Say No
...Your daily decisions can have a huge impact on the environment.
Say No
Your daily decisions can have a huge impact on the environment. The choices you make in your everyday life including your decisions as a consumer can bring you either closer or take you farther away from the vision of a green environment. You can become a environmentally-responsible citizen and help to spread the message through healthy and informed decisions. Small adjustments in daily habits can ease your way into a more sustainable lifestyle. You can practice saying NO TO:
Overpackaging: Buy items that use minimal packaging and avoid throwaway items/single use packages. Petroleum-based packaging and styrofoam products are extremely harmful to the environment.
Non-local processed food: Insist on eco-labelled goods, local and organic produce: fruits, vegetables, and hemp-fiber products. Local produce tends to be fresh and has no transport impacts. Organic produce do not use pesticides.
Products that are not possible to recycle/reuse: A ton of recycled paper saves about 3 cubic yards of landfill space.You can recycle: paper, cardboard, glass, metals. Use cartons and biological plates.
Use rechargeable batteries. Buy water/beverage that comes in recyclable plastic/reusable bottles.
Plastic: Plastics take aeons to decompose. Switch to cloth/canvas bags that can be reused on your regular trips to the grocery store or when you’re out shopping.
The habit of leaving gadgets on: Turn electronic goods/kitchen appliances off, when you’re not using them: computers, lights, air conditioners. Standby power invariably contributes to global warming.
Use compact fluorescent light bulb. It supports renewable energy, is energy-efficient with a longer life span(8-15 times more than non- fluorescent ones).
Toxic cleaning products: These are known to cause asthmatic attacks among other things. Go for bio-degradable, natural cleaning supplies. Restrain from spilling chemicals on the ground or throwing in the waste bin.
Using cars for short to medium distance trips: Use your car less often. Instead, use mass transit wherever possible. Get into the habit of walking or cycling for short distance errands.
