I’M NOT SURE
I’M NOT SURE
WE’VE GOT YOU!
“Where should I start?”
Our Values Motivators Quiz is here to guide your journey. Whether it’s making that first step a little less daunting or helping seasoned sustainability-minded folks reflect and recalibrate.
About the Quiz
These questions are designed to help you identify what category (or categories if you find yourself spanning across a few) motivate you to take sustainable action.
It takes less than 10 minutes to complete the quiz and your answers are confidential.
You might find yourself attracted to several answers for some questions. If this happens, please choose the most correct answer for you. It is likely to be the one that attracted your attention first. Remember- there are no wrong answers!
RESULTS
Environmental Sustainability Motivators:
Based on the assumption that you have a passion for nature, natural flows, and an interest in conservation, repair and preservation of the Planet (and beyond). It is assumed that you want a lifestyle and products with minimal (or no) negative environmental impact and that zero-waste design would be of interest to you.
Social Equality Motivators:
Based on the assumption that you love friends, family, art, culture and the advancement of humanity in an equitable and fair way. This conclusion has been drawn from your love and passion for people around you and the assumption that you would like others to have the same quality of living that you do.
Animal Welfare and Compassion Motivators:
Based on the assumption that your lifestyle is all-encompassing of animal welfare and compassionate living. You will not budge on your no-animal-products-or-cruelty stance and therefore your lifestyle and shopping experiences will be dictated first and foremost by this ethos.
Simplicity and Streamlined Lifestyle Motivators:
Based on the assumption that your focus is on getting the most out of your time to reach goals. You are interested in reducing the fuss in your life and want a mindful lifestyle that works well for you with minimum time and energy (and possible monetary) inputs.
DO IT
DO IT
BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE EVERY SINGLE DAY!
Your path forward won’t necessarily look the same as your friend, neighbour, or that influencer you follow online.
BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE EVERY SINGLE DAY!
Your path forward won’t necessarily look the same as your friend, neighbour, or that influencer you follow online.
COACH YOURSELF
COACH YOURSELF
Read OUR MAGAZINE
Read all the issues of Live Life in Sustainable Style online now.
read our magazine
Our magazine is free and packed full of Sustainable Living resources and ideas tailored to suit your Values Motivators.
Read all the issues of Live Life in Sustainable Style online now.
COMBATTING ECO-OVERWHELM
COMBATTING ECO-OVERWHELM
Being a change for good in the world can be stressful. Overwhelm, eco stress, and anxiety are real problems that changemakers often face
It can be tempting to jump head-first into your sustainable living journey and try to solve all our sustainability problems at once. However, unless you are superhuman, you will eventually burn out in your attempt to do all the sustainable things at the same time.
After more than a decade of sustainable action, we’ve come up with a toolkit of resources to help combat stress and eco-overwhelm.
These eight categories are referenced throughout our magazine, social media, and resources. They also form part of our self-coaching sustainability planner system.
LEARN ABOUT THE TOOLKIT
The toolkit provides a unique blend of yogic philosophy, mindfulness, and science to help you navigate living in your Sustainable Style. Our resources and ideas are shared in eight categories. Adopt or adapt any of these ideas to suit your life and lifestyle.
- Breathe: You might want to meditate to increase your mental and emotional resilience or top and take a breath when overwhelm sets in.
- Grow: Lifelong learning increases your critical thinking prowess. When information gets too much, critical thought processes can reduce overwhelm.
- Make: The process of making and mending things with your own hands can reduce your consumer impact. You can use craft to get into ‘flow’ when you are feeling stressed.
- Play: When you engage in play- whether it’s time with kids, embracing your inner child, or pressing play on a music playlist or podcast- you can tap into creative thought processes, uncover solutions to problems, or reduce stress.
- Read: Engaging with literature can provide a deeper understanding, increase empathy, and expand or challenge norms. Read to relax or to gain clarity.
- Share: Sharing your sustainability journey in a kind and empathetic way can inspire others. Having a support network for your sustainable living journey can offer support, feedback, and assistance during trying times.
- Stretch: Sedentary lifestyles and overconsumption can put a strain on our planet and our mental and physical health. Stretch your body and mind to reduce stress.
- Style: Material culture and personal identity construct are part of how we move through daily life. Craft a sustainably stylish path that suits who you are and the lifestyle you lead.
Free Worksheet
Download our (free) worksheet for a four-part system to review how your energy can be depleted. When you begin to acknowledge the stressors and the reaction they illicit in your life and start breaking them down into categories you can start to manage these and identify solutions.
It is free- the ‘add to cart’ process is just our website’s way of getting it delivered to you.
Being a change for good in the world can be stressful. Overwhelm, eco stress, and anxiety are real problems that changemakers often face
It can be tempting to jump head-first into your sustainable living journey and try to solve all our sustainability problems at once. However, unless you are superhuman, you will eventually burn out in your attempt to do all the sustainable things at the same time.
After more than a decade of sustainable action, we’ve come up with a toolkit of resources to help combat stress and eco-overwhelm.
These eight categories are referenced throughout our magazine, social media, and resources. They also form part of our self-coaching sustainability planner system.
LEARN ABOUT THE TOOLKIT
The toolkit provides a unique blend of yogic philosophy, mindfulness, and science to help you navigate living in your Sustainable Style. Our resources and ideas are shared in eight categories. Adopt or adapt any of these ideas to suit your life and lifestyle.
- Breathe: You might want to meditate to increase your mental and emotional resilience or top and take a breath when overwhelm sets in.
- Grow: Lifelong learning increases your critical thinking prowess. When information gets too much, critical thought processes can reduce overwhelm.
