...
- 31. 10. 2019
- 2 min
The pioneers of eco-burying
You are probably wondering what does death have to do with waste. A dead person should actually be completely zero waste, since he/she...
- 25. 10. 2019
- 2 min
How to make your coffee ritual more sustainable
Let's be honest - drinking coffee won't probably ever be 100% sustainable. Not even if we buy fair trade and organic coffee only. We...
- 26. 9. 2019
- 2 min
To wash or not to wash, that is the question
Finally at home: you slam the door, exhale, and finally take the tight, uncomfortable but unfortunately sexy shirt off. And what to do...
- 19. 9. 2019
- 2 min
Planet hero: Flip the flop (ENG)
We all have noticed emotional photographs about plastics in the ocean. Turtles tangled in plastic bags, dead fish with bellies full of...
- 11. 9. 2019
- 2 min
How to minimize waste in your bathroom?
Is your bathroom zero-waste? Or are you still throwing away half-empty shower gels and have an excessive amount of never opened creams on...
- 22. 8. 2019
- 2 min
Planet hero: Second chance for coffee
Are you a coffee lover? If you're nodding right now while drinking that premium Arabica with a wonderful smell, you're the right person....
- 6. 8. 2019
- 2 min
Planet hero: Pineapple leather aka Piñatex
Imagine gorgeous new shoes that look like real leather but wait! They are ethically made with minimum ecological footprint! Impossible?...
- 31. 7. 2019
- 2 min
6 tips how to minimise waste
We believe that today’s consumption based on the comfort of the single-use products is not sustainable in the long term. It results in...
- 16. 7. 2019
- 1 min
Traveling #minimumwaste
Summer is here and so is traveling. How to behave planet friendly and not affect the local ecosystems during your travels? We have put...
- 2. 7. 2019
- 4 min
The sustainability of traveling
I started thinking about the sustainability of mass tourism after moving to Prague, the Czech Republic’s capital. The heart of Europe....
- 18. 6. 2019
- 3 min
Circular economy in everyday life
We discussed this topic with the Czech sustainable fashion expert and founder of SLOU Kamila Boudová. She takes sustainability into...
- 3. 6. 2019
- 2 min
Planet hero: Vigga - circular fashion for the little ones
Ideas. Inspiration. Interaction. That is what Minimum Waste is essentially about and what we want to emphasise with our series ’Planet...
- 23. 5. 2019
- 3 min
Minimum waste-maximum taste recipes
In the beginning of April, we organized another event from the "Minimum waste-maximum taste" series, this time with guests all the way...
- 15. 5. 2019
- 3 min
How does upcycling help to minimize waste?
Upcycling, recycling…words that we hear more and more often nowadays. But do we know what they actually mean? What is the difference...
- 7. 5. 2019
- 4 min
Efficient wardrobe and sustainable fashion
“Can a wardrobe change the world?” You might be wondering what does fashion have to do with minimum waste. In Minimum Waste, we focus not...
- 24. 4. 2019
- 2 min
Planet Hero: Basurama - who says art cannot be trashy?!
Ideas. Inspiration. Interaction. That is what Minimum Waste is essentially about and what we want to emphasise with our series ’Planet...
- 16. 4. 2019
- 3 min
Cooking from waste without waste with Restlos Gluecklich
You might already know that we have a series called “Minimum waste - maximum taste.” In Minimum Waste it’s all about waste prevention and...
- 1. 4. 2019
- 3 min
Bioplastics - solution to our plastic problem or not?
Bioplastics seem to be a good alternative in times when plastics are considered as the public enemy number one. However, many question...
- 18. 3. 2019
- 2 min
Restlos Gluecklich - happiness on a fork
German zero-waste organization and a former bistro shows that fighting against food waste can be creative, fun and foremost delicious. We...
- 14. 3. 2019
- 2 min
Will local traditional food disappear?
Surely all of us have heard by now that our planet’s biodiversity is degrading, insects are vanishing, animals that are now endangered...
- 28. 2. 2019
- 3 min
(Un)sustainable agriculture
A new study by the IDDR think-tank shows that if Europe would completely turn green in its farming practices, it would still be able to...
- 11. 2. 2019
- 2 min
Planet Hero: A Plastic Planet
Ideas. Inspiration. Interaction. That is what Minimum Waste is essentially about. But particularly the first two we now want to stress...
- 7. 2. 2019
- 2 min
Planet Hero: Trash is for Tossers
Ideas. Inspiration. Interaction. This is what Minimum Waste is essentially about. But particularly the first two we stress in our...
- 25. 1. 2019
- 3 min
Water and its (non)packaging
Not so long ago we started off our marvellous series on ‘where does design end’ with our very first event. What is this series about? And...
- 20. 12. 2018
- 1 min
Minimum Waste kinda Christmas
Christmas is here! They came to Minimum Waste, too. Christmas mood, punch, Christmas tree, gift wrapping... We did everything in the...
- 3. 12. 2018
- 3 min
Minimum Waste - Maximum Taste vol 1.: Impressions and learnings
In the end of November we launched the Minimum Waste Maximum Taste series. As the title suggests, it is about (less) waste,...
- 29. 8. 2018
- 5 min
Waste in fashion
Change our shopping habits? I don't think so. So what do we do? Waste. It really is everywhere, including the fashion industry. So what...
- 28. 8. 2018
- 3 min
Single-use or reuse?
aka tips on how to reuse the plastics that would otherwise end up in the trash bin. Recently I've read quite an interesting article in...
- 27. 8. 2018
- 3 min
EU's fight against waste
aka green light for prevention! As a part of the support of the transition to a circular economy, the European Parliament and EU Council...
- 27. 8. 2018
- 4 min
Responsible progress
Can convenience be sustainable? The purpose of the industrial revolution already was to make people’s lives easier and further...