Eco Tips

Eco Tips

You don’t simply decide to live green and magically become perfect at it. Green living takes a lot of patience, and time to understand just how much our daily lives effect the environment.

The most important aspects of living green are as follows:

  • Eating healthy
  • Using green products around the house
  • Using green transportation options as much as possible

Incorporating those aspects into the growth and lives of your family is vitally important if you plan on teaching green health habits to your children.

Eco Friendly Tips to Eat Healthy

Eating organic foods is a great first step on the path to living more environmentally. Many people are under the (wrong) assumption that eating organically or “environmentally” involved long recipes, expensive grocery shopping and plainly flavored foods.

The reality of it is much simpler, and much more delicious! Buying organic foods from local vendors is actually cheaper than buying produce and dairy products from larger chains, and you can be sure your product is fresher, and without pesticides or chemicals.

There are “diets” that are considered green, but by no means make it so you can’t have that piece of chocolate cake you’ve been craving for the past few days. Learn more about green diets by reading 5 Green Living Diets for the Family.

Eco Friendly Tips for Green Homes

Keeping your home green friendly has to do with multiple things:

  • Eating organic
  • Using organic/green cleaners
  • Understanding water consumption
  • Decreasing your family’s energy output

Make sure that when you’re cleaning your home, whether it be the kitchen, bathroom, or living room, you are using eco friendly products. Read about our Homemade Green Health Cleaning Products and learn how to keep the right eco friendly products in your home.

Decreasing your energy consumption is more than just turning off lights when you leave a room. It can encompass everything from re-paneling your windows with energy efficient glass to planting shrubs around the homes to provide more shade and therefore decreasing the amount of AC that needs to be pumped out.

Saving water consumption goes hand in hand with reducing your family’s energy consumption. A great eco friendly tip is to replace water fixtures with low-pressure products, as well as choosing a washing machine that spins on a vertical axis