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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Instead of going out to dinner, we try to use up ingredients and leftovers and cook up something new with friends. We save money, prevent food from hitting the trash, enjoy good company, and it\’s almost always healthier than eating out anyway!
This post was submitted by Becky.
My friends and I “loosely” formed a book club. We no longer purchase books solely for our own pleasure. One person purchases the book, reads it first, then passes to the other friends. We rotate the purchasing and when we are finished we then donate the book to a library or organization. This is fun, gives us plenty to talk about and what a way to open your world to an author you might have otherwise missed. We sign the inside of the book to keep an ongoing record for the world to know where it’s been.
This post was submitted by debbie.
With five basic and inexpensive ingredients (baking soda, borax, soap, washing soda, vinegar/lemon) you can create your own household cleaners. You can also personalize them with your favorite essential oils.
Check out http://www.ecocycle.org/hazwaste/recipes.cfm or google “household cleaner recipes”.
This post was submitted by Kim.
A daily commute doesn’t feel like a slog when you travel with friends. Carpooling, for example, lets you socialize on your way to work and saves you money.
Power down the electronic entertainment and invite friends over instead. Try playing charades, Scrabble, or another non-electronic game.