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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We are vegan, we just stopped buying bottled water. but we do take non-fat yoghurt once or twice a year.
This post was submitted by Loice Ongwela.
Showering w/ a bucket that has clothes that need to soak (cloth diapers, stains, etc.) The bucket and clothes are empty when the shower starts, bucket fills w/ water. Let the bucket sit in the shower over night, wash clothes as usual. And I use the soak water to flush the toilet.
This post was submitted by Danielle Ferreira.
As a proponent of better building, Listed Green incorporates an overall goal of educating the public about green, energy efficient homes, in an online platform which elevates awareness, stimulates sustainable building methods and changes lifestyles.
Lowering Impact On A Global Scale.
This post was submitted by Listed Green.
Over 60 people attended a family reunion in a nice church basement, One meal was totally organic/and or locally grown food.
My mother and daughter baked all the bread and made coleslaw. The meal: organic turkey, hummus, peanut butter and cheese, vegetables, condiments, coffee and tea. Brownies and zucchini bread were baked in a solar oven.
We used tablecloths, real dishes, the dishwasher and composted food waste.
The biggest use of carbon was “love miles” ~ traveling for 60 people scattered across the nation [and world].
We catered two modest, eco-friendly meals.
At the end of a three-day event we had garbage the size of a small bathroom trashcan.
Many said the organic/locally grown meal was best.
Everyone could see everyone else; yet break into smaller groups. Displays included photographs and documents of ancestors, and posters with eco-friendly tips.
Some said it was the best family reunion yet.
This post was submitted by Pro_Cricket.
I do not use my oven from June 1 to September 1. Why make the apartment hotter? Why waste the money to heat a box when using a coil on top of the stove will do just as well?
So I have learned how to make cake on a stove top burner using a skillet with high sides and a cover. It takes no more effort on my part, althoug a bit more time to cook. But that’s time when I can do other things (the rest of the meal), or maybe even relaxing things, like reading a magazine.
It doesn’t conform in shape to what our eyes think of as “cake” but it tastes just as good.
This post was submitted by Catherine.