Green living is not only about people. It is also about plants, animals, and the places they live. Green living means thinking about climate change and energy use, as well as about biological diversity and the well-being of those who draw their livelihoods from nature.
We know this takes effort. Here is a useful list of simple steps you can take to begin thinking greener, acting greener, and living greener.
1. Be Informed
The first step toward being a responsible green citizen is knowing the issues and taking time to think about them.
2. Travel Sustainably
Next time you go on vacation or need to take a business trip, consider ways you can cut down on carbon emissions.
3. Be a Green Consumer
It is becoming easier and easier to know what effects the things you buy have on the environment.
4. Eat Green
Environmentally friendly eating habits are easy and healthy.
5. Explore Biodiversity
The diversity of nature is everywhere. So why not roll up your sleeves and see what’s been living right outside your door?
6. Enhance Your Local Biodiversity
Contributing to diversity in your own neighborhood can go a long way toward feeling good every day.
7. Minimize Your Carbon Footprint
By reducing the energy and fossil fuels you use, you are saving the environment from further damage.
8. Offset Your Carbon
After you have done everything you can to minimize your carbon footprint then you can think about how to offset what residual impacts remains.
9. Influence Your Friends, Family, and Community
A green You is a great role model for your friends, family, and colleagues.
10. Support CI
By supporting CI you are maximizing your efforts by joining larger team.
11. Be a Conservation Advocate
Do a little or do a lot, but raise your voice today.
What You Can Do At Home
In this section are 10 more things you can do as an individual or along with family members to shrink your ecological footprint while retaining your quality of life, thereby making the future of our planet much brighter. - Drive less
Walk, bike, and ride-share more. - Eat Greener
Eat lower on the food chain – it's good for the planet. - Energy Efficiency
Make your home energy and water efficient. - Think Beyond Grass
Let your lawn go natural for wildlife. - Perfect Paper
Save trees by reducing your junk mail and using paper with 100% post-consumer waste content. - Recycle Electronics
Recycle all computer diskettes, CD discs, videos and batteries, and shift to using less hazardous, rechargeable Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries. - Reuse Whenever Possible
Drink more water, and use reusable mugs and dining-ware. - Recycle Everything Else
Recycle your aluminum, glass, and plastic products, as well as newspapers and mixed paper. - Contribute
Make a contribution to conservation by supporting local, national, and international environmental non-profits. - Get Involved Locally
Take conservation actions in your own community.
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