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Sustainable lifestyle. Tips on ‘how to’

On March 17, 2021 by margheviviani

Here I made a list of sustainable habits that helps us to consume less and to become more eco-friendly. For our family became normal to live this way. My husband lives like this already 30 years.

So here are our sustainable habits:

1. Use textile shopping bags instead of plastic.

This is easy and most of the shops start providing textile bags for free. Just keep in mind to have one-two with you when going out.

2. Drink coffee inside instead of taking it away.

Yeah, It looks cool to run for work with a Starbucks cup in a hand, but just imagine how many takeaway cups we throw daily. Just give yourself few quiet minutes to enjoy your drink inside of the coffee shop.

3. Cook as much as you and your family can eat.

No need to make more and then leave for another day, and another day, and then throw away. Food has vital energy only three hours after being prepared. The same with ordering in restaurants. Order as much as you can consume in one time.

4. Sort the trash.

I know that also sorting trash is not everywhere possible to do. In Europe there are all conditions and also the regulation to let you separate plastic from organic. But in the places like Russia or Indonesia is almost not possible. There, even if you find different trash bins for each material, it doesn’t mean that they are going to recycle them separately. So the sustainable option is simply to try to produce less trash is possible.

5. Keep tissues or paper towels from the restaurant.

Believe me, most of the time we don’t use them completely. Just take it with you. There are many situations when you might need a not perfect tissue. Just keep it in your pocket or bag. This trick I took from my husband. He never buys tissues, already many years. At home, we use only textiles tissues, and napkins also for guests. Try to think different, is not gonna show that you are poor. It showing that you think deeper and care about the environment.

6. No water in plastic.

Use your nice bottle to refill with water at home, or some other places where is possible to get drinking water. In Kamchatka and Italy is fine to drink water from the tap, in other places we use filters, in Bali, we were buying 20 liters bottles and refilling them with water providers companies. There is always exist a solution. Again, since I’ve met my husband I have never bought a plastic bottle. Yes, maybe was once or twice because was special conditions, but only that time. Before in China, I used to buy many many bottles every day thinking is normal.

7. Be out of fashion

Not literally 🙂 But lately, we buy more and more clothes even if we will wear them just once. I am like this, but let’s try to buy less but good quality. If not possibly find a way to recycle your dresses. There are now tones of eco-friendly fashion brands.

8. When going groceries choose products packed in less plastic possible.

In Asia, they like mono dose packing. We don’t buy them! If there is a possibility to choose we prefer glass or paper packages.

9. If shopping, shop local.

Imagine how much pollution produce big companies to provide you with what you are buying. I don’t think they use electric cars for the delivery.

10. Water instead of toilet paper.

I love that in Italy is a standard to have a WC together with a bidet. It must become a rule for everyone’s house. We talk about less consume right? Think deeper, how many forests must die for all this amount of paper we use every day.

11. And the last one, is to switch petrol car to electric.

Or the best is to ride a bicycle 🙂 But if you have your car, search how to make it more eco-friendly.

Hope it is useful and please feel free to leave a comment with your own sustainable habits. You can follow my Instagram here.

Read also 10 thing to be happy about.

Have a great day!

Yours Marghe

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