I have decided to live a greener life...How should I start?

Question

I have decided to live a greener life...How should I start?

Answer 1

Soccer mom mentions some great things that almost everyone can do.  Also consider the biggest impact is from three things: how often you fly, how you get to work, and how much animal-based food you eat.

Answer 2

conserve electricity,water,take small steps at a time and you'll end up changing your life(and others lives).Plant a tree  feed a homeless dog etc..

Answer 3

hello sir

if you want to live a green life first of all change your thinking.

we generally expect a flat in any society that is surrounded by i think maximum 50 trees and for lots of people.

first dream about a home having a sourrounding of  huge tree and plants and think what you are using is biodegradable or not try to avoid those thing which are non-biodegradable.

that may cost a bit large than non biodigradable.

plant plants around you.every man is single in itself if every man think about nature and try to change our own surrounding we can save that world or our mother nature.

that is there to serve us only had you seen that she is asking anything to us.think about that and keep it up.

bye

Answer 4

The best way to live a greener life is by conserving as much energy as possible by turning off appliances when they are not being used and use products that use as little electricity as  possible.  You can also try recycling in order to reduce the trash in landfills.

Answer 5

I think if you have decided to live a greener life. It is better to start from your home, use the least energy, use less garbage bags, use less water, drive less, try to car pool to work and back during the working days, try to take the buses as much as possible, try all your short distance trips by walking, and sign a petition with your neighbors for the goal of greener living and submit to the local politicians.

The further steps should boycott any dealers selling unclean fuels, toxic chemicals endangers the environment,even if it is necessary to shut it down by laws.

Driving an hybrid engine car if affordable or at least a car with smaller engine and don't forget to shut off the engine while parking.Try to launch an educational program to teach the next generation with the basic rule for protecting our environment is to drive a smaller car and live in a smaller house.

Conservation of forestry and wetlands are the natural way to protect our water quality, ecosystems, and the transformation of unwanted carbon dioxide in the air into oxygen by the plants' photosynthesis. Lobby your local government to ban the bunker fuel used by the ferries, to legislate laws to forbidden the use of fossil fuels of coal and diesel like the most polluted city in ths world, Hong Kong.

The following billboard letters voiced the many complaints against the toxic air with harmful particulates surrounding city of Hong Kong.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/archive/in...

Answer 6

I have actually done just that and converted my whole family and the way we live around that, not only that I am working from home doing this and the income from it has helped me alot.  email me if you are interested

Answer 7

you know you can do anything to help live a greener life you can try to get to know your community a bit better or try to turn off your lights when your done in a room. walk to places more often and go to your local fruit tore and buy fruit there instead of supporting coles or safeway and buy meat from the butcher instead of supporting cows smelling the sent of blood when they die and making them feel agitated for thir death so coles will have some meat in thier shops. also if you drive down to sunbury in o, shanassy street there will be a shop called Just Planet it will help buy organic things and rubbish free sandwich wrapes it is really good it changed my life the staff helped me there.

Answer 8

well, use energy saving light bulbs, turning off lights when you don't need them, turning the thermostat 2 to 3 degrees lower when you're not at home, walk or bike to places that are nearby (5 or less minutes away), reuse groccery bags and cardboard boxes.

Answer 9

I started with the light bulbs(fluorescent) and instead of water bottles

bought a Britta water filter pitcher.I also make sure to take a reusable bag everywhere instead of using all those plastic bags

I put a brick in the back of both toilets to conserve water

and walk whenever possible instead of drive.

Answer 10

Deciding to is the best first step... of course it is easier said than done ... and there is always room for improvement...

Read green blogs to get ideas... do web searches... take it one step at a time... you don't need to save the whole earth by yourself... look for ways to use the 3Rs in all aspects of your life... Reduce all things you use from energy, to packaging ... Reuse anything you can bags & containers ... Recycle this can be the bottles and cans but can also be taking the stuff you never use anymore to good will or the salvation army.

Answer 11

Start by making simple choices, replace your incandescent bulbs with energy efficient bulbs, use warm/cold water to wash, car pool, in essence make conscious choices.. Find green choices at http://www.greenlineindex.com

Answer 12

There are plenty of small ways in which you can go green.

Now then, not to take credit for coming up with the ideas on my own, I would like to refer you to this site, which is full of ways.

http://www.50waystohelp.com/