I'm coming from it from an Etsy buyer prospective, when I do my shopping I ensure before anything else that the Etsy store-front folks are in my state, that way I feel more confident they are local to me and less likely to be a drop shipper. It can happen but if I limit my search, I tend to find more genuine (non-corporate) folks selling crafts. Also support anything going on in your area, look occasionally if there's a festival near you or artist alley or if a comic convention is occurring; I usually find lots of original, one of kind items from attending those seasonal events.

It's been unusable on the customer end for years too. Not sure what their goal is, as I only hear bad things about the seller experience too. The search function is basically useless. Gave up on it years ago sadly. I remember eBay became a bit tyrannical, but finally with competition (vinted, depop, etc) they have made seller terms more reasonable again. Hopefully the same happens for Etsy. Seems like a huge gap in the market honestly.

Last time I visited (i don't visit it a lot) I got advertised actual porn (with a graphic promo video). Told me enough how their monitoring works...

what's an alternative that would be good to use?

I use percolators!

I have an Uncle that used to iron used wrapping to reuse.

Exactly what I was looking for!!

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Since Artificial trees are so unsustainable as a product, another option is to sustain them. Buy them second-hand and ideally use them until they break. Then fix them many times and, ultimately, use them in pieces to upcycle into reusable wreaths, garlinds and smaller christmas decor. They cost a great deal new, so there absolutely no reason there should be any significant market for them, if we keep circulating the trees that are already circularig in the world.

Is anyone else ernestly analysing this "unwanted gifts" stats chart? Wht does that actually show? Who gives clothing to people outside their families? Is it all immediate family giving that went amiss? Do we not all tell eachother the risk is always too high that it won't fit, or otherwise won't suit? But that's lumped in with accessories . . . How much of it is hats, mittens and socks that's sure to find a happy owner and is actually quite surprising to think of being rejected, in my view, unless it has a terrible texture? Bags and jewelry? Surely that too is wanted by someone second-hand. Of the "Houshold Items" I'd give anything to see how many specifically are seasonal mugs, stuffed with nice hot-chocolate and such as pre-prepared gift baskets or candles --nobody needs more of that that I know. Then there's cosmetics. Who still give perfume, in a mostly allergy-conscious fragrance-free world? And, again, it's hard to immagine stangers handing eachother a lot of typical cosmetics over the hollidays. Of course, a lot of it is bath stuff to warm people up but, again, if you have too much of that somebody probably never buys those thoings for themselves and would use it. I'm actually pleased to see that with all the allergies, specialty diets and food preferences, people still mostly don't end up with food they can't stand. Food gifts are some of the easiest, either to use or pass on.

When it comes to giant less-than-tasteful decor, I think it's important not to judge the style as eco-thinkiers. If someone feel like a joy to the neighbourhood with a giant blow-up cartoon Santa, or christmas movie reference, that's joyous to laugh at and kids love it--who am I to judge? Instead, I'd like to insist that ecology doesn't have only one high-class, "traditional" aesthetic. One can, if one chooses, make very large, easily disassemblable ,painted scrap-wood christmascharacters in the very designs these easily vandilized blow-up are made of and those will be repairable and updateable every year. Seems a fine use for furniture scrap from all that inexpensive home and office furniture. If you lead make sessions over the hollidays to make such reuseables, or even repair the big blowups, neighbours who enjoy that you're willing to play whatever Christmas game they enjoy will see ecology as something accessible to them. If traditional,highly adult-geared Christmas decor is always the gold standard shown for ecological choices, people are likelytoview it as elitist, not child or family-friendly and more style than substance, in general. Don't let that happen! Traditional or otherwise, there's a lasting DIY for every holliday vibe and anyone can understand the thrift and sense of reusable decor.

I’m going to pass on using food as decor.

I remember making a Christmas dress for my toddler from a velvet pillowcase and I appliqued a little felt reindeer on it. She looked sooo cute in it. Kept it in her memory box.

