Living Lightly: The Busy Person's Guide to Mindful Consumption

by Nicola Turner

The busy person's guide to mindful consumption

How do you reduce your impact when you don't want to compromise your lifestyle? How do you live lighter when you're juggling the motherlode of life? How can you become more mindful of how and what you're consuming? In a previous career, Nicola Turner's job was to convince us to buy more - and now she uses this insight to help us consume less. With her unique ability to keep it real, Nicola shares how her family now lives with less stuff, less waste and less impact. It's made life simpler, saved heaps of time and money and created a healthier, happier family. Filled with do-able ideas and practical hacks, Living Lightly is for everyday people who want to simplify their life and reduce their impact but feel they're just too damn busy. It's all about making simple changes that work for you - and not letting perfect get in the way of good.

240 pages, Paperback

Published October 5, 2021

Reviews

[Kayleen S · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is just what I needed! I found it super easy and fun to read and am now totally inspired to start making some positive changes to the way we live. I liked they way the author provided simple and totally achievable steps to take , along with some great tips and tricks and case studies! I’ll definitely be recommending this books to my friends - they can’t have my copy though as it’s covered in “post it” notes!

[Carolyn Hastie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is packed with information, ideas and inspiration on why we should live more sustainably and how to implement change. However, in my opinion it’s major flaw is not recognising or acknowledging the impact of our diet on the environment. To state that meat eating is an emotional or controversial topic or to imply that differing views are valid is unacceptable. The meat and dairy industries cause more damage to our planet (and health!) than most other factors combined. Reducing your waste, your consumption or your use of plastics is great but if you continue to eat meat you continue to contribute to climate change in a significant way. No matter how valuable some of the information in this text is I lose respect when the single most important way to live more sustainably is glossed over in what seems like an attempt to justify your own life choices. I recommend the movie “Eating our way to extinction” to provide a valuable insight into this topic.

[Julie Schooler · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a practical and judgement-free guide to stepping off the consumer spiral of doom and living a more green lifecycle. This should be a no brainer for all of us as it saves us time, money and saves the planet but sometimes we just don't know where to begin. This book has many handy tips and tools and you can pluck from it what you want to start or continue your own minimalism and eco-friendly journey. I don't think I will start a worm farm but some of the other green wisdom will be easy to implement and stick to in my home. Recommended for anyone but especially Kiwi families.

[Waimarama Kingi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book because she explained everything in such a simple, relatable and doable way. I liked how honest she is about everything and it helped that she is also from NZ. This book has inspired me to start my sustainability journey, and I think it is perfect for anybody who wants to start theirs too.

[Deborah Makarios · Rating 4 out of 5]

Practical, sensible, encouraging - and it's great to have that Kiwi perspective.