- Make: The process of making and mending things with your own hands can reduce your consumer impact. You can use craft to get into ‘flow’ when you are feeling stressed.
- Play: When you engage in play- whether it’s time with kids, embracing your inner child, or pressing play on a music playlist or podcast- you can tap into creative thought processes, uncover solutions to problems, or reduce stress.
- Read: Engaging with literature can provide a deeper understanding, increase empathy, and expand or challenge norms. Read to relax or to gain clarity.
- Share: Sharing your sustainability journey in a kind and empathetic way can inspire others. Having a support network for your sustainable living journey can offer support, feedback, and assistance during trying times.
- Stretch: Sedentary lifestyles and overconsumption can put a strain on our planet and our mental and physical health. Stretch your body and mind to reduce stress.
- Style: Material culture and personal identity construct are part of how we move through daily life. Craft a sustainably stylish path that suits who you are and the lifestyle you lead.
FREE WORKSHEET
Download our worksheet for a four-part system to review how your energy can be depleted. When you begin to acknowledge the stressors and the reaction they illicit in your life and start breaking them down into categories you can start to manage these and identify solutions.
It is free- the ‘add to cart’ process is just our website’s way of getting it delivered to you.
Breathe and Stretch
BREATHE & STRETCH
Reconnect with your inner inspiration and stay optimistic and hopeful about your world-changing efforts with our breathe and stretch resources.
SHARING SUSTAINABLY
SHARING SUSTAINABLY
Sustainability in Style started in 2010 as a series of workshops and events held on Kabi Kabi country. In 2013 we moved online in blog format and opened up the associated social media channels.
During this timeframe Sustainability in Style founder- Katie Roberts- was working, researching, teaching and training in Environmental Science and Sustainability, Yoga and Mediation and completing her Master’s studies to give her the skillset and qualifications needed to guide and empower others to take sustainable-living action.
In late 2019 Sustainability in Style opened a workshop and event space in Maroochydore providing sustainable living workshops and offering tools to combat eco-overwhelm. While off to a great start, this physical space was closed in 2020 and resources were adapted for online delivery and offered in self-coaching planner format to keep our sustainable living friends safe during the pandemic. At present we are sticking to online offerings, however, Katie is available to teach workshops online or face-to-face if this is something that you see working in your community.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Sustainability in Style began in 2010 as a series of sustainability-focused events hosted by Katie Roberts at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland Maroochydore (Kabi Kabi Country).
Katie started exploring clothing swap events as a way to fuse her previous career in fashion with her newfound knowledge of Environment and Sustainability through her undergraduate studies in Environmental Science. The first clothing swap event she hosted had 500 attendees and was featured in print and on local news channels.
Over the years the movement has organically grown to encompass face-to-face and online content and events. Sustainability in Style moved online in 2013 to keep Katie accountable during her year-long Wardrobe Workout shopping hiatus. An online community built from this open and honest blogging and Sustainability in Style began to host online community sustainability challenges, book clubs, workshops, and fundraising events.
Since then Katie has continued her education and employment in Sustainability Education and Science. Working as a research officer (since 2011), and completing her Master of Environment majoring in Sustainability Education with a research focus on social media for sustainability. A yogi since 2006 Katie undertook her teacher training in 2011 seeing a need for tools to reduce overwhelm in increasingly changeable times. This space is the result of her labour of love for sustainability education and science communications and a desire to inspire others to take action without the overwhelm, eco-anxiety or compassion fatigue. When she’s not here with you she’s working as a researcher or teacher.
IMAGES FROM PREVIOUS EVENTS
Sustainability in Style started in 2010 as a series of workshops and events held on Kabi Kabi country. In 2013 we moved online in blog format and opened up the associated social media channels.
During this timeframe Sustainability in Style founder- Katie Roberts- was working, researching, teaching and training in Environmental Science and Sustainability, Yoga and Mediation and completing her Master’s studies to give her the skillset and qualifications needed to guide and empower others to take sustainable-living action.
In late 2019 Sustainability in Style opened a workshop and event space in Maroochydore providing sustainable living workshops and offering tools to combat eco-overwhelm. While off to a great start, this physical space was closed in 2020 and resources were adapted for online delivery and offered in self-coaching planner format to keep our sustainable living friends safe during the pandemic. At present we are sticking to online offerings, however, Katie is available to teach workshops online or face-to-face if this is something that you see working in your community.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Sustainability in Style began in 2010 as a series of sustainability-focused events hosted by Katie Roberts at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland Maroochydore (Kabi Kabi Country).
Katie started exploring clothing swap events as a way to fuse her previous career in fashion with her newfound knowledge of Environment and Sustainability through her undergraduate studies in Environmental Science. The first clothing swap event she hosted had 500 attendees and was featured in print and on local news channels.
Over the years the movement has organically grown to encompass face-to-face and online content and events. Sustainability in Style moved online in 2013 to keep Katie accountable during her year-long Wardrobe Workout shopping hiatus. An online community built from this open and honest blogging and Sustainability in Style began to host online community sustainability challenges, book clubs, workshops, and fundraising events.
Since then Katie has continued her education and employment in Sustainability Education and Science. Working as a research officer (since 2011), and completing her Master of Environment majoring in Sustainability Education with a research focus on social media for sustainability. A yogi since 2006 Katie undertook her teacher training in 2011 seeing a need for tools to reduce overwhelm in increasingly changeable times. This space is the result of her labour of love for sustainability education and science communications and a desire to inspire others to take action without the overwhelm, eco-anxiety or compassion fatigue. When she’s not here with you she’s working as a researcher or teacher.