I actually bought a cut of fabric from Ikea with a realistic pine tree image on it and I was going to hang it up and decorate it (easy to store as well) but my child still requests a 3D tree. At some point we'll be having the tapestry tree as our Christmas decor. 😅

Hate the pumpkin spice. Gross!!!

lol... did she say Amazon is bad?? LOL... lady you are in la la land .. Amazon has best customer service.

This year I wrapped gifts in fabric. Bought a few yards on sale at joanns (not even Christmas theme just green, redd and blue quilt fabric.)

I’m gifting homemade sourdough to my neighbors & teachers, favorite waitress, etc. A few years ago I bought a bunch of reusable gift bags and they lasted for years.

black friday is one of the reasons that the world really saw how awful and insane most of the US is... so it's not all bad XD

Im making tallow body cream for everyone. Using reusable glass jars and no packaging.

Check out the Ratio 8 automatic pour over! Zero plastic touching hot water. Makes a phenomenal cup of coffee and it’s made in the USA

I recently fetched a face cloth to wrap two Japanese glass soda's my friend put in her gift list but I quickly realized it was far too slim width-wise so I couldn't get that ideal wrapping look.. I'm still going to use it but I wish the store showed off more of the product; darn you packing ties.

Very helpful thanks so much! 😍

Smartphone list-taking has helped me from impulse buys. Elfster-lets folks make a digital gift wish list that you can share with your family/friends, also you can receive others lists too. I've using it for years now and appreciate what they listed they'd actually like. Great video thank you.

We don’t want ethoxylates either apparently because they affect the gut

I hate holding a microphone with a hand while recording video

You sound like you’re out of breath.

Great analysis, I'm definitely working all of this into a series of protopian sci-fi short stories that I'm writing right now.

I dont like chatgpt. I asked it to create a plan for me to.leqrn programming and it was outdated information. It also spews identity politics

3:43 Well, when servers running ChatGPT algorithms are using polluting energy sources your statement is true. However, as is the case with crypto mining as well, multiple ideas have been implemented to counter this issue by using energy gained from renewable energy sources like water, sunlight and partly wind. I.e. in Texas, a big photovoltaic system has been installed which produces energy being used to mine bitcoin - environmentally-friendly and very cost-effectively. The same holds true for AI. Using AI doesn't inevitably mean destroying the planet. However it's necessary to use better energy sources for all the servers.

Shortsighted video, you only bash on the energy use, but you do not take your time to compare the time it saves vs a human who needs to do the work. And a human needs , food, water, electricity, downtime and similar goods to enable them to do that work. So for some purposes yes, it's more energy intensive. BUT for the MOST times is orders of magnitude less energy consuming in Joules than the work it replaces.

RIP my AI girlfriend, she’s not worth the planet ;-;

Finally someone is talking about the energy AI needs etc.

The quality of this video was far too good for 200 views - hope your channel explodes

I'm already so sick of AI and I know it's just going to get more prevalent. It's getting harder and harder to avoid.

Asked AI a question: In the planet Earth ecosystem lifecycle, starting with plant CO2 capture, CO2 is converted into biomass via photosynthesis, the biomass is then consumed by organisms, including humans, who are then burning fossil fuels in power plants that generate electricity for global AI usage. This means that Gaia or Earth is using AI, energy wise, to grow its total biomass of sentient life? AI answered: That's an intriguing way to look at the interconnectedness of AI, energy, and the ecosystem! Essentially, you're describing a cycle where AI and energy use are integrated into the natural processes of the Earth, or Gaia, to support and enhance life. Here's a breakdown of this cycle: 1. **CO2 Capture by Plants**: Plants absorb CO2 from the atmosphere during photosynthesis, converting it into biomass. 2. **Biomass Consumption**: This biomass is consumed by various organisms, including humans, who rely on it for energy and growth. 3. **Fossil Fuel Use**: Humans extract and burn fossil fuels, which are ancient biomass, to generate electricity and power various technologies, including AI systems. 4. **AI's Role**: AI optimizes energy use, improves efficiency in renewable energy sources, and enhances carbon capture technologies, indirectly supporting the growth of biomass by reducing the carbon footprint and promoting sustainable practices. In this way, AI can be seen as a tool that helps manage and optimize the energy flows within this cycle, contributing to the overall health and growth of Gaia's biomass. It's a fascinating interplay of technology and nature working together to sustain life. Is there a particular aspect of this cycle that you'd like to explore further?

