Introduction
Creating an eco-friendly home is by no means an easy feat to achieve, as there will always be room for improvement. This article details 15 ways you can make a start today! Be the change you seek to see in the world.
15 Easy Sustainable Living Tips
1. Become Self-sufficient
If you have a garden, start to grow your fruit and vegetables. If not look into having a herb garden for your window top.
2. Reusable Straws
Metal and Bamboo straws look aesthetically pleasing and reduce your use of plastic.
3. Use Beeswax wraps or microwaveable glass containers
Instead of using plastic saran wraps. Opt for Beeswax wraps or microwaveable glass containers as they are reusable and a more eco-friendly alternative.
4. Reduce your household energy use
Switch to LED lights and candles. This will help you save money and is better for the planet!
5. Make the most of renewable energy options, such as solar panels.
Getting Solar panels installed on your house roof is a financial investment not many are as willing to pursue. However, you doing so will inspire others to become more sustainable and will likely give you a return on investment for years to come!
6. Reducing/swapping soft drinks, juices and alcoholic drinks for tap water
The process of packaging, shipping and distributing goods, can contribute towards excess water use, energy use and emissions needlessly.
7. Repurpose old containers
You can do this by creating small terrariums for your old Candle containers, or toothbrush/toothpaste holders from old jars.
8. Donate or Sell your old clothes.
You can do this by donating to local charity shops, giving your old clothes to friends or family friends or selling your clothes on thrifting websites, such as Depop and Thrifted.
9. This brings me to buying clothes purposefully
A great way to shop for fashion sustainably is by investing in lasting clothing items.
10. Buy clothing with sustainable fabrics
Examples of sustainable fabrics are organic cotton, bamboo, recycled, cotton, linen, hemp, lyocell, and vegan leather.
11. Donate to environmental causes
What better way to become an eco-friendly household than directly donating money to environmental causes of your choice?
12. Go paperless where you can.
Opt for electronic books, where you can store 1,000 books on one device. The amount of water, energy and pollution produced from the harvesting, manufacturing and distributing of paper-copy books worldwide really adds up. Buy an Amazon Kindle, remove the middleman, and save storage space at the same time.
13. Start Composting
Get started today by creating your compost bin. This can be stored in your garden or an accessible area of your kitchen. This will help reduce landfill and create high-quality soil that can be sold and generate money or used in your garden to grow fruit and vegetables. Check out my post on how to start composting today!
14. Choose Electric Razors over disposable plastic Razors
Any product that contributes towards the circular economy, will ultimately be the more sustainable option. Disposable razors are typically made out of plastic and get sent to landfill, which has a full host of environmental complications.
15. Opt for an Electric Toothbrush over a manual Toothbrush
Similar to electric razors, electric toothbrushes will always have a place in anyone’s sustainable lifestyle. They clean your teeth better than manual, produce significantly less plastic waste and will save you money in the long term. I recommend Phylian Pro or Oral B.
Conclusion
These were 15 ways you make your home more eco-friendly today! If you have gotten to the end of this article, I hope you’ve found this useful and begin to start to implement these strategies as soon as you can.
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