20 Changes for a More Eco-Friendly Lifestyle (Post 1)
1. Recycle your magazines, all of them.
2. Bring your own bags to the supermarket.
3. Support your local economy and curb excess fossil-fuel consumption by shopping close to your own home.
4. Install the Energy-Star approved double-pane windows in your home for better insulation.
5. Take the bus or train whenever you can and give you car a break.
6. Buy energy-efficient appliances that carry the Energy Star label.
7. Go for bamboo when you are looking for new flooring, cutting boards, towels and even sheets and curtains.
8. Clean the refrigerator coils on your own fridge. It will help you refrigerator gain better productivity.
9. Turn off all the lights when you go to exit a room, even if it’s the garage.
10. Install low-flow showerhead in your own showers and take shorter showers. This will help, especially when you are pressed for time. Pretend you are always in that same rush and it will help shorten your shower time.
11. Eat more vegetables and cut back on the refined sugars.
12. Get yourself and your family their own library cards.
13. Ride your bike regularly. Take a ride for fun and ride to the grocery store if you are close by and live in a town.
14. Don’t let your faucet run while you wash the supper dishes. Better yet, don’t le the water run when you and others brush your teeth as well.
15. Leave only your actual footprints when you take a trip somewhere and never harm plants or wildlife when you visit the state, county or city parks.
16. Unplug the electronics such as your VCR, DVD players, TV, and even your cell phone charger when you are not using them. Place everything of this nature on a surge protector and flip the switch.
17. Use better-for-the-environment, greener cleaners in your own home and talk to others about changing their cleaning habits as well.
18. Baking soda is the best cleaning agent on the market. It is all-natural and will remove just about anything. Use it for your teeth as well. Instead of the harsh and chemical, dye-laden toothpastes on the market. It will even remove soap scum from the shower.
19. Wash your clothing in the cold water cycle. Only use hot or warm water to wash your bedding and heavily stained clothing.
20. Cover pots on the stove when you are cooking to prevent losing excess heat and wasting the energy the stove is creating to heat the food in the pot.
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