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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As Colin explained, sometimes doing something good balances our irreductible impact.We often do the “cans trip” as a short walk around the house (we live in a house in a 190.000 inhabitants city in France) with my daughter.We usually collect around thirty to fifhty cans in the streets during a 30 minutes walk, that we put in the right bean for them to be recycled.
This post was submitted by Perret Nathalie.
I had no kids.
This post was submitted by Trouble.
I believe that as members of the Human Community we all need to do our part for it’s survival. My family doesn’t own a car. We take the subway everywhere. We shop for everything possible at the farmer’s market, and bring our own bags. We save our vegetable and fruit scraps in a container in the fridge, and then every few days take it to Riverside Park and bury it in a pile of leaves (natural composting!). Buying bulk food really reduces garbage, too. We eat vegetarian diets and only buy humane dairy (this is difficult, but farmer’s markets are a good bet). New York City has some of the cleanest water in the city (apparently it is test every 20 minutes to make sure of this). There is no reason to buy water here.
It is not easy to live an earth-friendly life in a consumerist country, but it is important to do so.
Anja, NYC
This post was submitted by Anja Wood.
The TLC program taught me how to ease into a more earth friendly and nutritious lifestyle. This gentle approach to adding more fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds to our family’s life has change the way I see nature. I can now eat 75% from my back yard and hope to bee 100% in a few months. The extra energy from this lifestyle has allowed me to focus on growing “vegiceuticals and fruitceuticals” and my body is so clean and healthy now.
This post was submitted by Allan Oswald.
I have often seen those beautiful little doilies at thrift stores and marveled at their craftsmanship. I appreciated the tedious hours devoted to each one but couldn’t think of a good enough reason to collect them…..until I made one into a reusable produce bag. I continued the crochet mesh to make a bag and finished with tie-able handles. They are easy to wash and a delight to fill.
This post was submitted by Aiko.