The world is taking a stand against pollution, and it’s not just because Donald Trump might make us all die in the near future. The Zero Waste Movement has been gaining popularity around the globe as more people realize that they can live in a healthier, happier world without having to produce any waste. This blog post highlights some of the top zero waste influencers who have made an effort to reduce their waste output with clever hacks and eco-friendly tips.
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Bea Johnson
Bea Johnson, a mother of two and wife to Patrik, is the founder of Zero Waste Home. She first became one of the zero waste influencers in 2007 when she launched her blog ZeroWasteHome.com while pregnant with her daughter Carla. Bea was born in 1978 and raised by hippies who instilled environmental values at home, making it easy for Bea to adopt this lifestyle as soon as she found out about its merits from watching An Inconvenient Truth on TV’s Oprah Winfrey show in 2006. The family has been able to reduce their total trash output by 95%! The family also reduced plastic use dramatically after realizing that they had to accumulate huge piles of Ziploc bags.
https://www.instagram.com/zerowastehome/
Lauren Singer
Lauren singer is an ambassador for zero-waste living, and she even has her line of products. Zero Waste Lauren created a Package Free Shop in 2014 to make it easier for people to stop using things that come packaged with wasteful plastic, such as food containers, utensils, and straws.
Lauren Singer is the founder of Trash Is For Tossers, a blog about living waste-free while still having fun. She’s also created ZWEI + ONE – sustainable fashion accessories made from recycled materials like upcycled leather! And don’t forget her upcoming book “Zerowaster’s Guide: How I Grew My Own Food From Scraps.”
https://www.instagram.com/trashisfortossers/
Kathryn Kellogg
Kathryn Kellogg is a zero-waste influencer currently residing in Massachusetts. She is also the founder of Zero Waste Kathryn, where she teaches people how to live a zero-waste life with personal experience and stories from her journey.
Kathryn Kellogg has been featured on several major news outlets, including CNN Money, NPR’s “Morning Edition,” The Guardian, Green Peace UK, and more. Many celebrities have shared her story, such as Emmy award-winning actress Alicia Silverstone who even interviewed Kathryn for her podcast series about eco-living called ‘The Kind Life.’
In 2018 alone, she spoke at New York City, Boston (hosted by Food Network personality Chef Tyler Florence); San Francisco; London.
https://www.instagram.com/going.zero.waste/
Anamarie Shreeves
Anamarie Shreeves gives voiceless people a voice and helps the world to reduce its waste.
In her blog, Anamarie Shreeves shares information about zero-waste lifestyles with others to help them live more simply through everyday actions like recycling instead of throwing trash away. She also features interviews with other influencers worldwide who are making waves for their efforts on sustainability and environmentalism.
One thing that makes this blogger unique is that she started blogging about a zero-waste lifestyle after experiencing tragic loss due to cancer diagnosis: “I spent my life painfully trying not to be wasteful only to discover I was living as though death had already arrived.”
www.instagram.com/zerowastehabesha
Rob Greenfield
Rob Greenfield is an American traveler, author, and environmental activist with over 475K followers on Instagram. He’s been to 25 countries and covered 100% of his carbon footprint through sustainable travel (using public transportation, biking, or hiking). Rob has always been a passionate advocate for sustainability and created the first successful zero-waste event in North America back in 2009 when he hosted The Great American Zero-Waste Challenge at UCLA. Furthermore, Rob was invited by President Obama to be one of three keynote speakers at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Paris – representing people who are living more sustainably than most Americans today.
https://www.instagram.com/robjgreenfield/
Anne-Marie Bonneau
Anne-Marie Bonneau is the founder of The Zero-Waste Chef. She was born and raised in France, where she learned to make “real food.” Her advice for aspiring chefs get passionate about something you love, work hard at it, be persistent, and don’t let anyone stand in your way. Bonneau shares her story with us on how she went from being a chef catering mainstream events to a promising zero-waste event caterer. From there, she began teaching others about sustainable living through simple recipes that use whole foods as ingredients while also raising awareness around social justice issues like climate change and sustainability, as we’ve seen so far this year from stories shared by environmentalists such as Greta Thunberg.
https://www.instagram.com/zerowastechef/
Addie Fisher
Addie Fisher is a writer, speaker, and the Founder of Zero Waste Home. She has written three books on zero-waste living, which have sold well over 100,000 copies combined, and she animates workshops in North America and Europe about how to create less waste in our lives. Her blog at zerowastefamilyhome.com gets over 500k page views per month, with posts averaging 800 shares (the top post got more than 20,000!). To date, her work has been shared by 350+ major media outlets, including The New York Times and NPR – to mention just a few!
https://www.instagram.com/oldworldnew/
Isaias Hernandez
Isaias Hernandez is a Mexican-American fashion blogger and eco-activist. He started his blog in 2015 with the goal of “to raise awareness for environmental concerns.” His blog covers all aspects of sustainable living, such as beauty products and food recipes free from toxins or preservatives.
