eco tips

You’ll be surprised how much money you can save and the service and experience is typically more personal. In addition, locally-owned places can normally provide you with more information about their products and services…it’s truly their livelihood.

Organic products are grown with certain standards. For example, without the use of artificial pesticides or fertilizers, sewage or human waste, and are processed without additives. Eating organic is also better for your body as it allows the body to use its energy on digesting all the good nutrients in what you eat rather than having to first process all the artificial indigestible stuff, which really lead to fatigue and illness. There aren’t any negative side effects for going organic and you can pretty much understand what all the ingredients are!

Buying non-food organic products is also the way to go. Most anything you put on your skin is absorbed into the bloodstream AND what you spray, use to clean, etc, is taken in through the lungs. It can be pretty scary rubbing or breathing in chemicals (some toxic) and not knowing what negative effects they have on your body.

Fair-trade advocates the payment of fair price and social and environmental ethics particularly in the exporting of goods from developing countries to developed countries. In particular, products like coffee, sugar, tea, cotton, and more.

Buying recycled products seriously helps conserve natural resources and it saves energy.

You can basically compost anything biodegradable except meats, grease, and some oils. You can even start one in your back yard and use it as fertilizer in your garden. You can give your compost a lot of effort or you can simply pile it up and let it rot. Your garbage cans will certainly become lighter and you’ll be amazed at how much you’ve been throwing into the trash.

Nothing can be nicer than growing your own fruits and vegetables. It’s a great hobby and you’ll have the pleasure of watching them grow and eating them at your leisure. It is true fruits and veggies are often cheaper at your locally owned stores and markets, but growing them yourself costs even less.

Planting trees and plants help the environment in so many ways. Trees and plants help filter pollution from the air. In addition, they soften and improve the look of our environment and can act as a screen for noise and wind, create shade, and provide a home to animals. Trees also help to prevent soil erosion, help recycle water, and they provide food (ie. fruits, nuts).

Nearly all aerosol cans contain propellant elements that attribute to greenhouse gases. In other words, they damage the ozone layer and contribute to global warming. So, buy refillable spray bottles. It’s also more cost effective.

Improve your indoor air quality; help alleviate allergies and other health problems by switching from toxic cleaners to natural and environmentally friendly cleaning products. With a little bit of Internet help, you can even learn to make your own inexpensive cleaning solutions. Remember, what we put into our drains is often treated and re-used. So, the less toxic it is coming in, the less chemicals will be required to treat it and less chemicals will be absorbed by the body. In addition, if the outlet is a body of water, it’s better for the environment and organisms living in that eco system.

You may even be inspired to research beauty salons that have switched to non-toxic and organic products.

In Europe you are often charged for taking a plastic bag, but in the USA, you can often take paper or plastic bags at no cost. Paper bags are a major contributor to deforestation and plastic bags are really hurting the environment by being top contenders in landfills. In addition, there are very few recycling programs for plastic bags, so if you buy biodegradable plastic bags, or a reusable bag, you will be making a difference.

You’ll find that if you start to only buy what you need, rather than what you want all the time, you’ll save a lot of money and you’ll simplify your life which will ultimately help you to feel less stressed and more at peace.

Do you let most of your electronics continue to use electricity in stand-by mode? Save money and energy by turning electronics off and, if possible, unplugging them when not in use.

Use it more and more will go into it. If more people started to take the bus more or bike more, the necessary bodies of government would sooner or later work to accommodate it. Start a healthy trend. It can certainly go a very long way.