Photography Challenge: You Can Inspire Sustainable Living Now

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If you are reading Wild Sustainability’s articles, you have likely committed yourself to make changes to live a more sustainable, intentional, nature-focused life. You dedicate yourself to living regeneratively, but what if your friends, family, and community are not? Inspire them with your photography!

Eco-Friendly Home Photography

The best way to convince people to adopt your eco-friendly lifestyle is to lead by example. One way to model this lifestyle widely is through photography. Share photos of practices you have adopted in your home and how you have benefited from these practices. After they see that these changes are worth it, they may feel the inspiration to try some of the changes themselves!

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Eco-Friendly home photography: bidet and family cloth. — Bidet and Cloth Toilet Paper

Eco-Friendly Home Photography: Vermicomposting with worms — Indoor Worm Bin (If you want to learn how to be a worm farmer, buy this book through this link. I will receive a small commission.)

Eco-Friendly Home Photography: Home-dehydrated (preserved) apples in a repurposed glass jar. — Home-dehydrated apple slices in a repurposed glass jar. (If you want to learn how to preserve food, buy this book through this link, and I will receive a small commission.)

Examples of Eco-Friendly Home Subjects

Books on sustainability
Capsule wardrobes
Minimal decor
Rejection of plastic packaging
Use of food scraps
Vermicomposting system
Zero-waste swaps

Outdoor Photography

During June, we learned about the powerful mental, physical, and spiritual benefits of spending more time outdoors.

According to the National Wildlife Federation, spending time in nature, especially as children, also inspires us to appreciate the outdoors more and become better stewards of the natural world.

Take pictures outside and share them on social media. Your images may inspire others to spend more time enjoying nature. Ultimately, this may lead them to conserve wildlife and facilitate its regeneration.

Examples of Outdoor Subjects

Children playing outside
Clouds and other weather-related phenomena
Flowers, other plants, and fungi
Friends hiking
Gardens
Insects
Landscapes: Beaches, mountains, prairies, forests, deserts, etc.
Pets playing outside
Sunrises and sunsets
Trees and bushes
Wild animals

Outdoor Photography: Dog playing on the beach — Juniper playing on a beach of Lake Michigan.

Outdoor photography: flowers. — Pink Salvia (If you buy pink salvia from Nature Hills Nursery using this link, I will receive a small commission.)

Outdoor Photography: Garden — 2021 Porch Garden

Fungi

August #WildSustainabilityChallenge: Photography to Inspire Sustainable Living Among Others

Take a photograph of anything you believe will inspire others to live more sustainably, and post it on social media every day during August.

You can do it! Please share your photos on social media with the hashtags #WildSustainabilityChallenge and #InspirationalPhotography so we can all be inspired by one another. Let us know how the challenge is going in the comments below, on Facebook, or on Instagram!