In recent years, there’s been a huge focus on climate change, waste production, and carbon footprints. The situation is growing more serious with each day that passes. It isn’t too late to change, however, and leading a more environmentally friendly lifestyle can help.
Mother Nature is simply unable to cope under all of the pressure. There are side effects such as extreme weather and rising sea levels occurring all over the world.
You may think that you can’t do much to change this as one individual, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Every positive change that you make will have an effect on the planet, no matter how small it may seem.
Your changes may even inspire those around you to rethink and adapt too. So, there’s no time like the present to start leading a more environmentally friendly lifestyle.
If you want to find out more about how you can reduce your impact on the environment, then read on to uncover some of the best tips and tricks.
The Big Food Debate
Food is essential and you can’t live without, but it’s a huge environmental issue that needs to be discussed. Far too many people do not know where their food comes from. Or, they simply aren’t alarmed when they find out that their fruits and vegetables have flown halfway around the world.
Globalization is not a beneficial advancement when considering environmental conservation. It requires ‘fresh’ produce to take a car, ship, and plane to reach your plate. One of the best things that you can do to reduce your carbon footprint is to eat local. Find a passionate local farmer or market where you can purchase fruits and vegetables that are in season locally.
Cooking your meals based on which produce is in season ensures that you can maintain variety while cutting your funds to exotic GMO producers. It is far from natural to see the same fruits and vegetables available all year round.
To add to this, the production process utilized in the animal agriculture business produces more carbon than all modes of transport combined. This makes meat one of the most environmentally unfriendly options you can choose. Attempting to follow a plant-based diet with no animal products will have a dramatic effect on your carbon footprint.
Sustainable Power
Sustainable power is growing in popularity, whether this means investing in an electric car or sourcing a solar installer to add panels to your home. Utilizing finite resources such as coal and gas is not a long-term plan, as these resources will soon run dry and an alternative must be found.
Wind farms, hydropower, and solar panels are the energy of the future, as they utilize natural occurrences to source their power. It’s so inspiring to see such a wealth of investment reaching the sustainable power industry, but now it’s your turn to get involved!Â
What do you think you and your family can do to become more environmentally friendly? Leave a comment and let me know!
I try to be really careful about meal planning so I buy just the right amount of fresh food each week – I hate throwing food away. We grow what we can in the summer and any waste goes to compost. I’d love to be able to power the house sustainably, but its not so easy. I just settle for turning anything off that we aren’t using, energy efficient light bulbs and putting on a jumper instead of the heating. Sounds really easy but I have to remind my family on a daily basis!
Those are all great ideas!! Thanks for doing your part to help our environment!