SUSTAINABILITY VS CONVENIENCE - CAN WE HAVE BOTH?
Sustainable living can often feel overwhelming. Between busy schedules and the mental load of everyday life, convenience often becomes part of how we make everyday decisions.
That’s why we wanted to bring together some of the brands we know and love all in one place. The ones making sustainable choices feel simpler, more accessible and easier to fit into real life, particularly for women who are often juggling a lot and need things that actually work.
Have a read through and hopefully you’ll discover a brand, product or smarter swap that helps make sustainability feel more convenient.
Some of these brilliant brands have also shared exclusive discounts for the She’s Electric community too. If you’re not already signed up to our newsletter, subscribe at the bottom of the page to unlock the discounts.
A smarter way to save energy at home with E.ON Next
E.ON Next is one of the UK’s leading energy and solutions companies, helping power homes and businesses across the country. Part of the wider E.ON Group, the brand is focused on making more sustainable energy choices feel simpler and more accessible through renewable electricity, smart technology and practical solutions designed for modern life.
For households with solar panels and a battery, E.ON Next has recently launched Next Optimise - a smart energy service designed to help customers take greater control of their energy use while making better savings on bills. Developed using technology already proven in 80,000 Australian homes, the service connects households to wholesale electricity prices and uses smart automation to charge batteries when prices are lower, before using or exporting stored energy when prices rise. The technology works in the background to help households make better use of their energy throughout the day.
Customers on the pilot tariff saw reduced energy bills, with average savings of around £18 per month and some households saving close to £100. One household even saved £27 in a single week during a period of sharp wholesale price swings, with modelling suggesting households could save close to £300 per year overall.
A great example of how sustainable choices can feel easier when the technology does the hard work for you.
E.ON Next is offering the first 1,000 customers who sign up 3p cheaper electricity overnight (00:00–06:00) and an extra 3p per kWh exported between 16:00–19:00.
A more conscious beauty swap with Counter Culture
Counter Culture is a beauty and wellness destination home to over 180 brands, from iconic favourites to emerging discoveries. The platform champions female founders and independent makers creating thoughtful products alongside more sustainable and ethical business practices.
One product, on their platform, balancing sustainability and convenience is the Ginkgo Micellar Cleanser from Ere Perez - a fragrance-free, no-rinse cleanser in tablet form designed for sensitive skin and eyes, helping remove makeup and impurities without stripping the skin’s natural barrier.
Infused with botanicals including ginkgo biloba, clary sage and kigelia africana, the cleanser helps calm, clarify and refresh skin while reducing waste and carbon emissions by removing the need to transport water.
Simply add one tablet to your reusable bottle, add water and watch it transform into a gentle micellar cleansing water.
It’s your everyday cleanser reimagined by Ere Perez - a smart swap for more sustainable beauty routines without compromising on convenience or performance.
Counter Culture is offering an exclusive 10% off orders until the end of August.
Making wardrobe refreshes feel more convenient with Ourdrobe
Ourdrobe is a clothes swapping marketplace helping people enjoy fashion in a more sustainable way. By creating a place to trade unworn pieces for other people’s forgotten gems, the platform helps extend the life of clothes while reducing textile waste and overconsumption.
Designed for anyone with an overflowing wardrobe but “nothing to wear”, Ourdrobe takes some of the overwhelm out of trying to shop more consciously. Instead of constantly buying new, members can upload pieces they no longer wear, earn credits and swap for pre-loved finds from a stylish, like-minded community.
It solves two everyday problems at once: clearing out your wardrobe responsibly while refreshing your style without the fast fashion guilt. Rather than clothes sitting unworn or ending up in landfill, they stay in circulation and find a second life with someone else.
A thoughtful alternative for anyone wanting to update their wardrobe more consciously.
Ourdrobe is offering our community Founding Member Access, including 6 months for £29.99, up to 3 swaps per month, priority access and bonus swap credits.
An easier way to rehome unwanted clothes with Reskinned
Reskinned helps brands and customers keep clothing in circulation for longer through take-back, resale, repair and recycling programmes. Working with more than 30 brands, the platform is designed to make it easier to re-home unwanted clothing and reduce textile waste.
One of the simplest ways to make fashion more sustainable is by extending the life of the clothes we already own, which is why Reskinned created its take-back schemes.
Customers can send back pre-loved clothing through Reskinned’s online portal without needing to photograph, list or sell items themselves. Clothing is accepted in any condition and once received, items are hand-checked before being resold, repaired, repurposed or responsibly recycled depending on condition.
Reskinned also runs its own unbranded take-back scheme, allowing customers to send in clothing from any brand in exchange for credit to spend on the platform’s pre-loved fashion marketplace.
Reskinned is offering an exclusive 15% off sitewide (one use per customer).
Share more, waste less with Olio
Olio is a free sharing app designed to help neighbours give away unwanted food and household items instead of letting them go to waste. Founded by Tessa Clarke and Saasha Celestial-One, the platform was built around a simple belief - things we no longer need could still be useful to someone nearby.
Today, millions of people use the app to share everything from books and baby clothes to toiletries, kitchenware and surplus food. It offers a quick and easy way to declutter your home while helping useful items stay in circulation for longer.
Olio also works with supermarkets and local businesses to redistribute surplus food through a network of more than 100,000 trained volunteers, known as Food Waste Heroes, who collect unsold food and share it within their local communities for free.
To date, the Olio community has shared millions of meals and household items, helping reduce waste and avoid unnecessary carbon emissions along the way.