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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