Sustainable living: some actions for a greener future

Simple eco-friendly habits to start today for a cleaner world tomorrow

Often, the birth of a child leads parents to develop greater sensitivity toward the environment. The idea of giving your little explorer a better future strongly influences your lifestyle, which often becomes more eco-friendly. Even so, making sustainable choices isn’t always easy: the arrival of a baby often goes hand in hand with increased consumption. Just think about how many diapers you change in a day for your little explorer! Still, making environmentally friendly choices is absolutely possible. Here’s how.

Five small actions that make a difference




Choose completely biodegradable soaps (for laundry and personal hygiene), buy in bulk, opt for containers made from recycled materials, try solid shampoo, and consider green diapers, too!

Our LILLYDOO green diapers have a reduced environmental impact. For the production of the diapers (standard and in the new pull-up version), we use as little plastic as possible and eliminate an amount of plastic from the environment equal to that used in our products. All this is made possible thanks to our collaboration with . Additionally, LILLYDOO green diapers are produced in eco-sustainable, safe, and socially responsible facilities.

Even the from the LILLYDOO green line are made with plant-based fibers and are completely free of plastic (FSC®).

With a small child, you can easily end up with mountains of laundry. When they’re very little, they get dirty quickly from spit-up or poop; as they grow, they love playing on the ground.

Almost all washing machines, however, have ecological programs that use lower temperatures and less water. Washing at 30°C instead of 60°C saves 60% of energy! Dryers are undoubtedly convenient, but they consume a lot of electricity. If the weather is nice, it’s better to dry clothes in the sun.

It may seem unbelievable, yet every Italian throws away about 27 kg of food per person each year (529 grams per week). This is what emerged from the 2022 Waste Watcher Observatory report.

To avoid this, it’s helpful to make a thoughtful shopping list, avoid buying food in overly large portions, and make sure you use items with the closest expiration date first.

And if you prepare lunch for the little one but he isn't hungry?

Remember that the freezer can be a valuable ally! You can freeze food and enjoy the added benefit of having it ready for another day.

If possible, it’s best to buy products directly from local producers .

Often, in fact, some foods literally travel around the world before reaching our tables. Air transport, along with trains and trucks, is responsible for a large share of pollution.

There’s nothing more eco-friendly than getting around on foot for short trips. Your children will also be happy to be outdoors, and they’ll often relax in the stroller or pushchair while watching the wonders around them. Going by bike to work also saves an incredible amount of CO2.

How to make the daily life of our little explorers more sustainable?

Children are natural imitators: that’s how they learn. This also applies to sustainability. If you teach them a more sustainable lifestyle, they’ll follow your example. So rule number 1 is: live green every day! But how?

First and foremost, keep your little explorers outdoors as much as possible. Through close contact with nature, children learn the importance of respecting the world around them. Simple gestures, such as not littering and throwing trash in the bin, will be remembered and repeated. But let’s look more specifically at what you can do to make your little explorers’ daily life more sustainable.


  1. Buy wooden toys if possible. They’re more sustainable and less likely to break. However, if a toy does break, try giving it a new life together or fixing it!

  2. Playing outdoors: Spending time outdoors is just the start. There are many games you can play outside, perhaps with lots of little friends. The same applies to very young children: with a blanket on a lawn (keeping an eye on what little ones put in their mouths!), they explore, touch new textures, and learn to love nature.

  3. Read books on the topic... borrowed from the library! It’s a double lesson: books give us the opportunity to learn and the library helps us understand the value of sharing and reusing.

  4. Older kids, get help with sorting the waste. From the age of two, children can help place trash in the designated containers. In just a few months, they’ll start to understand on their own that this is the right way to throw away garbage.

  5. Do not waste water when giving a bath or washing hands. When you soap your hands, turn off the water. Turn it back on only when it’s time to rinse. The same applies when you brush your teeth. Water is a precious resource, and wasting it is a real sin.