Treasure Club 101

♥ CONSUME MINDFULLY ♥

For many, the idea of product life cycle spans from the moment you buy something to it's end use, or for most: when you just stopped using that certain shade of lipstick/the-latest-fashion-must-have that you only wore once and never again, but what many often forget or fail to realize is that there is more to the story. 
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You would be surprised to learn the number of resources required for even the most average of products, as well as the impacts and effects of manufacturing. So what can be done? Ideally, consuming less would be the perfect solution, but is easier said than done. So other than give up shopping and the satisfaction that if gives, what can be done?

(in case you missed that, it's the first line. the answer is consume mindfully):3

♥ CREATE MORE ♥

But how can we consume mindfully? And no, I don't mean asking how that magazine is feeling today before you buy it, but by being mindful of what consumption means for the economy and the environment, and what we can do to soften the blow. Treasure Club suggests creating more! As ironic as that sounds, bare with me, I suggest that we have our cake and eat it too. As per example in the video above,  product life cycle generally is a carousel of  Material Extraction to Manufacture to Packaging to Product Use concluding with End of Product Life but why end there?  Why not creating more with what you already have? Recycling is more than just newspapers and old ink cartridges. Making something new out of something old is an initiative that I think would not only be fun, but super effective.

♥ DE-CLUTTER ♥

I think the rise in hoarding-type reality shows pretty much says it all. It is natural to hold onto belongings and difficult at times to part with even the simplest of items, but overall the general consensus is that to avoid living your life as a recluse confined by the piles of junk in your house (have you all seen the Hoarders episode where her house was full of so much junk and gathered dust and mould THAT SHE HAD A WEAR A RESPIRATOR AT ALL TIMES? yeah, well it gave me a mini panic attack) de-cluttering is definitely a start.