Earth Day is next week and it feels like we all need to do more. I’m going to share some easy tips for creating a “greener” life. I’ll also give the 411 on some of my fave earth-friendly products.
5 Easy Earth Day Tips for a Greener Life
Swap don’t shop. Clean out your closets and remove items you haven’t worn in the past year. Look for live or online swaps or resale sites like Poshmark, Mercari or eBay. Use the library or library apps or swap books with friends or bring them to library book swaps or used book stores.
Reduce paper and plastic waste in your kitchen. Switch to reusable bags from re(Zip) and beeswax sandwich bags from Ecologie Danica.
Try eco-friendly sponges and cleaning cloths from Persik! They clean with water only or you can use eco-friendly cleaner if you’d like. Each cloth gets 1,000 uses. There are a ton of reasonable options from Skoy on Amazon, too.
Check out Cleancult‘s plastic neutral cleaning products for your kitchen and everywhere in your house!
Consider food waste and “upcycling.” I’m a huge fan of leftovers. I like to cook extra and eat for a few meals. This saves on energy (and time) for cooking. It also cuts down on food waste. Before you throw away fruit and vegetable ends or bones, think about ways you can use them! Here’s an easy way to make vegetable stock. Here are some other great ideas from Healthline.
We use Imperfect Foods (merged with Misfits Market). They sell groceries with “cosmetic quirks”, irregular sizes or surplus instead of having them go to waste. They source a wide range of sustainable, affordable groceries (with no imperfections) to satisfy all your shopping needs. Get $35 off your first order. Check out Martie. They sell surplus shelf-stable groceries and household items and send them to you for up to 70% less than you’d pay at your grocery store. They partner with a wide range of top brands to purchase their surplus inventory (seasonal items, packages before rebrands and more.) Get $5 off of your first order with this link.
Invest in reusable food containers, travel mugs and water bottles. There are tons of clever, eco friendly lunch boxes and picnic sets. Don’t forget to bring your water bottles and travel mugs on trips or to work. This is good for the environment and you save money by buying fewer drinks on the go. That’s a win-win! My fave travel mugs are from MiiR and I like collapsible bottles from Stojo.
Green your beauty routine. Pay attention to what’s in the products you put on your skin and the packaging they come in. Apps like Think Dirty and CodeCheck rate ingredients so you can evaluate products before you buy them. You can also check the Environmental Working Group’s website for information on the products you use and get recommendations.
Do you have any other easy Earth Day tips or favorite green products? Please leave them in the comments.
I’m linking up with Darlene, Michelle, Renee, Jenn and Zenaida, for Fit Five Friday. Join us!
Happy Earth Day and a great weekend!
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