6. 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
• GroVia Cloth Diapers
• PlanToys
• Melissa & Doug Toys
• Glass Baby Bottles
• Bidet for Toliet on Amazon

Alyssa's favorite Instagrammers to follow for sustainability:

• The Junk Yard Journals
• Whitney Leigh Morris
• Shop Simple Good

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