A child of the slow lifestyle movement, For Conscious Consumers invites the overwhelmed and curious to find calm in the chaos of life through the practice of conscious consumption.
About us
Once a college sustainable fashion and lifestyle blog, we now create guides and reviews that make sense of slow and conscious living through a curious, mindful, and light-hearted lens to encourage others to practice conscious consumption as a form of self-care.
Why For Conscious Consumers?
Many people are too exhausted, overworked, and stressed to consider what they consume, internally and externally, while trying to stay ahead of bills and potential crises. It’s often much easier to shop out of convenience, doom scroll to escape reality, and explain away personal care. That’s where For Conscious Consumers comes in. We aim to inspire consumers to take care of themselves, others, and the planet with stories that explain conscious terms, trends, practices, and movements. We’re here to help modern-day consumers slow down, find their calm, and feel confident about making informed, empowered decisions without the overwhelm.
What can you expect on Substack?
Our stories tend to fall within one of these five categories:
Guides: Includes our ‘A Conscious Guide’ series, detailing personal, social, and collective reflections to help consumers understand and navigate conscious movements.
Reviews: Includes our ‘Before You Splurge’ series, sharing pros, cons, and other things you should consider before buying green, non-toxic alternatives for popular goods, practices, and products.
Tips: Includes our ‘Working Through It’ series, presenting self-care, slow living, and boundary-setting tips in gentle lifestyle guides.
Movements: Includes profiles of the people, ideas, media, and movements shaping culture and society as part of our ‘Mindful Movements’ series.
Resources: Includes resources and brands in our ‘Better Brand Directory’ to help consumers feel confident and empowered to make informed decisions.
Why subscribe?
Free subscribers: Substack will be the home to all our stories and notes about self-care, slow living, and conscious consumption. As a free subscriber, you will be notified when new stories are available.
You’ll also receive our ‘Sunday Slowdown’ newsletter, with self-care, slow living, and conscious consumption topics; sometimes, the ‘Sunday Slowdown’ newsletter will touch on pop culture and trends as they relate to our niche wellness-inspired topics.
Paid subscribers: We’re focused on building an empowered community, so paid subscribers will receive an exclusive chat feature, full archive access, the ability to comment on posts, and subscriber-only ‘Sunday Slowdown’ newsletters.
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