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.
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1) Use water instead of toilet paper in the bathroom at home, it saves money, cleaner and healthier and saves trees.
2) Use window fan instead of air conditioner.
3) Use groceory bag for your kitchen garbage.
4) Use your basement to hang your cloth’s to dry after washing instead of using dryer
This post was submitted by Sudhir Pattalil.
Get a manual carpet sweeper and use it most of the time instead of your vaccum cleaner. They cost about $20, use no electricity, and make no noise.
This post was submitted by Maria.
After the birth of our daughter, my husband and I were horrified at the amount of waste we were creating with diapers. I decided to only take the trash out every other week. This forced us to recycle more than we trashed. I started buying products with little packaging or packaged with recyclable materials. We also use “green” trash bags made of corn products that are biodegradable. We plan to potty train my daughter as soon as possible in order to cut down on waste. Just being concious of the waste your family creates is a first step.
This post was submitted by Casey .
Buy reusable grocery bags and keep some in your car and your house. I’ve found so many uses for them other than groceries. And for those times when you forget or have too many groceries, collect the plastic bags and reuse them. An easy way to make a dispenser is to cut the leg or sleeve off an old piece of clothing. Sew elastic into the opening on one end and a drawstring on the other. Hang it by the drawstring, stuff bags in on top and pull them out from the bottom as you need them.
This post was submitted by Michelle.
Clothes dryers use a lot of energy! What could be simpler than drying on a clothesline?!? At least when the weather is good, and at least for larger and thicker items like sheets & jeans.
For permanent press items, it helps to tumble them on air dry (no heat) for several minutes before hanging out.
For those who object to the stiffer texture of line dried items, you can briefly tumble them on air (no heat) after they’re dry.
This post was submitted by Alan.