What Is Ethical Living and How to Start?
What Is Ethical Living?
The ethical living philosophy is on the rise across all generations. Given the environment and the state of certain politics, this is unsurprising. The idea behind ethical living is navigating daily life taking ethical and moral considerations. It means thinking about the environment, consumerism, sustainability, human rights and animal welfare (among other things).
Ethical living isn’t for everyone and it isn’t about getting everything right all the time. The reality is that most of us take the attitude that a million people making a small imperfect change is much more effective than a few of us getting it all spot on.
A branching from the sustainable living movement, living ethically can start as simply as being mindful about your waste, changing your grocery supplier or ditching the meat. It doesn’t need to be all these things but could become all of them and more. The point is, it’s a mindset and a different kind of mindfulness for the world around us.
How to Get Start Ethical Living?
It’s my opinion that small incremental changes make it less likely you’ll rebound against a lifestyle change. This is how I approach positive thinking. One negative fixation at a time. When it comes to ethical living changes, I reckon most people are set in their ways. They have routines, habits and conveniences they think they can’t live without. This is where the danger is in making a change, feeling like you are losing something rather than gaining.
Small changes; one issue at a time are the way to go then. But, where do you start?
WIN an Ethical Living Bundle of Books
Courtesy of Welbeck Publishing, I am now offering a bundle of three books with ethical living in mind covering going meat, plastic and waste free.
All of these are a handy, simple, travel-friendly size and broken into simple numbered tips and easy to understand descriptions. They’re perfectly laid out with clearly defined points. Excellent for making changes at a steady and easy to maintain pace.
Therefore, this bundle of ethical living books is an excellent addition to your collection if you’re looking to go plastic free, better handle your waste management or give up meat.
How to Go Meat Free by Stepfanie Romine
Broken down by the health benefits, financial benefits and various sources and solutions to make the transition; Stepfanie Romine does a fantastic job in this reference book.
Not only does the book contain awesome advice for making the change but it also handily helps with the next steps too; such as what books and websites to read to continue the journey further.
How to Go Plastic Free by Caroline Jones
Split by where to start, health and dining considerations, home life, upcycling projects and responsible recycling; Caroline Jones covers everything you need to know to ditch that pesky plastic from your life. It makes very few assumptions about what you know and where you are in the process.
How to Go Waste Free by Caroline Jones
Without a doubt, my personal favourite of the three. What I love is the practical and diverse tips for making simple but effective changes.
This book covers adopting zero waste practices, living a zero-waste lifestyle and then a dedicated section to cooking. There are even a few recipes and swaps.
* The book was sent to me free of charge and three others offered as a giveaway. All thoughts are my own.
The Busy Papa
Also known as Aaron, The Busy Papa focuses on lifestyle, parenting and personal wellbeing content. He has two decades experience in creative writing (including several published poems) and strongly dislikes (though tolerates) tomatoes.
Lovely book bundle, fab giveaway. I’d really like to see how I can have more of a positive impact so would love to win.
It’s so important to educate ourselves about how to live ethically and these books look really informative! I am a vegetarian, so the eating less meat book particularly appeals to me 🙂
Great selection of books.
We all want to do our bit but it can seem rather overwhelming knowing where to even start.
Thank you for sharing x
Great advice, its really important that people educate themselves to be able to make the right decision for them.
Since going vegan I have become so much more aware of the food and agricultural impact on our planet. I am trying to make changes wherever I can and I hope that will filter out and eventually become the norm – Plastic toothbrushes make me cring now since I read that every toothbrush I have ever owned still exist somewhere!
These look like a great selection of books. We are trying to go more meat-free and have more veggie meals and definitely looking at more waste-free too. A learning curve!
I think the books would be useful for reducing my carbon footprint
A really helpful set of books. Your point about many people thinking that making changes means that they are losing something is an important one. Mindsets are, however, changing slowly which is good news.
I’d love this as Im not sure I could go rubbish free
Lovely books, we are all getting far more aware of the environmental impact that we have now. Would be great to know more
I love the ideas!
What a great giveaway. I think there’s something we can all do to be a bit more conscious of being ethical.
I love the look of the waste free book. It was one of my resolutions to make even more of an effort to reduce our waste as a family. 🙂
Great set of books packed with useful tips
Just starting to be more environmentally friendly so these would be very useful
The books look amazing I would love live more ethically
Great selection of books, I particularly like the one on waste.
Fab, I would love to win this bundle of books
What a fab giveaway! As a family we have just decided to try going vegetarian and have gradually tried to do things to reduce our plastic use but honestly it doesn’t feel like we are doing enough to more eco friendly. I will have a look at purchasing these books if I am not the lucky winner!
Fantastic collection would be amazing to win and get loads of tips to reduce waste
I love this bundle of books. Great selection!
I definitely think you are right about making small incremental changes. This looks like a great book selection to get started with.
Amazing book bundle , my nephew would be thrilled with theses, fingers crossed
These would be great!
I don’t think many people are fully aware of environmental impacts we have
Great Idea, I really need advice on how to recycle more and help save the environment.
Best of luck!
We’ve started to make little changes. Our milk is now being delivered in reusable glass bottles, reducing single use plastic and fuel than large scale supermarket milk. It’s not a big change but it’s a manageable one!
That is definitely the best place to start. Take it simple and don’t get overwhelmed.
These would be a great help for inspiration on how to make more changes
Fab prize
Oh brill I’m really intruiged to read both the how to go waste and plastic free books!
Being more mindful of how much and the nature of what our house consumes is on the radar for 2020 – its a bit overwhelming if you think too much about it so these books would be a beneficial read!
Great books to make sure we’re living right to keep down our footprint!
These books sou d great. Would read the plastic one first
Sound very interesting books, I am vegan but it’s very hard indeed to avoid plastic and not make waste so would be fascinated by those two and interested in the advice in the diet book in case missing anything!
Would love to read this book
These books look fantastic. great for anyone wanting to start making changes
these would be great for helping my family
These look great as a starting point for us as a family
Great prize and hopefully a game changer for the winner!
wonderful prize, we all could do with learning more
I would love to go rubbish free, the term waste actually when it is waste seems a tragedy.
Great prize! Hope to win and to implement some of the ideas 🙂
Cool giveaway I like it.
A great selection of books that i would love to pass round to family and friends to encourage them to be environmentally considerate.
Such a great selection of books, good to start anybody’s journey off on being kinder to the planet
Would love to read this to help on my environmental journey!
Great books! Everyone needs educating
This looks great, it would be ideal to help us as a family.
great giveaway. We can all seem a wee bit overwhelmed when trying to do the right thing. These books will help a lot.
this looks great!
Wow this is such a great giveaway. I’m making a conscious effort to try to be more ethical but always looking for new ideas so this would be fab!
Amazing giveaway!
I’d like to start being more ethical and environmentally friendly. We need to look after the world we live in. If everyone made some kind of positive change in their lives it would have a great impact. This book looks really helpful in giving ideas in how to make changes for the better.
What a great book selection. I know someone who would love these.
Fantastic, I could learn some new things!
This is awesome I would love to win these books
These are great, my 9 year old would love them. She’s seems to be coming more aware of what’s happening and wants to save the turtles (there her favorite)
Great selection of books, I especially like the look of “how to go waste free”. They sound like they have really helpful tips in them.
Great prize 🙂
Great books, I could learn a thing or two! Fingers crossed.
Great books, I could learn a thing or two! Fingers crossed.