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.
We joined the Freecycle community @ freecycle.com , for our area. This keeps all goods out of our landfills and they go to someone else that can make use of them. I have found many useful things I have needed , without spending a dime.
This post was submitted by Robbie.
Go up and down the aisles in your grocery store that sell juice. Notice how many of the juices are packaged and sold in plastic containers. Try not to buy juices that come in these plastic bottles.
I’ve taken a stand: I buy cranberry juice when it comes in a glass bottle. I go to a certain store in town to buy grape juice in a glass bottle instead of plastic.
Just try to avoid bringing to your house(and then throwing away) plastic battles and containers.
We’ve been told water in plastic bottles is not a good idea. I extend that thought to juices. Just watch how things are packaged and avoid plastics.
This post was submitted by Mary Trenkle.
Always pack a lunch or snacks if you are going to be out for more than 2 hours. Then you wont ever have to buy food while you are out which not only saves money, but is healthier than most food you buy out.
This post was submitted by marissa.
Every morning my wife and I take a shower together to save on our water consumption and electric bill. It is a great opportunity to share with each other what is happening for the day before we start our morning routine. Plus, you cannot help but start your day off on a high note when every morning you get to see your spouse in the buff.
This post was submitted by Chris.
We keep the Sabbath. On Sunday we don’t do anything that makes others have to work, i.e. go shopping, eat at a restaurant, take a drive (in case we have a car problem), go to the movies. Instead we plan ahead for the items needed to cook and bake for Sunday. We go for walks.
This post was submitted by Karen.