Here are some easy changes that you can make to your life to lessen your environmental impact. One thing: some of these tips will not work for you, and that’s okay! I just want to encourage people to do what they can.
1. Use a refillable water bottle. Most commercially bottled water is the same as your tap water, but these companies often push the idea that tap water is inferior.
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3. Eat less meat. I know being vegetarian isn’t for everyone, but restricting your meat-eating to certain days is still a good measure. At each trophic level, as little as 10% of the energy is transferred to the next level, so eating meat is not energy efficient. Additionally, cows produce a significant amount of green-house gasses, hog waste pollutes waters, and all animals take up land that could be used to grow crops.
4. Avoid single use items.
CARRY AROUND UTENSILS. Keep a reusable spork in your backpack so you don’t have to use plastic utensils. Don’t forget a bag to put your spork in after it’s dirty.
AVOID BUYING COFFEE. Though I’ve never used one of these, since I don’t drink coffee, you can use a reusable coffee cup when you go to stores; just ask if they’ll fill it for you.
BE AWARE OF YOUR NAPKIN USAGE. Or even carry a cloth napkin or handkerchief.
5. Use the front and back. Use both sides of notebook pages and save extra papers to put in a “scrap paper” folder.
6. Buy less. Borrow items that you need for a project instead of going out and buying a glue gun for the one time you’ll use it. Buy second-hand to upcycle items. Think before you buy something; would you buy it if it were 3x as much? Do you really need it?
7. Take the bus, bike, or walk. Maybe less convenient, but I love public transportation because I can do things other than drive.
8. Consider little swaps.
Bar soap and shampoo instead of bottled.
Online planner or planning on OneNote instead of using a physical planner.
Empty shoebox instead of new plastic container.
Reusable grocery bags instead of plastic.
Digitized notes instead of written on paper.
Reusable towels instead of paper towels.
Microwave cover (got mine for $2.50) instead of using plastic wrap.
9. Be aware of yourself. Think about what you are consuming, whether it be directly wasting water, or indirectly through buying something that took water, energy, and resources to make, shift, and house in the store you got it from.
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