Cloth Diapers 101 & Approachable Sustainability as a New Mom with Alyssa Bourmeche
The average baby uses about 2500 diapers in their first year of life. Americans dispose of around 1 trillion diapers a year, 80% of which just sits in landfills. Diapers are made of synthetic materials that aren’t biodegradable. (source: unsustainable magazine)
In this episode, host Lina Forrestal sits down for an educational discussion with Alyssa Bourmeche from blog, "Viajes con Mami". As a global citizen, traveling has inspired Alyssa to practice sustainability as a new mom.
We discuss strategies for practicing sustainability:
How to get started with cloth diapers
The power of second-hand clothes
Breast feeding for the environment
Ways to make bottle feeding sustainable
This is a special episode in that it was the very first episode that I ever recorded for the podcast! I left some of our chatter at the end because I felt like it was a special and raw moment of connection for both of us!
Mentioned in the episode:
UpChoose Curated sets of organic baby clothes
Alyssa's favorite Instagrammers to follow for sustainability:
Connect with Alyssa:
Instagram: @viajesconmami
Blog: Viajes Con Mami
Connect with Lina:
Instagram: Lina Forrestal Instagram
Blog: Lina Forrestal Blog
Podcast Instagram: New Mamas Podcast Instagram
Artwork Credit: Gabi's Media