7 Easy Ways to Live An Eco-Friendly Lifestyle

There could be 10 billion people by 2050. And with more individuals comes more need for food and other necessities. We are already under the danger of massive environmental shifts, and our life choices are putting the planet in danger.

Sustainable living is aimed to focus on minimizing our collective effect on our environment. It's a manageable effort to lessen our carbon impression.

So how do we do this?

We rounded up 7 lifestyle changes to help and inspire awareness to a more environment friendly living.

Buy Used

Consider second-hand shopping. Or don't shop at all just because you feel you need something new. It's better to maximize use of what you own before considering a replacement especially if things are still functioning.

Or, if there's a chance, consider DIYs. Not only can these save you money, you have more decision power on what materials you want to use. There are many DIY tutorials on the internet. It could be a fun project with your partner or children.

Replace Single-Use Items

Single use items do a lot of damage to the environment. Not only are they culprits when it comes to depleting natural resources, they are also major pollutants in our seas, lands and even the atmosphere.

Paper and plastic utensils, disposable, diapers, cheap wares, toilet papers have alternative products available that use more sustainable materials.

Recycle

Reuse and recycle whenever we can. There are already a number of best practices when it comes to recycling. This not only reduces waste but it helps maximize materials used in what we discard to be reused again.

It also helps marine life a great deal as many recyclable materials often end up in our oceans killing our fishes and other animals by the millions.

Don't buy extra

Fact is Americans are major consumers. We purchase more than we need, and yet some of our purchases are left unused or wasted. Families toss out around 25% of the food they buy on average. This is equivalent to 25% of what the purchase cost you. Not only are we wasting money but we're also adding to unnecessary carbon footprints. When doing groceries, we can list down what we need. We save money, and we don't consume more than we need.

Buy products with less packaging or biodegradable

Consumer product packaging and containers make up the biggest portion of household waste. When we reuse these packages, we help curb waste. We can also opt to recycle depending on what materials are used.

If we can't reduce, shop for products where biodegradable materials for packaging are used. These are non toxic, and they dissolve faster than harmful plastics.

Use less water

Save energy by using less water. If we put this in perspective, the world's population has only 0.5% of drinking water available. If we don't do lifestyle changes, soon drinking water will be hard to come by. There are many practices we can do to conserve water. Reusing water, implementing water-saving toilets, turning off running water when not in use.

You save money by doing these simple practices. If this is something that people do collectively, there will be ample water supply in cases of droughts.

Save Energy

There are many ways we can be more efficient when using energy, especially in our homes. As simple as switching off unused appliances or using energy-saving bulbs can already be helpful.

We can also be more conscious of choosing the right appliances to buy. Always go for models that have energy saving features. Simple lifestyle switches can help curb our carbon footprint.