The Earth is vitally important for our lives. To live in accordance with the principles of ecology is difficult but by no means impossible.
Even if we can't imagine our daily lives without washing machines, hairdryers or air conditioners, there are many other little things that can bring positive changes not only to your well-being but to that of the entire planet.
A good start is to use bags that take no longer than 2 years to degrade after production.
Currently, plastic bags have taken over the market. They are cheap and easy to produce and this makes them very dangerous. They take more than 500 years to biodegrade and at the current rate of production, the world will be overloaded with them in about 200 years.
Put a waterproof watch in your bath and set it to count down about 5 min. Ecologists have calculated that this amount of time is plenty for a person to be able to take a shower.
Every additional minute is simply an overindulgence that people in developed countries have gotten used to as a given. What's more - in stores they now offer water saving devices for bathrooms that drastically reduce the water usage of the home.
Decrease your use of paper napkins. Every one of us uses about 6 napkins daily. That's 2200 per year. Now try to calculate how many paper napkins the entire planet uses.
Don't buy water in plastic bottles. About 90% of them have not yet been processed. It takes hundreds of years for them to biodegrade in the earth. Buy water filters for your home - this is the wisest choice for the environment, your wallet and even for your health.
Buy tickets online. Unsubscribe from receiving paper bills in your mail - there are many ways for you to check in seconds exactly how much you owe to a given company.
Be a vegetarian at least once a week. It takes several hundred liters of clean drinking water to get 2 lb (1 kg) of pure meat in the store.
