5 Easy, Eco-Friendly Tips To Help You Save Money
Everything can sometimes seem so complex. We’re not meant to eat carb. Next day, it’s carbohydrate. We’re meant to check food for where it came from, what it contains, what packaging it uses, whether it was ethically grown. So much of what is suggested for people attempting to be eco-friendly and concerned with the life cycle (shocking term that it is) of what they purchase has the potential to turn people off and shove it all in the too-hard basket. Fear not. Here are the easy options that will improve your carbon footprint and your wallet.
Too Hot In Here
A long, hot shower to kick you back into the land of the living is a wonderful thing. Sadly, it’s also a big drain on your wallet and the environment. But there are ways to mitigate the problem. Instead of arming every one with alarm clocks to regulate the length of their showers (no bad idea, but slightly unrealistic when it comes to teenagers), why not just down down the temperature of your thermostat? It doesn’t have to be a lukewarm shower, just enough to control your excessive costs.
Fully Charged
How often are we plugging in chargers, no longer connected to their items? Iphone charges litter my place, computer cables, battery rechargers. Often with nothing connected to them. So the charges are draining electricity without putting it to any use. It’s a simple shift- just remember to unplug them whenever you take the item off the charger.
Then There Was Light
Fact: If every American household changed just one lightbulb from ordinary to CFL (compact fluorescent), the amount of energy saved could power 2.5 million American homes for a year. Small changes, massive benefits for the environment. On top of which, they last ten times as long as normal lightbulbs and basically pay for themselves in lower running costs.
Go With The Flow
We don’t need to use as much water as we do, but changing every single behaviour we have is sometimes a drag. So take yourself out of the equation. Buy low-flow toilets, showerheads and faucets and you won’t be able to abuse the environment and your hip pocket.
A Truly Zen Garden
In the middle of the drought, there was a well of public outage if people were seen washing their cars or watering their gardens while dams were at low levels. At the same time, we spent years looking at a desert for a backyard. Avoid draining important resources and buy native plants that don’t require watering. Or get zen and have some stone and rock features. Takes no maintenance and so much easier to rake.
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