In many homes, the kitchen sees more traffic than any other room. Keep yours green by making sure your large appliances are operating at maximum efficiency. If you’re in the market for a new fridge, oven or dishwasher, check out ENERGY STAR®-certified products. They’re built for energy efficiency, meaning you’ll conserve electricity.
Another aspect to greening up your kitchen involves using nontoxic or plant-based cleaners. If you’re feeling adventurous or frugal (or both), you can even make your own! Water, vinegar, baking soda, lemon … the planet has given us a treasure trove of all-natural and inexpensive eco-friendly alternatives to harsh chemicals.
Basically, it's making choices that conserve and preserve the Earth's natural resources and habitats. Those choices may not be the popular choices among those you know, but they're the environmentally ethical, eco-friendly choices.
A sustainable lifestyle is often lamented as too expensive, and thus unrealistic, for the average person. In truth, sustainable living can be more affordable than established norms. But it requires changing our mindset and doing more with less.
Green living involves making conscious choices to reduce one's impact on the environment by adopting environmentally friendly practices. These practices include reducing energy consumption, conserving water, minimizing waste, using renewable energy sources, and using sustainable modes of transportation.
Take shorter showers. Unplug devices such as microwaves when not in use and chargers when devices are fully charged. And replace broken halogen light bulbs with more efficient LED versions. Using the data recorded by a smart meter (if you have one) to monitor your energy use can help you make these changes.
Dial it down. Moving your thermostat down just two degrees in winter and up two degrees in summer could save about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per year.
Sustainable living is a broader concept that includes green living but also considers the social and economic implications of our choices. Green living, meanwhile, is specifically focused on reducing environmental harm. Both are crucial for ensuring a healthy and sustainable future for our planet.
Buying and eating less meat and animal products and less processed foods, avoiding genetically-modified food, choosing organic or fair trade or locally-produced products and growing your own food are all ways of reducing the impact of what you eat on the environment.
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