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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