Living Green: A Practical Guide to Simple Sustainability
Easy Green Living: The Ultimate Guide to Simple, Eco-Friendly Choices for You and Your Home
Happy Earth Week!
Recycling is the first start, but how you buy products in another issue that can reduce the landfill of unwanted products to begin with.
Look for the labels that say biodegradable. When you buy from local farmers, it cut down on buying packaged goods, saving paper production and also, enable you to eat more healthily while supporting the farmers.
We can bring our own bags- tote bags are highly recommend-to place our food purchases in. It cut down on the use of plastics and paper!
You can bring your own coffee or water container to work to cut down also on paper, plastics, and Styrofoam cups.
Walking and biking to the places you need to shop can cut down on the fuel emissions and help promote better health; and save money in your pockets.
The fresh outdoor air help build better lung capacity, thereby, giving you more energy and stamina.
If you live in the inner city, it is a good idea to walk early in the morning and with a friend for safety. Mall walking have become a favorite pastime not only to exercise, but to socialize.
I always read the labels and look for the natural cleaning products when I shop. On the other hand, I'm from the old school and think that bleach for sanitizing, Arm and Hammer baking powder for baths and household cleaning, and olive oil for skin and hair as well as for cooking, can work circles around a lot of expensive products.
However, it is exciting to see many of our major stores and super markets jumping on the green wagon. Many stores have aisles and sections in their stores just for organic products and green products!
With the gas prices going sky high, the best advice I can give you is to plan you day with your family for going places and try to get your errands done in proximity to each other.
You can save money just by switching vehicles. Us the smaller economic car and keep the van at home for short runs. Today, every dollar counts!
Also, if a group is going someplace specific and it is a distance or parking challenge(such as in the city, high parking fees), some of you can park somewhere(probably a mall) and drive the rest of the way with several of you in one car.
Many of us are addicted to the car; however, if we have a breakdown of the transportation system (high price gas for cars)as we know it today, we urgently need to start to make changes now!
Taking the bus, train, and car pooling are some of the other alternatives.
It has been on the news, that we are in a recession, and I feel it is up to us to save ourselves!
All week, this week, there will be a ton of information on TV, radio, newspaper and on the Internet on how you can keep green; not just today, but all year!
by Thelma Harcum
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