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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Make grocery shopping a treat rather than a chore. Research shows that people who shop at farmer’s markets have 10 times as many conversations than at supermarkets.
Get the bulk of your cardiovascular exercise by walking, biking, or scooting to where you need to go. Studies show that a majority of trips are under two miles — that’s less than fifteen minute by bike!
Bring your diet in tune with nature by eating locally and in season. As Michael Pollan says In Defense of Food: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Cut trans fats and refined sugar from your diet entirely by cooking your own food. It’s faster, healthier, and less expensive than eating out.
Shopping at second-hand stores is fun, economical, and the best form of recycling.