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Green Living – Tips For an Eco-Friendly Home

Green Living: Here are some tips to reduce your carbon footprint, create less waste, and start to live a more sustainable life…  

  • Invest in sustainable products like glass, stainless steel, or bamboo.
  • Always carry your own reusable grocery bags instead of taking plastic bags
  • Use reusable cutlery instead of using disposable ones
  • Use reusable straws made from glass, stainless steel, or bamboo
  • Lower your meat consumption
  • Don’t waste food
  • Compost veggie/fruit peelings and kitchen scraps
  • Buy in bulk to reduce the amount of packaging waste
  • Use energy-efficient LED light bulbs that work the same but use less energy
  • Make your own cleaning products like Bio Enzymes, instead of buying chemical cleaners
  • Green Living: Conserve water by turning off the faucet when brushing your teeth, or taking quick showers
  • Carry your own reusable water bottle instead of buying plastic water bottles
  • Reuse and repurpose as much as you can, like reusing glass food containers, candle jars, wine bottles, etc
  • Recycle anything you cannot reuse such as plastic, aluminium, and paper products
  • Upcycle items by turning old or broken items into something new
  • Fix items that are broken instead of replacing such as clothing, furniture and electronics
  • Donate items you no longer need instead of throwing them away
  • Shop secondhand when you can for things like decor, furniture, picture frames, TVs, etc
  • Buy high-quality organic cotton clothing so that your clothes will last longer
  • Plant trees and support brands and communities who do
  • Buy less stuff in general by embracing a more minimalist lifestyle
  • Go paperless by using electronic versions of books, receipts, etc

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