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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Unplugging electronic devices (phone chargers, microwaves, coffee makers) when they aren’t being used prevents “ghost loads” and helps to conserve energy and save money on electricity bills!
This post was submitted by Louise .
Gather up all those little hotel soaps and the too-thin-to-grab soap ends and one of those mesh plastic bags used for garlic from the supermarket. If it has a sharp metal clip on one end, turn it inside out. Dump all those tiny soap bits in the bag, twist the top and fold it over, then secure the whole works with a couple of rubber bands. Now you have a really good self-lathering scrubber. I keep one hanging by the hose faucet in the garden, as well as at the kitchen sink.
This post was submitted by Irene Bensinger .
Successful local eating starts with seeing what’s at the market or in your CSA box then finding a recipe for it. We have to let go of the tendency to pick a recipe and buy according to that. Keep a library of cookbooks or just find recipes online when you have a pile of local meat and veggies waiting to be eaten.
This post was submitted by Kim.
Give all things you don’t need anymore to someone who need them. As you buy clothes from second hand, when you don’t need your stuff, don’t throw them away, give them to others who are missing them.
This post was submitted by iulia.
I love getting my AM coffee in hand fast but was NOT loving all the paper and plastic waste I was generating. I also didn’t like the cash I was socking toward my habit.
So I took a small chunk of change, purchased a french press, and now keep coffee at work. We have a hot water dispenser, so every day I can have coffee without the waste. To make it tastier, I have also brought in cinnamon and cocoa powder to sprinkle in. Yum. Next plan- to take the coffee grounds to my local community garden. They add the grounds to their compost!
Yay less guilt and more money in my pocket.
This post was submitted by Susan.