New year

New habits, Better me

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January is traditionally the time of new beginnings – the month to ditch your bad habits and replace them with healthier & better ones. Easier said than done? Using your big January shake-up to switch up your life, we bring you our recommendations to start the year with good resolutions, that actually can work (if you want).

Female hygiene

Yes, we are talking about periods, deal with it!

Recent reports show that women use more than 11,000 disposable menstrual products in their lifetime, this plastic waste kills up to 1 million seabirds, 100,000 sea mammals, marine turtles and countless fish each year. Plastic remains in our ecosystem for years, harming thousands of sea creatures every day. So there’s definitely a need for some eco-friendly solutions that offer no fuss, waste or discomfort for women.

From menstrual cups to period pants, a plethora of innovations have emerged in recent years to make this topic more sustainable, for the earth and the wallet of woman. Designed to look and feel normal, we bring you clever solutions from menstrual cup, day pads and panties that will save your sanity and the environment.

Lunette / 2. REPEAT / 3. Your Kaya

Less Plastic

Now is an ideal time to refresh your plastic intake and make more sustainable choices– and the good news is there’s plenty of newnesses to choose from this month, from a new favourite of ours to well-known brands.

Swap your self-care/beauty routine to a solid cosmetics one (our favourite is Maison Du Solide). A brand of skincare essentials meant to elevate the beauty in all people while celebrating our planet.

Fill up your kid's smoothie bags, again and again, put your fruits and veggies in reusable bags while shopping, cover your lefts overs with a wax protection, use solid cosmetics, use wooden cleaning tools…There are many cool ways to reduce our plastic consumption.

Be as respectful to nature as you should be to your loved ones.

Sandwich Wrap Nobodinoz

Smoothie bag

Cotton covers HAPS

Cleaning tools

Nobodinoz / 2. HAPS NORDIC / 3. Zara Home / 4. Maison Du Solide

Step up your take-out game

Under the same umbrella of the topic above, we want to share eco-friendly options. For all my avid lunch box lovers, for those trying to drink more water and for coffee drinkers. We know it is the fuel that most Design Hunger readers need to start the day, and we want to be sure you guys know your options.

Sixteen billion disposable coffee cups are used each year. If you’re buying a disposable cup every day, this creates about 23 pounds of waste per year. These cups are coated with plastic to laminate and waterproof the inside. Because of the paper-plastic combination of these cups, not all recycling centres are equipped for this hybrid. So the majority of disposable coffee cups don’t end up being recycled.

Besides that, globally, over a million plastic bottles are purchased every minute, and 91% of those never get recycled. At this rate, by 2050 the ocean will contain more plastic by weight than fish.

We could go on and on with these disturbing facts but instead, we will give you some dope alternatives, in this way you respect the planet and mostly “our” ocean and c`mon these accessories are way more stylish.

Water Bottle

Lunch Box

Coffee Cup

Kinto / 2. Frank Green / 3. Huskee Cup

Non-toxic Cleaning

The smell of a clean house…that’s pure bliss. The smell of toxic chemicals and too much plastic …that’s pure poison! And it is not only bad for you, but it is also bad for the planet because all the chemicals and plastic goes into the ocean.

Luckily, we have a selection of products that can change your health by preserving the planet as well. Making these changes are super simple and, with our help, you don't need to look anywhere else.

House Cleaning Products

Laundry Products

Klaeny / 2. Steamery Stockholm

New routine! 20 min of yoga to start the day

Many people think that yoga is just breathing but in fact, each pose strengthens your muscles and engages your core such as a full-body workout. It’s a great routine because it does not only provide you with better alignment, improves your breathing but also improves endurance at both cardiac and muscular level.

If this is not enough to motivate you, studies show that exercise is great for our sex lives, and that definitely includes yoga. The clearer our mind is during sex, the more present we are, which leads to being able to enjoy the moment and have better sex. Yoga also helps to improve flexibility (great for sex!) and confidence, as the mind is also worked on, which can lead to increased your libido.

Here are some cool brands to buy for your practice. Let’s start!

Yoga Block