You're listening to episode 48 of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast.

You are listening to the Sustainable Minimalists podcast, a show about living simply

and sustainably with your family. Here's your host, Stephanie Safarian.

Hi there, welcome back.

On today's episode, we are talking about one of the less discussed benefits of low-wage living and that is saving an awful lot of money.

Now the reason is really quite simple.

If you aren't constantly shelling out money every month on disposable products

like napkins, plastic bags, sponges, all beauty products, etc, etc.

You'll naturally have a lot of money left over.

My guest this week is Natasha Casinario. She is a fellow blogger who's here to talk about

the Zero Waste Swaps she's made in her own life as well as all the money she's saving as a result. She's here to

demystify sustainable living because she talks about the changes she's made in

practical realistic terms. I love that Natasha doesn't sugarcoat anything but she also

doesn't make anything she's doing seem too unattainable either. Now you'll hear Natasha say that there are 40 common items most of us

purchase monthly that she simply no longer spends money on. But due to time

limits we just couldn't even attempt to cover all 40 of these items today.

So that's where the show notes come in which you can find at mamaamimalist dot com forward slash 0.48 m a m a minimalist dot com forward slash

zero four eight now here's the important part

this week's freebie is hands down the most amazing freebie I have ever offered and thank you to Natasha for making it.

It's 12 pages, 12. Of all 40 swaps Natasha has made in her own life that actually work, and we're calling

it the ultimate list of sustainable swaps because it really is ultimate.

It's kind of like a zero waste Bible in many regards and it's

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