Hernandez launched an initiative called Zero Waste Mexico to address waste issues on both sides of the border. The program includes information about how Mexicans can avoid wasting resources at home by recycling organic waste into compostable material, reusing materials like plastic bags, asking their power company to stop sending them junk mail, or buying cleaning supplies without harmful chemicals pollute local waterways when disposed of improperly.
https://www.instagram.com/queerbrownvegan/
Nina Gbor
Nina Gbor is a zero-waste influencer that has been featured on much international media for her lifestyle. She lives in Melbourne, Australia, and she’s the founder of ‘Nina Gbor Sustainable Living.’
Nina Gbor became interested in sustainability when she was studying Environmental Engineering at University College London. Her parents are from Albania, where they practiced traditional crafts. So Nina grew up with an appreciation for well-crafted objects and respect for natural materials such as wool, leather, or metal, which have not been over-processed to make items more durable. After graduating from university, Nina went on to work as an engineer but soon realized it wasn’t what she wanted to do all day, every day.
https://www.instagram.com/eco.styles/
Josephine Stagnetto-Vermilye
Josephine Stagnetto-Vermilye is the founder of TerraCycle. She has a degree in architecture, but after seeing firsthand the devastating effects of garbage on her homeland, she decided to focus on creating eco-friendly solutions for waste and recycling. Since founding TerraCycle, Josephine has grown into an international company with offices across Europe and North America, employing more than 250 people worldwide. Her idea of “circular economy” means transforming trash into resources – from turning plastic water bottles into fabric or making sneakers out of recycled fishing nets – so as well as helping solve global inequalities by enabling developing countries to access markets that they couldn’t before.
https://www.instagram.com/roguegonevogue/
Heidi Violet
Heidi is a zero-waste living guru, best known for her YouTube channel. On the channel, she shares tips on living a more sustainable life and tackles topics such as veganism. Heidi has also written two books on being eco-friendly: “How To Be A Zero Waste Chef” and “The Ultimate Guide to Vegan Living.” She’s amassed over half a million followers across all of her social media channels due to sharing these valuable pieces of advice with those who are interested in making their lives more environmentally friendly.
https://www.instagram.com/zerowastechica/
Tammy Logan
Tammy Logan, a writer on self-sufficiency and recycling, is one of Canada’s most prominent zero-waste influencers. She blogs about all aspects of sustainable living at her website TammyLogan.com where she speaks openly about her journey to a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. Her blog features articles on topics like green homes, DIY projects for people who want to live greener lives without having to give up too much comfort or convenience, plus tips that will help readers reduce their family’s environmental impact as they go through life together.
https://www.instagram.com/gippslandunwrapped/
Stevie Van Horn
Stevie Van Horn is a zero-waste influencer. She has established her blog, Stevie V’s Adventures in Waste Reduction, to make it easy for people to follow the path of waste reduction and live life as less wasteful human beings. Her website provides useful information on how you can start reducing your waste today by making simple changes, including what you eat, what products you use, where and when you shop, etc. The site also shares inspirational stories of people who have successfully eliminated their trash footprint from their lives!
Van Horn is often invited to advocate for sustainable living at events around Portland, Oregon – she has spoken at Google Headquarters about going Zero-Waste movement.
https://www.instagram.com/yayforearth/
Sophi
Sophi is a Toronto-based food blogger who has been living a zero-waste lifestyle for the past three years. She shares recipes with simple ingredients on her blog that only use four steps to prepare and eat them, which are all compostable or recyclable! And if you’re not into cooking at home, then follow Sophi’s adventures in search of delicious vegan eats around town. #susansmithshealingarts
Susanne Smith from Manchester advises about natural remedies and how they can improve your health without any side effects or dependency issues like pharmaceutical drugs. She also produces videos exclusively focused on natural healing methods.
https://www.instagram.com/yourecofriend/
Naginya
Naginya has recently spoken in a session called “The Future of Zero Waste: The Next Generation.” She became an influencer at the age of 16. Naginya is well-known for her blog on the zero-waste lifestyle, which she has been blogging since 2010 when she was just 15 years old. Her popularity grew quickly, and today her website receives half a million visitors each month. Nagina’s goal is to create positive change by inspiring people to make small changes every day that will lead them towards living more sustainably with less impact on our Earth.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCez9mIDWaVlyQDr4IDY9vNQ
Kate Nelson
Kate Nelson is a passionate vegan chef and food blogger who has been at the forefront of redefining what it means to be eco-friendly. Her blog focuses on creating healthy meals that are sustainable both for our bodies and for the planet. She’s also written two cookbooks about her journey in cooking: “Vegan every day” (2011) and “The Modern Vegan Kitchen” (2015). In 2018, she was recognized as one of TIME Magazine’s 30 Most Influential People On The Internet.
Since launching her blog back in 2009, Kate has spent years perfecting recipes using zero waste techniques such as fermenting vegetables or making homemade nut milk without single-use plastics like bags.
https://www.instagram.com/plasticfreemermaid/
Summing Up,
These are just a few of the many influencers who have made it on my radar recently. I hope to learn more about them and their work and share what I’ve learned with all of you. Please feel free to follow me if you want updates! If there is someone who inspires you, please let us know to add him or her to our list for future posts. We would love to hear from YOU!
