HOW TO BE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS

EAT LESS MEAT

Not so many people know that it takes a lot of energy and water to

produce meat for food. Most environmentalists today would advise

people to be a vegetarian at least once a week and eat just small

portions of meat for the rest of the week to save considerable

amounts of water and energy.

GREEN UP YOUR LIFE

Changing your lifestyle can help you contribute in protecting the

environment. You can do this by switching to solar energy at home

and growing as much of your own food in the garden as you can.

You can also try making your own cleaning products at home.

HANG DRY

Try to hang drying, instead of using that tumble dryer.

CUT UP OLD CLOTHES AND USE THEM AS RAGS

Instead of just throwing your old clothes, you can recycle them by

cutting them up and converting them into rags. This recycling process

can be done on old, stained or holey shirts; or any absorbent material

that can be used to wipe out dirt or spills.

BE PARTICULAR ABOUT THE FISH THAT YOU EAT

Not so many people are aware that some fish can have negative

impacts on our ocean ecosystems when they are captured and

taken out from the waters. That is why you should be particular about

the species of fish that you eat. If you eat fish for protein, there are

textured vegetable proteins that you can buy as alternatives.

REPLACE SOME OF YOUR ELECTRIC-POWERED

APPLIANCES WITH HAND-POWERED TOOLS

Cutting down on electricity can contribute a lot in saving energy.

One of the many ways through which you can do so is by replacing

your common electric-powered kitchen appliances with hand-powered

tools. Among them are coffee grinders, juicers, stick blenders,

can openers and electric knives.

USE MATCHES, NOT LIGHTERS

Matches are more environment-friendly than lighters.

Lighters are made out of plastic and are filled with butane fuel.

Since they are disposable, around 1.5 billion of them make up the

world’s landfills every year. Instead of choosing lighters, choose

matches that are made out of cardboard. The paper used

to make these matches is usually recycled.

USE RECYCLED ALUMINIUM AND GLASS

Using recycled aluminium and glass can help you contribute to

energy conservation. You can make twenty recycled aluminium cans

out of the amount of energy that it takes to produce one brand new

aluminium can. Also, every ton of glass that you recycle saves around

nine gallons of fuel oil, which is equivalent to the amount needed to

make one glass out of virgin materials.