Collectively, small lifestyle changes can make a huge impact on the environment–and your life. Looking for happiness and health? What’s good for the environment is also, it turns out, great for you. Here’s a collection of tips from the No Impact community.
reading many tips but have two I haven’t seen yet.
Use the local shoe repair man to refurbish shoes rather than buying new. The shoes look new again with far fewer materials, and employ the local person.
Also, I don’t allow my neutered dog to stay out in the yard barking, thereby not discouraging people from opening their windows for cool night air in the summer.
This post was submitted by Christopher.
buying brand new cloth diapers is not bad; but how about buying second hand cloth diapers? after use, from your baby or someone else’s, these diapers are ‘used’ – with a good wash (in a washing machine, with hot water!), they come out perfectly clean and sanitary.
This post was submitted by Anne.
I have started the first green newspaper in South Africa – featuring great examples of folk living and working greener with tips, solutions, inspiration and motivation for change. Have just joined your initiative and our family will do the no carbon week as soon as I’ve figured out how. Thank you for your great work – I would love to blog about my week, but suppose we’ll need a solar charger for a laptop or how else do I get the news out? We still use filthy coal fired electricity in our country…
greenings
Elma
This post was submitted by Elma.
Hi! I just wanted to say WOW – I am super inspired but what you have done and are continuing to do. I recently embarked on a 365-Day ‘Living With Less’ Challenge and I am also blogging about it. I can totally identify with all of the changes that you have identified as being side ‘benefits’ from such an undertaking. I am going to try to ‘rally’ some of my followers to subscribe to your one-week challenge and post their entries on my blog as well. BRAVO and keep up the amazing work!
This post was submitted by Maren Hasse.
Hello Fellow No-Impacters!
Recent events have compelled me to attempt to produce no more than 100 gallons of garbage over the coming year. You can read the full story here: http://open.salon.com/blog/the_almighty_beckster/2010/01/01/the_great_garbage_challenge_of_2010
Would anyone care to join me in this little undertaking? I could use some moral support!
This post was submitted by Rebecca.