I'm really enjoying this channel. Amber is a great presenter, managing dry facts and stats in an engaging and objective way. Hope to see the page grow in subs soon, they are deserved!

The problem is any time you google something it comes up with an AI !

AI will ultimately make people more stupid, the same way that Google and search engines did. Once we start relying daily on it we will decline cognitively and mentally, loosing our privacy along the way. That's unsustainable and very concerning in the long run, if social media brought so much convenience and depression this might devastate us.

The dystopia is the guy who shows up and says he is helping us. So we got this technology that is being called racoon sustainable software used at like Georgia State University on the matters of dormitory food waste and sustainability. The technology was created per our requetect as a way for us to secure our luxury merchandise like rare handbags etc. Keeping both weight and visual observation. So remeber the past discussion that if I was a dignitary and owned and island, when I brought stuff back to my island, I needed to do a customs process. Well this was also the solution to that. Well, minus the male trying to compromise the process of these technology modules held by an individual properly who does properly, the one tries to compromise things who does the rarest odd obsessive activity, this was the same dynamic we were defending ourself from. Yes, everytime we recover our mechanical existence and proper posession, this ongoes. Ok, so the guy shows up and like says he is helping us. Like he suggested we should secondary alternate use the equipment in this way the food sustainability way. Then uses our philanthropy to then provide a grant for the University to apply for to then use our technology through our funding at a space then just disappears. This wasn't the mission, intent, or on assiatance agreement at space, which is a continual patent theft matter issue. Why he strals the patent because he wants to have a space grade security system for his marijuana he has or wants to create a business for to other people from our patent and our proper posession. Like we could sell it to other people but dont because we have to let it secerecykure. . It was the male obsessed with compromising things out off odd improper interest and how that in a short amount of time became that incident in that movie that was a real incident numerous times where a person had eye balls in a plastic bag to try and open a door at a rare designed home. That's the dystopia.

Great video - I learned about threadup, and I was wondering about their sexist, no boys allowed thing. Your demonstration of taking photos is pretty much about the worst way to take photos. Does that work for you? Better workspace - lighting etc. - and a cell phone on square mode is what I'd recommend.

on trend and unique are kind of way different things imo. "On-trend" means extremely popular and you are probably going to see it everywhere. Unique is more special, rare - were you talking about these as two different things? sorry if I misunderstood

Great video, lots of information ❤

Hello, I hope you're doing well. I'm excited to work on optimizing your KZbin channel. Could you share your goals and what you'd like to achieve?

Can you link all the products in this video? That would be a lot easier for me than trying to look them up. Thank you for this video!! Got me back on the sustainability wagon. 💚🌎

12:49 Have you ever heard of Fairphone and Frameworks Laptop?

I appreciate your insights ideas and your presentation skills! I've been saving plastic zip or button bags that sheets and blankets come in. I use them as packing bags but I feel I have more than I need. I'm going to put them on my local Buy Nothing group with the suggestion on how to use them . Thank you!!

Hmmm, someone recently posted in a toxin-free Facebook group that Caraway has been greenwashing.

Your area is cheaper, that deodorant cost me $14 when I got it in-person this week; I agree though that it's one of the better ones to use. Good video, the only product I don't buy is the re-useable paper towels / "Swedish Dish Cloth" because I have found that a once-tee-shirt-used-as-a-rag work better for spills, I can toss it into the wash too.