1. Ditch the bottles - Bottled water is pricey and uses a lot of fuel to transport as well as to make and store all those bottles. Use what come out of your tap instead. Get a good filter to boost purity.
2. Buy Local - Rediscover the bounty of the area that you live in. Seek out Farmers Markets and Country shows where you can buy locally produced products and help boost local shopping.
3. Dispose of Disposables - Instead of relying on single use containers, get real dishes and wash them! The resources savedwill really add up.
4. Banish Excess Packaging - Buy things in larger sizes if you know that you use them all the time. Try to select items thathave less plastic and extra filler stuffed into them.
5. Bring your own bags - It's so simple, plastic and paper bags take resources to produce and distribute and end up as litter.
6. Get a green thumb - Growing your own plants not only helps soak up excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere but it can help clean toxins from the air and provide habitat for wildlife.
7. Eat less meat - Modern meat is energy and resource intensive and factory farms are huge polluters. Eating lower on the food chain reduces these problems.
8. Use appliances wisely - Get an energy audit (doing one yourself is easy) unplug unused devices and purchase an energy meter to see just what you are saving
9. Cook! - Plan meals ahead of time so you are not scrambling to pick up something convenient, which is likely to be less healthy and wrapped in more packaging.
10. Become Educated - Learn to save money and time by reducing waste and unneeded consumption, whether that's water, energy, paper, food, travel and more.
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Using energy efficient appliances is one of the easiest ways to go green at home.
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