20 Changes for a More Eco-Friendly Lifestyle (Post 2)
1. Line dry your clothes whenever possible.
2. Find a greener dry cleaners and bring your own garment bags.
3. Don’t use your dishwashers’ drying cycle.
4. Shut your computer down at night and when you leave you office on Fridays.
5. Always vote for change within your own community.
6. Drive a hybrid if you can, if your in the market for a car, try to find a hybrid.
7. Join a local food co-op.
8. Swap your paper back books over the internet. Try Paper Back Swap, and get fee books in return.
9. Take your own water in a reusable water bottle instead of plastic water bottles the stores sell.
10. Remove your name from junk-mail lists by registering here.
11. Purchase a shredder and use the shredding for packing instead of Styrofoam peanuts, or bubble wrap.
12. Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
13. Be sure and always check your tires on your car, under inflation will cause low or even poor gas mileage.
14. Buy recycled toilet paper and paper towels.
15. Print and write on both sides of the paper.
16. In the winter months, after you are finished baking, turn the oven off and leave the door open to heat your kitchen.
17. If you eat fish, only eat sustainable harvested fish to help protect the ocean, read more here.
18. Always go carbon-neutral, no matter what.
19. To save on gas, don’t speed. And cut back on driving.
20. Never use pesticides on your lawn. Never use grass killer on your lawn as well. Nothing beats a good physical activity of pulling the weeds by hand. You not only save on chemicals in you lawn but get exercise as well.
*Natural and Sustainable Living Tip: Prolong the life of your stuff. Keep your things out of the landfill by taking care of them.
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