Green Living With Responsible Choices
This is an article from Green Lifestyles written by Michael Hogg on December 28th, 2009.
Green living isn’t about giving things up; it’s about making smarter choices, understanding those choices and feeling good about those choices.
We all consume services and products, travel and eat food. We choose where, how and what we consume. This is our freedom, we get to choose!
The aim of our choices is to reduce the energy we consume. That means embedded energy, our own energy use, and energy that will be consumed in the recycling process or waste disposal.
Start with a few areas and build up your source base, until you know what products are green and where to get them. Here are a few ideas…
Eco Cleaners
Choose non-toxic and biodegradable cleaning products like these from Method,
which include…
* All Surface cleaner
* Glass cleaner
* Hand wash
* Soap
* Wet Wipes
…and includes cleaning cloths made from bamboo, so you don’t have to use wasteful paper towels!
Eco Clothing
Why not buy organic clothing such as Green Tee makes. Natural materials may include…
* Cotton
* Bamboo
* Hemp
* Silk
Cotton grown organically uses no agro-chemicals, which means that the soil is free from toxins, and is only enriched with organic compost.
Bamboo is incredibly sustainable, growing up to 75 feet in only 45-60 days! It needs no chemicals as it is naturally resistant to pests, and it regenerates itself sending out 4-6 new shoots per year through it’s root system.
Baby Products
There are many eco friendly baby products available on the market today, from…
* Bedding
* Clothing
* Skin Care
* Diapering
* to Toys
There’s everything you need for a happy, healthy eco friendly baby at the Ultimate Green Store.
Reusable Bags
Reusable eco friendly bags are an easy and ideal way to start greening your lifestyle. No more plastic bags that use up fossil fuels creating CO2, and that remain in landfil sites for 100s of years.
Up to 60,000 plastic bags are used every 5-seconds in the U.S alone, and only 1-3% are recycled. So you see, it’s really important to cut out all this waste.
I highly recommend these Trek Light Eco Tote which are extremely light weight, and that pack down to a tiny size when empty. So tiny you can keep one on your key chain, and a few in your car, so you will never be without.
Solar Gadget Charger
You can save electricity by using this Solio solar universal hybrid charger which uses
solar power. This charger from Solio creates free and clean energy immediately, and when fully charged will charge your mobile 2 times, or MP3 for 20 hours of music!
The charger is light weight and compact so can be carried around for re-charging on the move. The unit comes with a range of adaptor tips to fit a myriad of different devices from iPods and iPhones, through Blackberrys and Nokias, to GPS systems and cameras.
It can also be used with a wall socket or USB port to charge the Lithium Ion battery that will store power for up to a year. It can be exchanged when at the end of it’s life cycle.
As you see, there are many ways to to engage in green living, and these are just a few. So get started, you only have to dip your toes in the water to get wet, then before you know it you’ll be totally immersed!
The website this information came from is http://greenlifestyleideas.com/327/green-living-with-responsible-choices/
